Graduate Students

2025 Holmes Lecture: Prof. Quarraisha Abdool Karim: US cuts to HIV programs: what is the path for ending AIDS in Africa?

admin — Fri, 09 May 2025 22:40:39 +0000

Co-hosted by the 51�Թ��School of Population and Global Health, the 51�Թ��Inter disciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity

iPSC Seminars: Early Drug Discovery Unit (EDDU)

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:55:20 +0000

THE NEURO'S EDDU iPSC SEMINAR SERIES

Studying the impact of ALS C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion on human motor neurons and microglia using optimized iPSC-based experimental models

2025 Hughlings Jackson Lecture: The Basal Ganglia and the Motivation to Act

admin — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:40:52 +0000

Established in 1935, the Hughlings Jackson Lecture is The Neuro’s premier scientific lecture. It honours the legacy of British neurologist John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911) who pioneered the development of neurology as a medical specialty.

Neuro Epilepsy Day and Pierre Gloor Lecture 2025

admin — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 14:37:05 +0000

The Neuro Epilepsy Day is a half-day event. The day will focus on neurodegeration and tauopathy in epilepsy, and its implications for cognition and disease progression.

Albert Aguayo Lecture: Unlocking Secrets in Nerve Repair: From Neuronal Signaling to Glial Modulation

admin — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:27:51 +0000

This annual lecture honours Dr. Albert Aguayo, OC, FRCP, Professor Emeritus founder and former Director of the Centre for the Research in Neuroscience at 51�Թ��. A cocktail reception will follow the lecture.

6th National Course on Sleep Medicine

admin — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:46:27 +0000

This two-day training course is designed to provide and enhance a basic working knowledge of sleep medicine.

Fifteen new or renewed Canada Research Chairs awarded to 51�Թ��

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:05:33 +0000

$13.8 million in federal funding for McGill’s cohort of 10 new, five renewed Canada Research Chairs

Sunsetting of the Vanier and Banting programs

admin — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:30:19 +0000

In alignment with the Tri-Agency Research Training Strategy and as announced in Budget 2024, the three federal granting agencies, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering and Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) are working to offer a harmonized and streaml

51�Թ��Cares: Building your team for unplanned life transitions

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:12:17 +0000

Join us on May 7th at noon for the next 51�Թ��Cares webcast to support informal caregivers. During candid, interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.

Fourteen McGillians appointed to the Order of Canada

admin — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 23:15:11 +0000

Governor General recognizes 51�Թ��community members for exceptional accomplishments and service

Fourteen members of the 51�Թ�� community have been appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours.

Among the honourees are the University’s Chancellor and three professors:

D2R awards $10 million to accelerate RNA-based therapies for rare diseases and cancer

admin — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:03:15 +0000

Montreal, March 26, 2025 – 51�Թ��’s DNA to RNA Initiative (D2R) has awarded over $10 million in funding to support three groundbreaking research projects that will advance RNA-based therapies for cancer and rare genetic diseases. The awards were initially announced at the D2R Research Symposium on March 13, 2025.

Prix Grands Sages honours 51�Թ��professor emeritus Dr. Phil Gold and two PhD candidates

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:11:21 +0000

Researchers’ outstanding contributions to science and society celebrated by the Fonds de recherche du Québec 

SCSD Research Day

admin — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:05:16 +0000

Friday February 21st 2025 • 3pm to 5pm
Leacock Building #232, 855 Sherbrooke West

Cross-pollinating ideas at the SCSD Research Day

admin — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 18:49:49 +0000

Student presenters at the SCSD Research Day, which took place on February 21, 2025.

Scaringi Lecture Series in Speech Language Pathology - Research Talk

admin — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:53:55 +0000

Research Talk
Thursday April 3, 2025, 4:30 to 6:00 pm
2001 51�Թ��College Ave. Room 606