Maternal gestational diabetes linked to diabetes in children
Children of mothers who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy could be at increased risk of type 1 diabetes themselves, according to a new study led by a team at the Research Institute of the 91丝瓜视频 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) that was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ).
91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Honorary Degree recipients for Spring Convocation 2019
Alain Bouchard, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Michel de la Cheneli猫re,听 The Honourable Irwin Cotler, Dame Ann Dowling, Paul Farmer,听 Giuliana Elena Garzone, Michael Harris, Agnes Kalibata, John Michael Kosterlitz,听 Margaret MacMillan, Pat Metheny, Charles Mulli, Alfred Sommer听
Same-sex marriage legalization associated with reduced anti-gay bias in the U.S.
A new study of evolving attitudes toward gay marriage across the U.S. suggests that state legislation has had a significant impact in reducing anti-gay bias in many parts of the country.
The findings, published in PNAS, provide evidence that public policy can shape social norms and alter individuals鈥� attitudes, says senior author Eric Hehman, a professor in 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Department of Psychology.
Celebrity fat shaming has ripple effects on women鈥檚 implicit anti-fat attitudes
Celebrities, particularly female celebrities, are routinely criticized about their appearance鈥攊ndeed, celebrity 鈥渇at-shaming鈥� is a fairly regular pop-cultural phenomenon. Although we might assume that these comments are trivial and inconsequential, the effects of these messages can extend well beyond the celebrity target and ripple through the population at large.
Decision about Redmen name
Principal Suzanne Fortier has announced her decision regarding the name of 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 men鈥檚 varsity sports teams. Read her statement
La principale Suzanne Fortier a rendu publique sa d茅cision par rapport au nom des 茅quipes sportives masculines de l鈥橴niversit茅 91丝瓜视频. Lisez son message
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Astronomers Capture First Image of a Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) 鈥� a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration 鈥� was designed to capture images of a black hole. Today, in coordinated press conferences across the globe, EHT researchers reveal that they have succeeded, unveiling the first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole and its shadow.
91丝瓜视频 announces the naming of the McCall MacBain听Arts Building
At a ceremony this evening, 91丝瓜视频 announced that its Arts Building, a landmark at the centre of its downtown campus, will be named after alumnus John McCall MacBain and Dr. Marcy McCall MacBain, in recognition of the recent $200-million gift from the McCall MacBain Foundation.
The new name will be the McCall MacBain Arts Building.
91丝瓜视频鈥檚 New Survivor-Focused Sexual Violence Policy Reinforces Prevention, Support and Response
91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Board of Governors has adopted its new Policy against Sexual Violence, confirming the University鈥檚 commitment to ensuring that its campuses are free of acts of sexual violence.
The bigger the evolutionary jump, the more lethal cross-species diseases could be
Some diseases which are fatal in one species can cause only mild discomfort in another鈥攂ut it鈥檚 hard for scientists to predict how lethal a disease will be if it leaps across species.
However, a new paper published this week in PNAS indicates that the evolutionary relationship between infected hosts can predict the impact of diseases.
Using laser light to study how epilepsy arises in the healthy brain
Scientists at 91丝瓜视频 have developed a new method to study how seizures arise in the healthy brain. Using laser light guided through ultra-thin optic fibers in the brain of rodents, the researchers 鈥渢urned on鈥� light-sensitive proteins in selective brain cells and were able to eventually cause seizures through repeated laser stimulation. These findings were published March 27, 2019 in the journal Scientific Reports.
Bengio co-recipient of A.M. Turing Award
by Daniel McCabe
Congratulations to 91丝瓜视频 graduate听Yoshua Bengio, BEng鈥�86, MSc鈥�88, PhD鈥�91, on being named a co-recipient of the 2018听A.M. Turing Award. Frequently referred to as the 鈥淣obel Prize of Computing,鈥� the Turing Award, presented by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), recognizes individuals for major contributions of lasting importance to computing.听
Anti-TB drugs can increase risk of TB re-infection
Current treatments for tuberculosis (TB) are very effective in controlling TB infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). They don鈥檛, however, always prevent reinfection. Why this happens is one of the long-standing questions in TB research.
Montreal and 91丝瓜视频 Become Blue Communities
The Ville de Montr茅al and 91丝瓜视频 today received Blue Community certification on the occasion of World Water Day. To obtain this certification, they have undertaken to recognize water and sanitation as human rights, to promote publicly managed water services and to ban or phase out the sale of bottled water in their buildings and at their events. Hence Montreal has joined some forty Blue Communities worldwide, including major cities like Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Victoria.
Bartha Knoppers awarded 2019 Friesen Prize
91丝瓜视频 Professor Bartha Knoppers, a global leader in the study of legal, social and ethical issues related to biomedical research in human genetics and genomics, has been awarded the 2019 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research by the Friends of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FCIHR).
