Funded Grants

The International Spinal Cord Injury Biobank (ISCIB) is a multi-user biorepository with the mission of accelerating therapeutic development in traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) through improved biological understanding of human injury, and the vision of serving as a global research resource where human SCI biospecimens are shared with researchers around the world.

In Canada, over 1 million people have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BD) in their lifetime.

Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive brain tumour in adults.

There is an urgent need for research that deepens our understanding of human brain function and uses this knowledge to accelerate therapeutic breakthroughs related to brain dysfunction.

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and deadly adult brain cancer.

Optogenetics, defined as a technique where light-sensitive genes are introduced into brain cells to control their activity with light, allows researchers to precisely control nerve cell communication thereby, transforming brain research.

Our research project will investigate the relationship between physical activity and brain vascular health in women.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is marked by dysfunction and degeneration of neuromuscular junctions (NMJ).

“La bonne intervention, au bon moment, pour le bon enfant”.

Nearly half the people affected with Alzheimer’s disease will at some point show reduced motivation to perform their daily activities or participate in activities they previously enjoyed.