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NEWS
November 2010
Moshe Szyf leads one of two Québec teams
funded through the European research network, ERA-Net NEURON
The Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ) is very pleased to announce that, for the very first time, two Québec research teams working in collaboration with European partners will be funded as part of a call for proposals by ERA-Net NEURON, a European neurosciences and mental illness research network.
For full press release click here
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Rémi Quirion awarded honorary degree from INRS
As part of its 2010 graduation ceremony, the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) awarded an honorary degree to Rémi Quirion, an associate member of our department, for his overall achievements in the fields of neurosciences and mental health, most notably for his research on Alzheimer’s disease, pain, schizophrenia and the role of certain peptidic neurohormones in anxiety and depression. Scientific Director of the Douglas Institute's Research Centre, Rémi Quirion is also a professor at the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University, Vice Dean, Life Sciences and Strategic Initiatives at the Faculty of Medicine and Senior University Advisor (Health Sciences Research) at this University. In 2009, he was appointed Executive Director of the International Collaborative Research Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease (ICRSAD), a CIHR initiative.
To read more click here
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September 2010
May 2010
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Congratulations to Claudio Cuello
Dr. Claudio Cuello has been named as an
Officer of the Order of Canada.
He was given this award in recognition of his significant contributions to neuroscience, particularly to our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Congratulations to Moshe Szyf
Dr. Moshe Szyf has been named the
Radio-Canada Scientist of the
Year - 2009.
There was a presentation and celebration Thursday, May 13, 2010 in
the Life Sciences Complex, Bellini Atrium.
For more info click here
(http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=163578). |
February 2010
Dan Bernard and Terry Hébert recently appeared at the Faculty of Science's "Soup and Science", which is held for one week at the start of each fall and winter term. Each day at lunch, undergraduate science students are invited to see and hear McGill professors
give short presentations about their research.
Links to video recordings: Dan Bernard Terry Hebert
January 2010
Moshe Szyf’s work linking childhood trauma to epigenetic changes causing life-long
effects has been cited by the magazine “Québec Science” as one of the Top Ten Discoveries of
2009!
October 2009
The 2009 Mark Nickerson Memorial Lecture was given by
Dr. Salomon Z. Langer
June 2009
2009 Charles E. Frosst
and Mark Nickerson Prizes for Unit 8 Medical
Students
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Mr. Sebastien Patrick Lalonde accepts the Mark Nickerson Prize from Dr. Hans H.
Zingg |
Ms. Anna Nikonova accepts the Charles E. Frosst Medical Prize from Dr. Hans H. Zingg |
From left to right: Dr. Terry Hebert, Dr. Peter Mcleod, Dr. Barbara Hales, Mr.
Sebastien Patrick Lalonde, Dr. Hans H. Zingg, Ms. Anna Nikonova, Ms. Anna Lee,
Ms. Toby Cape |
May 2009
2009 PRD Prizes
Maren Godman, who won the Melville Fellowship in Pharmacology - postdoctoral, had to leave before the prizes were awarded
Moshe Szyf receives the GlaxoSmithKline - CIHR Professorship in Pharmacology
April 2009
Moshe Szyf is interviewed in the April 2, 2009 edition of the McGill
Reporter. To read the article click here
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March 2009
Two of our faculty members have just published reviews in the Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology! Moshe Szyf and Terry Hébert were both invited to submit articles for this year's edition. Full PDFs for the articles by Moshe Szyf and Terry Hébert.
February 2009
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The Club President grants Dr. Cuello the cannon of The Whiff of Grape |
On February 24th, Dr. A.C. Cuello was invited to give The Whiff of Grape lecture in Toronto, Ontario. The Whiff of Grape was founded in Montreal in 1964 by a group of young men belonging to the defunct Progressive Conservative Club as a forum for internal debate amongst members.
The term Whiff of Grape has its origins in the French Revolution. In the early 1500's, cannon ammunition of solid large balls was replaced by small iron balls called grapeshot and later used by Napolean against rioting mobs, saving the revolution. As said by Thomas Carlyle; the “national convention was saved by a whiff of grapeshot".
In the context of the club meetings, the phrase aptly connotes the sometimes tumultuous exchanges between the diverse speakers and club members. However, in his presentation entitled, “What is Wrong with the Alzheimer's Brain? A view from the basic sciences”, Dr. Cuello had no problems defending his opinion against the verbal “grapeshots”.
The success of The Whiff of Grape is largely due to the quality of its well-informed and highly educated speakers. Past speakers include Premiers, Ministers and Deputy Ministers from Federal and Provincial Governments, Senators, international Government Representatives, senior business CEOs, noted authors, historians, announcers, journalists, and correspondents, sporting and Olympian leaders. McGill University is honored to have one of its members counted in such prestigious company.
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David Verbich wins 
Jeffery Haines wins 
Bret Burstein and Ling Xiao share 
Michelle Carroll wins 
