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In Canada, an estimated 2,000 to 4,000 people have ALS, with about 1,000 dying of it each year.
Biotechnology
It's a start: $185,000 to find new drugs for ALS
Begun at UdeM, a new Quebec biotech company is one of 20 international research teams selected to vie for the UK-based Longitude Prize on ALS – and could get over $1-million more.
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Louise Arbour
Louise Arbour named Canada’s next governor general
Graduates • May 5th
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
Bob Rae
Bob Rae to chair the CÉRIUM advisory board
Appointments • Apr 14th
Daniel Jutras at Louise Arbour’s home (and her dog Loma’s!) in the heart of the Laurentian forest
At home with Louise Arbour
Law • Mar 30th
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.
An UdeM graduate named a Schmidt Science Fellow
Scholarships • Mar 25th
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.
Tuberculosis is on the rise in Canada
Public health • Mar 23rd
Gilles Brassard, Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal
Gilles Brassard, co-founder of quantum cryptography, receives the A.M. Turing Award
Awards and honours • Mar 18th
La tour du pavillon Roger-Gaudry de l'Université de Montréal
UdeM receives major CFI funding for its research infrastructure
Funding • Mar 13th
Yoshua Bengio, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal
Yoshua Bengio elected co-chair of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
Appointments • Mar 6th
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, accompanied by Daniel Jutras and Patrick Cossette
UdeM honours Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, co-discoverer of HIV
Honoris causa • Mar 3rd
Hervé Prince, UdeM international trade law expert
'We can't evolve in a world without rules'
Law • Mar 2nd
Stéphane Dion
Stéphane Dion is UdeM's new 'diplomat in residence'
Appointments • Feb 27th
Renowned U.S. cryptographer coming to UdeM
Computer science • Jan 26th
Raquel Fernandez
Raquel Fernandez studies women’s housing collectives
Diversity and inclusion • Jan 26th
Yves Brun, professor at the department of microbiology, infectious diseases and immunology of Université de Montréal
Major funding for the discovery of new antibiotics
Funding • Jan 22nd
Vincent Billé
Vincent Billé investigates informal coercion in psychiatric wards
Scholarships • Jan 21st
Saja Farhat
Tackling social injustice via collective responsibility
Scholarships • Jan 19th
Yoshua Bengio, professor in the department of computer science and operations research at Université de Montréal
Six global leaders join Yoshua Bengio to guide LawZero
Appointments • Jan 15th
Hugo Angel
Hugo Angel explores how people listen to video games and classical music
Scholarships • Jan 14th
A community of Bourse de la Montagne recipients is taking shape on UdeM campuses.
Bourses de la Montagne: preparing tomorrow’s leaders
Scholarships • Jan 12th
Nabil G. Seidah, professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Université de Montréal
Nabil G. Seidah: a "great Arab mind"
Awards and honours • Jan 8th
Yoshua Bengio, professor in Université de Montréal’s Department of Computer Science and Operations Research
Yoshua Bengio appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Awards and honours • Jan 7th
The partnership main objective is to foster the development of a sustainable ecosystem of innovative technology start-ups.
A new partnership to fast-track research from lab to market
Innovation • Dec 16th
Daniel Jutras, rector of the Université de Montréal, welcomes the dignitaries present at the press conference.
$1.7 billion to attract international researchers to Canada
International • Dec 9th
Université de Montréal
UdeM and its affiliated schools rank second among Canada’s research universities
Rankings • Dec 4th
The MIL Campus, Université de Montréal
COP 30: Québec universities more united than ever for the climate
Environment • Nov 19th
Université de Montréal, HEC Montréal and Polytechnique Montréal will host the Royal Society of Canada's annual conference.
Royal Society of Canada's annual conference comes to Montreal
Conferences • Nov 10th
Yoshua Bengio
Yoshua Bengio reaches 1 million citations on Google Scholar
Artificial intelligence • Oct 24th
Hlér Kristjánsson
A quantum leap
Computer science • Sep 9th

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