McGill Research + Innovation

Congrats to Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji on receiving an NSERC CREATE grant! $1.65M will fund MIXCHEM, a new training program on chemical contaminants. 👏

Happy 107th Birthday to the incredible Brenda Milner! 🥳🎈

The Government of Canada invests $51 million in McGill research 253 McGill projects received major funding from the Government of Canada to help build a more innovative, inclusive, and resilient future in Canada Yesterday, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of ...

📢A major boost for #McGill research!

The Government of Canada invests $51M in McGill research to help build a more innovative, inclusive, and resilient future in Canada 🍁🎉 @mcgill.ca mcgill.ca/x/im8

School of Information Studies Professors Awarded $5.6M Grant to Propel Canada to the Forefront of Cybersecurity Data Analytics Research Professor Benjamin Fung, Canada Research Chair in Data Mining for Cybersecurity, and Professor Steven Ding, both of the School of Information Studies in the Faculty of Arts, are part of a team that ha...

Big news in #CybersecurityResearch! 🛡️ #McGill Professors Benjamin Fung & Steven Ding are part of a team recently awarded with a $5.6M #NSERC Alliance-CSE grant, to propel Canada to the forefront of Cybersecurity Data Analytics research 🇨🇦 www.mcgill.ca/research/cha...

NSERC invests $35.6 million in McGill research Today the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) announced a record-breaking $660 million investment in discovery research, marking NSERC’s biggest annual investment through its Dis...

Big news! 📢🎉 #NSERC invests $35.6M into #McGill research —fuelling #DiscoveryResearch, supporting early-career talent, advancing research tools & driving breakthroughs in #SubatomicPhysics. A major boost for #McGill innovation! 🔬💡 @mcgill.ca mcgill.ca/x/imQ

🔊#D2RProjectSpotlight: RNA therapy for Schinzel-Giedion Syndrome (SGS)

🧬Led by Carl Ernst at @mcgill.ca, this project aims to develop RNA therapy for SGS, a rare genetic disease affecting the brain & lungs

🔗Learn more: buff.ly/b4ugUp8
#RareDisease #RNATherapy
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Nine McGillians appointed to the Order of Canada   - McGill Reporter Neuroscientist Alan Evans and music performance scholar Michael McMahon among McGill community members recognized for exceptional accomplishments and service

Congratulations to the 9 McGillians appointed to the Order of Canada 👏🎉🇨🇦

Among the #McGillians recognized for their exceptional accomplishments & service are two faculty members: #Neuroscientist Alan Evans🧠 & #MusicPerformance scholar Michael McMahon 🎼 reporter.mcgill.ca/ooc2025/

Airbus et l'Université McGill poussent l'innovation en aérospatiale avec une entente pour l'apprentissage expérientiel et la recherche L'Université McGill et Airbus, chef de file mondial en aviation et en aérospatiale, sont ravies d'annoncer la signature d'une entente stratégique de collaboration visant à favoriser l'innovation, la f...

L'Université #McGill et #Airbus, un leader mondial de l’aviation et de l’aérospatiale, ont signé une entente de collaboration stratégique visant à promouvoir l’innovation, la formation et la recherche dans ce secteur clé 🛫 (@mcgill.ca)

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Airbus and McGill University are driving innovation in aerospace with an agreement for experiential learning and research McGill University and Airbus, a world leader in aviation and aerospace, are pleased to announce the signing of a strategic collaborative agreement to foster innovation, training and research in this k...

#McGill University & #Airbus, a world leader in aviation and aerospace, have signed of a strategic collaborative agreement to foster innovation, training and research in this key sector 🛫 (@mcgill.ca)

Learn more about this partnership ⤵️ mcgill.ca/x/idA

Quatre universités réclament des mesures pour attirer les chercheurs étrangers

Les universités Laval, McGill, de Montréal et de Sherbrooke lancent un «appel à une action rapide».

🔊#D2RProjectSpotlight: New hope for POLR3-related leukodystrophy patients

🧬Led by Geneviève Bernard @rimuhc.bsky.social‬ , this project develops RNA treatments for a rare, neurodegenerative disorder affecting children.

🔗Learn more: buff.ly/Xcsv5NP
#RareDisease #RNA
@mcgill-research.bsky.social

Rhoda Nanre Nafziger

Congrats to #McGill Prof. Rhoda Nanre Nafziger, a 2025 Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow🎉👏

Through this fellowship, she will develop the 1st full-length monograph analyzing history & social studies curriculum development in Nigeria 🇳🇬

Learn more ⤵️ naeducation.org/awardee/rhoda-nanre-nafziger/

Congratulations to @mcgill.ca human genetics Prof. Sirui Zhou for winning the @bantingresearch.bsky.social 2025 Discovery Award for innovative biomedical health research projects!🏅

Her research on Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome will pave the way for better care.

mcgill.ca/x/iML @healthsciences.mcgill.ca

@mcgill.ca was pleased to host Provost Jeff Thompson and the University of Nevada, Reno delegation for strategic conversations with @mcgill-research.bsky.social on advancing collaboration in energy transition R&D and training.🔬⚡️Exciting discussions on powering a more sustainable future — together!🌎

HBHL, @braincanada.bsky.social & @bhi-icc.bsky.social are looking for researchers to give TED-style talks on brain health to a public audience at the 2025 Amazing Brain Science Talks.🧠

Open to PIs affiliated w/ @mcgill.ca, BC, BHI or HBHL's partner institutions.

Apply by June 2: mcgill.ca/x/ix5

Appel aux chercheurs⸱euses en santé cérébrale! 🎤

Faites rayonner votre recherche en tant que locuteur⸱trice lors des Amazing Brain Science Talks.

Scientifiques affilié⸱es à @mcgill.ca, Brain Canada, Brain-Heart Interconnectome, @umontreal.ca ou @polymtl.bsky.social, postulez ici: mcgill.ca/x/ix5

🔊#D2RProjectSpotlight: Exploring innate pulmonary resistance to Poxvirus

🧬Led by Erwin Schurr at @rimuhc.bsky.social‬ , this project looks at how pulmonary immune cells fight poxvirus, aiming to find new treatments

🔗Learn more: buff.ly/6x0db3G
#RNA #InfectiousDiseases
@mcgill-research.bsky.social

Professor Emeritus Prakash Panangaden elected as Fellow of the Royal Society McGill Professor Emeritus Prakash Panangaden of the School of Computer Science is among the latest appointees to the Royal Society, the U.K.’s national academy of sciences. Previously appointed Fell...

Congratulations to @mcgill.ca Professor Emeritus Prakash Panangaden, elected a new Fellow of @royalsociety.org👏

His groundbreaking work spans computer science, mathematics, and physics, marking a career of interdisciplinary excellence.

🔗 mcgill.ca/x/iY8 @mcgillscience.bsky.social

Fighting honey fraud with AI technology McGill University researchers have developed an AI-powered method to verify the origin of honey, ensuring that what’s on the label matches what’s in the jar. The breakthrough offers a potential soluti...

Happy #WorldBeeDay!🐝

Did you know honey fraud is a big issue? Researchers at #McGill are tackling this issue with innovative AI tech🍯

Learn more➡️ mcgill.ca/x/ifL
#HoneyFraud #Science #AI

#McGill Professor Jean-Philip Lumb's collaboration with
the Royal CanadianMint recognized as the best in the global minting industry! 🤝🏆

Together, they developed a more environmentally friendly gold refining process, virtually eliminating chlorine gas www.mint.ca/en/company/m...

La collaboration du prof. Jean-Philip Lumb avec La Monnaie royale canadienne reconnu comme le meilleur dans l’industrie mondiale du monnayage! 🤝

Ils ont développé un système d’affinage de l'or plus écologique, caractérisé par l'élimination quasi complète du chlore gazeux www.mint.ca/fr/entrepris...

📢‼️ Quatre membres brillants de la communauté #McGill sont finalistes du concours La preuve par l’image, de l’ACFAS et du CRSNG/CRSNG!🔬🎉

Manifestez votre soutien et VOTEZ pour votre image préférée ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/ifg

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📢‼️Four brilliant #McGill community members are finalists in Acfas & NSERC/CRSNG's #ScienceExposed contest!🔬🎉

Their incredible research images are in the running to win the 2025 #ScienceExposed People's Choice Award 📸🏆

Show your support & VOTE today! ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/ifg

YouTube video by D2R | DNA to RNA Chercheuse D2R: Lucienne Tritten

🎥✨👩‍🔬 Meet D2R researcher: Lucienne Tritten

Her research explores how our gut microbiome could be used to deliver #RNA therapies against parasites. 🧬

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@mcgill-research.bsky.social @mcgill.ca @mcgillscience.bsky.social

🎉Congratulations to this years honourees, especially Mark Lathrop (D2R's Scientific Director) and Silvia Vidal (D2R funded researcher) from the Department of #HumanGenetics who were both named as Distinguished James McGill Professors!

Assistant Professor Elizabeth Zimmermann has been named a 2025 William Dawson Scholar. The award recognizes scholars at McGill developing into an outstanding and original researcher poised to become a leader in their field👏https://mcgill.ca/x/iNn
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Le provost rend hommage à 28 professeurs de l’Université McGill pour leurs réalisations exceptionnelles en recherche L’Université McGill présente la cohorte 2025 des professorats distingués James-McGill, des professorats James-McGill et des bourses William-Dawson Christopher Manfredi, provost et vice-recteur princi...

l’Université McGill a octroyé à 28 membres du corps professoral de @mcgill.ca les titres de professeur distingué James-McGill, de professeur James-McGill et de chercheur William-Dawson 👏🎉

Pour en savoir plus⤵️ mcgill.ca/x/iNP

Provost honours 28 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 28 McGi...

#McGill Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 28 @mcgill.ca professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars 👏 🎉

Learn about the 2025 cohort ⤵️ mcgill.ca/x/iNd

YouTube video by Sabin Vaccine Institute A Tribute to Nicole Basta - 2024 Sabin Rising Star Awardee

It’s #WorldImmunizationWeek 🌍💉

Meet #McGill Professor Nicole E. Basta — a rising leader advancing the field of immunization and furthering vaccine equity, & winner of the 2024 Sabin Rising Star award 👏🎉

@nicolebasta.bsky.social @healthsciences.mcgill.ca
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YouTube video by McGill University Bravo 2023 Research Spotlight: Alain Farah

À l’occasion de la Journée mondiale du livre, nous mettons en lumière le professeur #McGill et auteur distingué Alain Farah 📚✍️

Il est récipiendaire de nombreux prix littéraires et notamment une nomination à l’Ordre du Canada en 2024 🎉🇨🇦 @mcgillarts.bsky.social
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