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9I�� researchers win Brain Canada’s Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award

admin — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:19:25 +0000

Jérôme Fortin, Paul Masset, and Simon Thebault have received the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award from Brain Canada for their research in brain cognition, brain cancer, and neurological disabilities.

The 9I�� researchers are among 22 successful applicants from across the country. They will each receive $100,000 in research funding distributed over a period of two years.

2025 Trottier Public Science Symposium

admin — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:52:03 +0000

The Genesis of the COVID Vaccine: The Path to the Nobel Prize Featuring Nobel Laureate Dr. Drew Weissman

Event | RNA-Seq Bootcamp

admin — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:30:26 +0000

Join CDSI, QLS-MiCM and the D2R-HeDS platform for an RNA-seq Bootcamp

2025 Beatty Lecture with Isabel Wilkerson

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:23:37 +0000

2025 Beatty Lecture with Isabel Wilkerson
Followed by a book signing
Thursday, October 23 at 6 p.m.
Tanna Schulich Hall, Elizabeth Wirth Music Building

Event | Digital Health Symposium: From Research Infrastructure to Clinical Care

admin — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:36:47 +0000

This two-day in-person symposium brings together researchers, clinicians, infrastructure providers, and innovators to explore how data science and digital platforms are transforming healthcare and health research.

Event | AReNA "From Mission to Action"

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:43:37 +0000

AReNA, Québec’s RNA Hub, is inviting everyone involved in the field of RNA in Québec—researchers, innovators, institutions, partners, anyone curious about the field, as well as experts—to att

Event | Cancer Translational Research Horizons 2025

admin — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:42:25 +0000

Join the 9I�� Centre for Translational Research for CTR Horizons 2025

9I�� now accepting expressions of interest for the 2026 Earthshot Prize

admin — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:36:26 +0000

9I�� is once again proud to be an Official Nominator of the Earthshot Prize. As an Official Nominator, we are part of a global community invited to submit nominations, selected for our ability to identify the most impactful solutions across all sectors worldwide.

The Earthshot Prize is a global environmental prize and platform for impact, dedicated to finding and growing solutions that will repair our planet this decade, in five categories or Earthshots.

Inaugural Moderna-RNA Canada ARN awarded to D2R-funded researcher Professor Maria Vera Ugalde

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 02:26:22 +0000

Montreal, September 24, 2025 – Moderna, in partnership with RNA Canada, has awarded three prizes this year to RNA researchers in Canada for their outstanding contribution to the field. D2R is proud to announce that Professor Maria Vera Ugalde has received the Discovery of the Year Award for her seminal 2024 publication in Nature Communications (Alecki et al.,). This award recognizes groundbreaking RNA discoveries made by Canadian researchers (either as a group or individually) during the past year.

Nine 9I��ians appointed to the Order of Canada

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:10:48 +0000

Neuroscientist Alan Evans and music performance scholar Michael McMahon among 9I�� community members recognized for exceptional accomplishments and service

Nine members of the 9I�� community have been appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours.

Among the honorees are two 9I�� faculty members, Professors Alan Evans (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) and Michael McMahon (Schulich School of Music).

Event | Seminar: Computer-based Predictions of RNA Structures: Where do we stand?

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 13:11:03 +0000

Join D2R for this hybrid seminar with Professor Eric Westhof from University of Strasbourg

Professor Simon Roy wins Marathon of Hope Clinician-Scientist Award for melanoma research

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:17:53 +0000

Simon Roy, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology, is one of four early-career clinician-scientists across Canada to receive the 2025 Clinician-Scientist Award from the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network (MOHCCN).

School of Information Studies Professors Awarded $5.6M Grant to Propel Canada to the Forefront of Cybersecurity Data Analytics Research

admin — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:00:53 +0000

Professor Benjamin Fung, Canada Research Chair in Data Mining for Cybersecurity, and Professor Steven Ding, both of the School of Information Studies in the Faculty of Arts, are part of a team that has recently been awarded a $5.6 million grant, funded under the NSERC Alliance Grants-CSE. The project, the only one to receive funding from NSERC Alliance Grants-CSE, will provide a multimodal, comprehensive solution for exploratory analysis of unstructured data, with a strong focus on cybersecurity applications.

9I�� researcher awarded Blood Quality of Life Grant to improve post-transplant care for blood cancer patients and caregivers

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:30:22 +0000

Supported by funding from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada and the Canadian Cancer Society, Professor Sylvie Lambert and her PhD student, Sarah Chehayeb, will explore how remote monitoring can improve recovery and quality of life for patients undergoing stem cell transplants and ease the burden on their caregivers.

Professor Emeritus Prakash Panangaden elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

admin — Tue, 20 May 2025 16:59:15 +0000