/sbms/taxonomy/term/3/all en /sbms/channels/event/9th-theodore-l-sourkes-lecture-neuropharmacology-359782 <h2><b>Tomas Hökfelt, PhD</b></h2> <h2>Department of Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden</h2> <p><a href="https://ki.se/en/people/tomas-hokfelt">https://ki.se/en/people/tomas-hokfelt</a></p> Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:15:47 +0000 admin 1559 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/memoriam-professor-emeritus-philip-e-branton-1943-2024-359759 <p>The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute (GCI) and Department of Biochemistry are mourning the loss of Philip E. Branton, PhD, a dear colleague, friend, and brilliant scientist whose career profoundly shaped cancer research. Formerly Chair of the Department of Biochemistry (1990–2000), and a Full Member of the UUֱ�� Cancer Centre (now the GCI) and the Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, Professor Branton made pioneering contributions to the fields of virology, cell death, and tumor suppression for more than five decades.</p> Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:52:40 +0000 admin 1558 at /sbms /sbms/channels/event/acb-seminar-series-elisabeth-genot-phd-359314 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 13:37:43 +0000 admin 1555 at /sbms /sbms/channels/event/acb-seminar-series-james-weaver-phd-359298 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 18:29:24 +0000 admin 1554 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/anatomy-cell-biology-scientific-image-contest-winners-announced-358741 <p>This summer, department members participated in our inaugural Scientific Image Contest: "Life Magnified: An Anatomy and Cell Biology Exploration." </p> Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:22:09 +0000 admin 1551 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/prof-venne-2024-recipient-osler-award-outstanding-teaching-faculty-medicine-and-health-sciences-357675 <p>Congratulations to Prof. Venne for this accomplishment! </p> Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:33:13 +0000 admin 1545 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/congratulations-our-undergraduate-scholarship-winners-357620 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:03:27 +0000 admin 1543 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/prof-charles-e-smith-has-received-honorary-doctorate-luniversite-laval-357615 <p>Congratulations to Prof. Charles E. Smith on receiving an honorary doctorate from L'Université Laval!</p> <p>Pictured is Prof. Smith holding his award with the Secretary General (right side, Monique Richer), the Dean of the Dental School (Petros Papagerakis, left side), and the Rector (in red gown, Sophie D’Amours) of Université Laval.</p> Wed, 05 Jun 2024 18:25:25 +0000 admin 1542 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/new-publication-reinhardt-and-strauss-labs-357489 <p>Two faculty members of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology joined forces to bridge the field of cryo-electron microscopy (Mike Strauss) and extracellular matrix cell biology (Dieter Reinhardt). This interdisciplinary team also spanned faculties across UUֱ��, as Michael Wozny (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) and Valentin Nelea (Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences) spearheaded the experimental approaches together with other team members and a visiting scholar.</p> Thu, 30 May 2024 14:36:29 +0000 admin 1541 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/congratulations-these-acb-graduate-students-receiving-funding-357417 Wed, 22 May 2024 20:03:34 +0000 admin 1540 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/adithi-sundarakrishnan-won-best-graduate-student-poster-presentation-award-symposium-held-center-357372 <p>Adithi Sundarakrishnan from the Clarke lab won the <b>Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation</b> Award at a symposium held by the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology (CSBN) at Concordia University. Additionally, she secured the <b>Best 3-Minute Thesis Presentation </b>Award at the recent School of Biomedical Sciences (SMBS) Grad Talks event.</p> <p> </p> Thu, 16 May 2024 18:59:39 +0000 admin 1538 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/seline-vancolen-awarded-1st-place-senior-poster-presentation-award-357370 <p>Seline is awarded the 1<sup>st</sup> Place Senior Poster Presentation Award at the Child Health and Human Development Research Day 2024 of the Research Institute of the UUֱ�� Health Centre. Congratulations Seline!</p> Thu, 16 May 2024 17:42:10 +0000 admin 1537 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/publication-acb-and-mcgill-undergraduates-357345 <p>A useful tool in protein research comes from the collaborative efforts of two bright UUֱ�� undergraduates, Jerry Gao and Maxwell Tong. Under the supervision of postdoctoral fellow Thibault Legal and Associate Professor Khanh Huy Bui, Jerry and Max developed the DomainFit program for the identification of protein domains in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) maps at intermediate resolutions.</p> Wed, 15 May 2024 17:17:24 +0000 admin 1536 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/zixuan-li-received-mcgill-medstar-award-her-publication-appeared-august-2023-issue-endocrinology-doi-357103 <p><b>Zixuan Li</b> received the UUֱ�� MedStar Award for her publication entitled “<i>The Organophosphate Esters Used as Flame Retardants and Plasticizers Affect H295R Adrenal Cell Phenotypes and Functions”</i>, in recognition of the excellent research carried out in the Faculty of Medicine at UUֱ��. The findings from this paper demonstrate that organophosphate esters have chemical-specific effects on cortisol and aldosterone production and thus the adrenal may be an important target for these endocrine-disrupting chemicals.</p> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:39:33 +0000 admin 1534 at /sbms /sbms/channels/news/congratulations-tara-shomali-who-received-prestigious-graduate-student-award-parkinson-canada-2024-357097 <p>Congratulations to Tara Shomali, who received the prestigious Graduate Student Award from Parkinson Canada (2024-2026 cycle). This is a competitive 2-yr $40,000 award given to only 7 outstanding doctoral trainees doing research on Parkinson’s disease across Canada. This will help Tara works towards developing compounds targeting PINK1, a kinase implicated in early-onset familial Parkinson’s.</p> <a href="https://www.parkinson.ca/parkinson-canada-announces-over-1-9-million-in-research-competition-funding/">Parkinson Canada announces over $ 1.9 million in research competition funding</a> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:39:44 +0000 admin 1533 at /sbms