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The clock drawing test is a simple, familiar task — patients are asked to draw a clock — that doctors have used for decades to check for memory and thinking problems. Today it is usually scored only as a pass or fail, even though the drawing holds far richer clues about a person’s thinking skills....

Christine Vande Velde est biologiste cellulaire au Centre de recherche du CHUM, à l’Université de Montréal, et l’une des neuf lauréats de la Bourse de découverte de la Société canadienne de la SLA et de la Fondation Brain Canada 2022. Bien qu’elle et son équipe consacrent leurs heures de laboratoire...

Maria Stepanova, physicienne à l'Université de l'Alberta, est l'une des neuf récipiendaires de la subvention à la découverte de 2022 de SLA Canada-Cerveau Canada. Elle travaille en étroite collaboration avec le Dr Holger Wille, biologiste structurel également à l'Université de l'Alberta. Bien que...

Maria Vera Ugalde adore la biologie fondamentale. Biochimiste à l'université McGill, elle passe ses journées à utiliser des techniques de microscopie avancées pour observer le fonctionnement complexe de nos cellules. Cette nouvelle façon d'observer certaines protéines protectrices permettra-t-elle...

La Dre Douville, une virologiste au Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Saint-Boniface et à l’Université de Winnipeg, est l’une des neuf bénéficiaires de la bourse pour 2022. Le financement l’aidera à s’appuyer sur près de 15 ans de recherche qui ont fait d’elle une experte dans le créneau de la...

In each moment, our senses are bombarded by a vast array of stimuli. In order to make sense of this barrage, the brain engages learning processes that filter out irrelevant information, group stimuli into categories based upon their similarity, and associate stimuli based upon the predictive...

Toxic amyloid proteins are known to be a significant contributing factor in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Project Overview Toxic amyloid proteins are known to be a significant contributing factor in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Abnormal clusters of protein fragments build up...

Although it is now known that miRNAs act in part via post-transcriptional effects on mRNA stability and/or translation to modulate gene expression, other molecular mechanisms by which non-coding RNAs may effect changes in mRNA and protein expression remains poorly elucidated. Project...

Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive brain cancers, with very few treatment options and a poor survival rate. Project Overview Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive brain cancers, with very few treatment options and a poor survival rate. Current treatments, like surgery, chemotherapy,...

Alzheimer’s disease affects hundreds of thousands of Canadians, yet not everyone is affected in the same way. Black, Hispanic, and lower-income older adults often experience higher rates of dementia, but we do not fully understand why. Project Overview Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder of...