Biochemist Michel Bouvier has been awarded a Killam Prize for major scientific contributions in molecular pharmacology that are paving the way for new types of drugs.

Why do some plants produce small and unattractive flowers? Two Montreal researchers think they’ve figured out why, supporting a hypothesis dating back 150 years to Charles Darwin.

An UdeM-led team of astronomers discovers that the core mass of exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than previously thought possible for a gas-giant planet.

In a study published in Cell Stem Cell, a research team of 15 scientists led by UdeM hematologist Guy Sauvageau demonstrates the cancer-fighting molecule’s mechanism of action.

An international team led by a CHU Sainte-Justine researcher is developing a new mathematical model to improve the management of complex diseases.

Doctoral student Alexia Ostrolenk wants to better understand hyperlexia, the ability to decipher letters and groups of letters at an early age, in autistic children.

Biologists at Université de Montréal find that a common measure to assess the health of rivers can also help show the many ways their water can be used

An international team led by an UdeM researcher publishes the findings of a study on the biogeographical history of sub-Saharan Africa.

Long-term memory is controlled by protein synthesis in inhibitory cells, an international team at UdeM, McGill University and the University of Haifa finds.

While the Y chromosome’s role was believed to be limited to the functions of the sexual organs, an UdM scientist has shown that it impacts the functions of other organs as well.