According to David Décary-Hétu, cybercrime has a significant impact on society as a whole.
Criminology
UdeM criminologist gets $4.5M to study German cybercrime
David Décary-Hétu will lead a research consortium that will systematically record financial, intangible and cascading harms caused by online criminality in Germany – with lessons for Canada, too.
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The human brain constantly uses ambient sounds to form a mental picture of its surroundings.
To what extent can hearing compensate for blindness?
Audiology • May 19th
According to Laurent Mottron, in many young children with autism, the first signs of the disorder are often related to sound perception.
How children with autism hear: not better or worse, just differently
Autism • May 19th
The cutting-edge technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 is a kind of “molecular scissors” that allows DNA to be edited with great precision.
Acute leukemia: 'molecular scissors' to modify vulnerable cells
Genetics • May 15th
During the summer of 2023, 15 million hectares of forest burned, briefly propelling Montreal into the ranks of the world’s most polluted cities. Between 2020 and 2024, smoke from forest fires is estimated to have caused an average of 1,400 premature deaths per year.
Climate change is making it harder to breathe
Pollution • May 15th
In Canada, an estimated 2,000 to 4,000 people have ALS, with about 1,000 dying of it each year.
It's a start: $185,000 to find new drugs for ALS
Biotechnology • May 14th

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Criminology
UdeM criminologist gets $4.5M to study German cybercrime
According to David Décary-Hétu, cybercrime has a significant impact on society as a whole.
Biotechnology
It's a start: $185,000 to find new drugs for ALS
In Canada, an estimated 2,000 to 4,000 people have ALS, with about 1,000 dying of it each year.
Graduates
Louise Arbour named Canada’s next governor general
Louise Arbour
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
Law
At home with Louise Arbour
Daniel Jutras at Louise Arbour’s home (and her dog Loma’s!) in the heart of the Laurentian forest
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