/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1610/all en /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-congratulates-order-canada-honorees-326520 <p> Fri, 27 Nov 2020 18:21:30 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 250916 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/globe-and-mail-gairdner-awards-honour-eight-explorers-how-cells-genes-and-viruses-work-321425 <p>A diverse group of eight scientists whose work has offered insight into how cells interact with each other and their environment, the genetic underpinnings of neurological disease and the transmission of the virus that causes AIDS, have been named this year’s winners of the Gairdner Awards — the country’s most prestigious biomedical research prizes. Among the winners is <strong>Guy Rouleau</strong>, director of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, who is this year’s recipient of the Gairdner Wightman Award, which recognizes scientific leadership in Canada.</p> Wed, 01 Apr 2020 19:25:25 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 205965 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-university-american-academy-advancement-science-aaas-266392 <p><em>Hynes Convention Center - Boston</em></p> <h3><a href="https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2017/webprogram/Session16826.html">Jumpstarting Neurological Research through Open Science – MNI & 91ÉçÇø</a></h3> <p>Friday, February 17, 2017, 1:30-2:30 PM/ Room 208</p> Tue, 14 Feb 2017 21:56:05 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26712 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/data-sharing-access-all-areas-260828 <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRualxsY_0s"><img src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/dr_guy_rouleau.jpg" style="height:382px; width:715px" /></a></p> <p>The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (the Neuro) in Canada to conduct a radical experiment in open science.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v533/n7602_supp/full/533S71a.html">Nature</a></p> <p> </p> Thu, 12 May 2016 14:53:09 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25823 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/gene-mutations-shown-cause-form-hsp-260783 <p><strong><em>By Shawn Hayward, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital</em></strong></p> <p><em>Discovery will aid development of treatments for this debilitating disease</em></p> <p>Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (MNI) have identified novel gene mutations that cause hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), a step forward in efforts to treat this debilitating disease.</p> Tue, 10 May 2016 14:15:53 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25816 at /newsroom