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UdeM Launches $25 Million Philanthropic Initiative to Recruit Top Research Talent

Part of the 'Brave the Way' campaign, the new funding drive is supported by generous donors.
7-May-2025 10:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Trying to Predict How an Autistic Child Will Develop Cognitively

Although autism can be diagnosed very early, it remains difficult to plot a child's developmental trajectory. Now a team of UdeM-affiliated researchers is working to remedy this, via AI and genomics.
5-May-2025 6:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

$1 Million U.S. For a Project Co-Founded by UdeM

The 2025 Breakthrough Prize in fundamental physics partly honours the many scientists here who've been at the forefront of a decades-long experiment using the Large Hadron Collider, in Switzerland.
28-Apr-2025 6:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

When Art Meets Science: The Hidden Risks of Musical Expression

A study carried out at UdeM by Craig Turner and his doctoral supervisor Felipe Verdugo shows how pianists' "expressive intentions" may heighten their risk of long-term injury.
28-Apr-2025 6:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Plants, Fungi and Bacteria Working Together

A new study examines the symbiotic relationship between mycorrhizal fungi in plant roots and bacterial communities in the soil.
23-Apr-2025 8:50 AM EDT Add to Favorites

How Sébastien Sauvé Turned 'Forever Chemicals' Into Big News

If Quebecers are now aware of the health risks of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), it’s largely thanks to the work of UdeM's muckraking environmental chemistry professor.
22-Apr-2025 12:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Aiming for High-Precision Immunotherapy

A team of researchers successfully created more effective immune cells that can fight cancer without damaging healthy tissue.
15-Apr-2025 6:50 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Guinea Pigs: A Promising Animal Model to Study the Human Embryo

CRCHUM researchers reveal that the guinea pig pre-implantation embryo is very similar to the human embryo, spurring a better understanding of infertility and early human development.
15-Apr-2025 6:40 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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'I've Always Been Fascinated by the Sky'

Honoured today with the 2025 Killam Prize in Natural Sciences, UdeM astrophysicist René Doyon looks back on his lifelong love of seeing what's out there, beyond Earth and the Solar System.
24-Mar-2025 6:35 PM EDT

Roxanne Sicotte: Finding Hope in Suicide Prevention

As a new assistant professor in UdeM's School of Psychoeducation, she wants to make her research findings accessible and, as she puts it, “be helpful to others."
19-Mar-2025 10:25 AM EDT

The Pandemic: A Pause in Research or a Springboard?

Five years later, three UdeM researchers reflect on the impact of the global COVID-19 health crisis on their work.
13-Mar-2025 5:20 PM EDT

Genomic Sequencing, a Powerful Ally Against Rare Diseases

UdeM geneticist Jacques L. Michaud leads the $7.2-million Quebec component of the $21-million Care4Rare-EXPAND project, which aims to improve the diagnosis of rare diseases through genomic sequencing.
7-Mar-2025 5:25 PM EST

On Track to Help the Car Racers of Tomorrow

UdeM pyschoeducation professor (and motorsport enthusiast) Linda Pagani has started teaching the importance of well-being and mental health for future F1 drivers and their teams in Italy.
17-Feb-2025 6:30 PM EST

Gilles Brassard Wants to Keep Us Safe

A pioneer in quantum information theory, the UdeM professor is spreading the word internationally on the threats of quantum computing and how quantum cryptography can help mitigate them.
6-Feb-2025 7:05 PM EST

Designing better schools for Quebec students to learn

In her doctoral thesis, architect Mahdieh Hosseini examines the relationship between the school architecture and the Quebec Education Program – and finds room for improvement.
8-Jan-2025 7:50 PM EST

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Launch of the Mila and Brian Mulroney Philanthropic Chair in Diabetes at the IRCM

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You can heal more wounds with honey

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Music to their ears

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Hidden forces shape plants from the inside out

UdeM scientists use a combination of experimental data and modelling to reveal how physical forces help plants...
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King Charles III Coronation Medal awarded to UdeM members

Recognizing their outstanding contribution to Canada or on the international stage, the medal commemorates the...
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Investing in your work: a fine balance between dedication and burnout

According to a study by Marie-Colombe Afota, how people see themselves plays an important role in their intens...
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Aaron Courville appointed interim scientific director of IVADO

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How Canadian immigration law turns judges into border guards

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Using LLMs to understand how autism gets diagnosed

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Manipulating the very small at large scale

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Recruiting women as candidates: an electoral opportunity

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IRCM team identifies crucial mechanism in immune response

Nathalie Labrecque and her colleagues have discovered that NOTCH signaling is essential for the differentiatio...
24 Mar 2025

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Eating well and aging better

In an international study led by an UdeM dietitian, healthy eating in midlife is found to be linked to overall...
24 Mar 2025

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Roundtable: what future for the 49th Parallel?

Three experts from UdeM analyze Canada-U.S.relations and the threats posed to our shared border in Donald Trum...
21 Mar 2025

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Exploited: temporary foreign workers in Canada are vulnerable

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20 Mar 2025

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Demystifying a genetic disease of the heart muscle

A large-scale study in which UdeM cardiologist Rafik Tadros took part focuses on the origins of hypertrophic c...
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'I've always been fascinated by the sky'

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Detransitioning: those who've done it feel misunderstood

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Preschoolers can reason better than we think

Education researcher Sarah Dufour explores how young children sort, classify and group the toys they play with...
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Patricia Conrod appointed scientific director of the CIHR’s addiction institute

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13 Mar 2025

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Food banks: short-term for some, permanent for others

In Quebec, most first-time food bank users don’t have to keep going back, but 40 per cent still rely on the ...
12 Mar 2025

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The pandemic: a pause in research or a springboard?

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Time lost, 'time for me', time suspended: life in the COVID years

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11 Mar 2025

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Workshops at the museum to train tomorrow’s doctors

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11 Mar 2025

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She's better at making her bed

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07 Mar 2025

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Alternative Montreal metro map celebrates women’s contributions

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07 Mar 2025

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Indigenous languages: the pace of extinction is slower than expected—but still alarming

100 years from now, how many people will still be speaking one of Canada's 70 Indigenous languages? UdeM demog...
06 Mar 2025

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Genomic sequencing, a powerful ally against rare diseases

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Carino Gurjao, colorectal cancer specialist, joins UdeM

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"Harmonizing" the MRIs

Researchers at the UdeM-affiliated Saint-Justine Hospital and the ETS come up with a better way to compare mag...
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Rise of the sigma male: TikTok’s new gender divide

The social-media platform has become a breeding ground for toxic narratives tied to sigma masculinity, breedin...
27 Feb 2025

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Olfactory reference syndrome: when you're obsessed with your BO

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27 Feb 2025

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Today's forecast: partially cloudy skies on an "ultra-hot Neptune"

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers led by doctoral student Louis-Philippe Coulombe investigate ...
25 Feb 2025

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Infertility research: when sister cells sacrifice themselves together

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First 3D observations of an exoplanet’s atmosphere reveal a unique climate

The first three-dimensional observations of the atmosphere of the exoplanet Tylos, in which astronomers from I...
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A quantum leap: understanding the links between immunity and the microbiome

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18 Feb 2025

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New to Quebec and thriving in school

A study led by UdeM's Isabelle Archambault examines graduation rates and academic performance among immigrant ...
18 Feb 2025

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Running the gauntlet to get pregnant when you're LGBTQ+

A new study sheds light on the obstacles faced by LGBTQ+ couples navigating medically assisted reproduction....
17 Feb 2025

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Some fish adapt faster than others to changes in water temperature

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14 Feb 2025

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Chemotherapy side effects can include risks to the heart

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13 Feb 2025

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Getting over a 13-hour jet lag: how do Canada’s speed-skaters do it?

Researchers analyzed how the country’s short-track speed-skating team adapts to major time-zone differences ...
09 Feb 2025

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VR training: no substitute for the real thing

UdeM researchers find that cognitive training using NeuroTracker virtual-reality software does not, in fact, i...
06 Feb 2025

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Five reasons for the decline in teen suicides in Quebec

The suicide rate for young people in Quebec has dropped significantly in recent decades. What’s behind the c...
06 Feb 2025

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UdeM, AI and physics: the French connection

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06 Feb 2025

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Gilles Brassard wants to keep us safe

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05 Feb 2025

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Two UdeM researchers get close to $6M to try to defeat HIV

Nicolas Chomont and Andrés Finzi will use the CIHR funds to work to develop a treatment capable of permanentl...
04 Feb 2025

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To sit or to cycle: which is best for students?

Is combining exercise and learning such a good idea? Researchers at UdeM's School of Kinesiology and Physical ...
04 Feb 2025

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Innovative program helps seniors manage stress

A new study shows significant long-term reductions in the stress hormone cortisol in seniors taking part in th...
03 Feb 2025

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Sexual pleasure in teens: yes, gender matters

An UdeM-led study finds that cisgender teenage girls are less likely to achieve orgasm than teenage boys....
31 Jan 2025

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