Université de Montréal welcomes three new Canada Excellence Research Chairs.

New to UdeM and flush with an $8M, federally funded research chair, microbiologist Frédérique Le Roux looks to solve the problem of infectious diseases of bacterial origin in farmed marine species.

Major work led by Dr. André Veillette’s team in collaboration with a group of researchers managed to identify a previously unknown way which prevents phagocytosis.

Newly appointed Canadian Academy of Health Sciences president Marie-France Raynault wants to raise awareness of the organization and its advisory role.

UdeM chemists have developed a new tool for detecting interactions between sugars and lectins, a discovery that could help in the fight against diseases like cancer.

Scientists at the UdeM-affiliated IRCM identify a new mechanism and role for LDL in type 2 diabetes that could someday help prevent the disease.

A virtual interview with brothers Yoshua and Samy Bengio, two world leaders in artificial intelligence whose careers are inextricably linked to Université de Montréal.

UdeM professor Sandra Binning and her colleagues have developed a predictive model of parasitic infection-related migratory behaviour in different animal species.

The number of fields where AI can be applied is endless. A donation from UdeM alumni Hugo Larochelle and Angèle St-Pierre will advance applications in environmental protection.

"It would be a mistake to think that post-modernity has rendered these questions obsolete," says UdeM education professor Mireille Estivalèze, who has a new book out on the subject.