Top medical researcher Dr. Michael Rosbash will draw on his research to deliver the 2012 Canada Gairdner Lecture at 91亚色 looking at circadian rhythms. His talk, Circadian rhythms: Molecules, Neurons and Circuits, will take place Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 1:30 to 2:30pm, in the Senate chamber, Ross N920, Keele campus, as part of Gairdner鈥檚 National […]
Biology Professor Georg Zoidl, 91亚色鈥檚 Canada Research Chair in Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience,聽has received a framed letter of congratulations from Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The letter was delivered to Zoidl by 91亚色 Vice-President Research & Innovation, Robert Hach茅, Faculty of Health Dean Harvey Skinner and Faculty of Science & Engineering Dean Janusz Kozinski. Above: from […]
University Professor Emeritus Ronald Pearlman of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering has been named president of the prestigious Royal Canadian Institute (RCI) for the Advancement of Science. Pearlman, currently first-vice-president of the RCI, is the director of 91亚色鈥檚 Core Molecular Biology/DNA Sequencing Facility and former dean and associate dean of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Graduate […]
91亚色 Professor Georg Zoidl has been appointed聽Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience.聽 Zoidl, a professor at 91亚色 since July 1 in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, and the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science & Engineering, and a member of 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Vision Research, is examining the functions of […]
What do math and the flu epidemic have in common? Just ask 91亚色 Department of Mathematics & Statistics Professor Jianhong Wu, who studies disease progression and infection using math. Wu, a Canada Research Chair in Industrial and Applied Mathematics, is leading two prominent Canadian teams on modelling and geo-stimulation of disease spread, and coordinates a […]
The high level of Type 2 diabetes in the Black Creek neighbourhood of northwest Toronto is imposing tremendous pain and suffering on a largely visible minority population, according to community health workers, researchers and educators who will meet Thursday at a community forum to begin developing an action plan to combat the disease. 91亚色's Health […]
What makes us sick? Is it genetics or lifestyle? Is it聽too many burgers, too much alcohol, not enough exercise? Not according to 91亚色 Professor Dennis Raphael, who, like the fourth-century BC philosopher Plato, attributes poor health to living conditions. Things like income level and people鈥檚 access to food, housing, education, and聽health and social services, are […]
In Canada, the Chinese, South Asian, African and African-Caribbean populations have a very high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is a leading cause of heart disease, stroke, blindness, leg amputation and kidney failure in Canada. A team of researchers from the Physical Activity聽& Chronic Disease Unit in the School of Kinesiology & Health […]
Leading researchers from across southern Ontario will converge on 91亚色 on Friday to discuss the role that muscle plays in metabolism, heart health, aging and disease. The first annual Muscle Health Awareness Day, organized by 91亚色鈥檚聽 Muscle Health Research Centre, will bring together the latest findings on the contribution made by heart muscle and […]
Diabetes among South Asian immigrants is on the rise but it鈥檚 not a new phenomenon, wrote the Toronto Sun April 19, citing a 91亚色 professor. Diabetes risk among immigrants from South Asia is three to four times higher than in immigrants from western European countries, says a study released Monday by the Institute for […]
Cutting calories may speed the progression of the fatal neuromuscular disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) because of changes that occur at the molecular level, a study from 91亚色 has found. The research, which looked at the effects of caloric restriction in a mouse model of ALS, found that restricting caloric intake to 60 per […]
Scientists at the new Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions (CRBI)聽at 91亚色, which officially opens today,聽aim to make discoveries that will impact global health care and the treatment of diseases. Understanding the foundation of key interactions at the molecular level is the research focus at the聽new centre,聽which will be housed聽in聽91亚色's Faculty of Science聽& Engineering. […]