Nutrition
A new online tool for tackling irritable bowel syndrome
Using the SOSCuisine platform to maintain a low-FODMAP diet can significantly improve digestion and lessen anxiety, an UdeM study shows.
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Benzene is released into the environment during gasoline storage, vehicle refueling and the unloading of tanker trucks.
Living near a gas station increases cancer risk
Pollution • Apr 30th
François Major and Simon Chasles
A new interface to study RNA biology
Cell biology • Apr 30th
The discovery illustrates how compounds present in vanishingly small amounts in nature can have major therapeutic potential.
Using plants to fight Ebola and COVID-19
Viruses • Apr 30th
From left to right: Riley Krembil, Chief Operating Officer of the Krembil Foundation; Kate Williams, Chief Scientific Officer of the Krembil Foundation; Louis-Éric Trudeau, professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology at Université de Montréal and researcher at the Courtois Institute of Biomedical Innovation; Reese Whitaker, Research Program Coordinator at the Krembil Foundation; and Tae Joon Yi, Associate Director of the Krembil Foundation.
A major gift to advance research into Parkinson's disease
Donors • Apr 29th
More than just a reading tool, braille is a way for blind people to navigate their surroundings. However, most orientation and mobility specialists incorporate it little or not at all into their work with blind adults.
Braille: an underutilized tool
Optometry • Apr 29th

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Professor Louis-Éric Trudeau’s laboratory has received a major grant from the Krembil Foundation to further our understanding of dopaminergic neurons and how they are affected in Parkinson’s disease.

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Professor Louis-Éric Trudeau’s laboratory has received a major grant from the Krembil Foundation to further our understanding of dopaminergic neurons and how they are affected in Parkinson’s disease.

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Donors
A major gift to advance research into Parkinson's disease
From left to right: Riley Krembil, Chief Operating Officer of the Krembil Foundation; Kate Williams, Chief Scientific Officer of the Krembil Foundation; Louis-Éric Trudeau, professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology at Université de Montréal and researcher at the Courtois Institute of Biomedical Innovation; Reese Whitaker, Research Program Coordinator at the Krembil Foundation; and Tae Joon Yi, Associate Director of the Krembil Foundation.
Appointments
Bob Rae to chair the CÉRIUM advisory board
Bob Rae
Scholarships
An UdeM graduate named a Schmidt Science Fellow
As a specialist in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alicia Dubinski has focused her research on the role of stress granules and TDP-43 pathology in the progressive death of motor neurons.
Public health
Tuberculosis is on the rise in Canada
Dr. Simon Grandjean Lapierre’s team is working on the development and validation of new diagnostic tools for tuberculosis. From left to right: public health doctoral student Emmanuelle Ametepe; Simon Grandjean Lapierre; microbiology and infectious diseases residents Lucila Baldassarre and Sophie Lefrançois; Floriane Point, research assistant at the CHUM Research Centre; Hugo Leprohon, resident in microbiology and infectious diseases; and Florence Durocher, physician specializing in microbiology and infectious diseases. Residents Nayla Léveillé (clinical-research program) and Karima Zerrouki (internal medicine) are also part of the laboratory.
Awards and honours
Gilles Brassard, co-founder of quantum cryptography, receives the A.M. Turing Award
Gilles Brassard, Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal
Funding
UdeM receives major CFI funding for its research infrastructure
La tour du pavillon Roger-Gaudry de l'Université de Montréal
Appointments
Yoshua Bengio elected co-chair of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
Yoshua Bengio, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal
Honoris causa
UdeM honours Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, co-discoverer of HIV
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, accompanied by Daniel Jutras and Patrick Cossette
Law
'We can't evolve in a world without rules'
Hervé Prince, UdeM international trade law expert