Université de Montréal

Faced with a severe lack of resources to provide a transfer of care adapted to young people with complex epilepsy, three professors from the Department of Neurosciences at UdeM, Dr. Mark Keezer, Dr. Philippe Major and Dr. Dang Nguyen,…

In Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common cause of autism, sensory signals from the outside world are integrated differently, causing them to be underrepresented by cortical pyramidal neurons in the brain.That's the conclusion of a new…

In a crucial step towards understanding the mechanisms involved in cardiovascular disease and certain cancers, a Canadian led research team has succeeded in a world first: they've found the molecular mechanism by which the protein PCSK9…

The Canadian R&D information company Research Infosource Inc. has released its latest ranking of Canada’s top 50 research universities, and Université de Montréal has placed fourth.Coming after the University of Toronto, UBC and…

High-quality teaching programs, a highly qualified and diverse faculty, a stimulating study environment, and cutting-edge research: these are all criteria that the Université de Montréal School of Public Health (ESPUM) had to meet to…

Last September, Pascal Prouteau, Université de Montréal’s director of residences, hospitality and food services, was taking inventory of his large stock of take-out containers when an idea occurred to him.“Why don’t we,” he remembers…

Biofilms, complex communities of bacteria, abound around us: on the surface of cheese where they give off flavors and aromas, in streams where they form the slimy substance on rocks, on our teeth where they form plaque.Living in a biofilm…

Since 2021, the climate crisis and everything connected with it—from sustainable health-care systems to zoonoses, eco-anxiety, air pollution and the effect of heat waves on the cardiovascular system—have figured prominently in Université…

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science has released the list of the 56 winners of its 2023 INCITE program – and renowned Université de Montréal computer-science professor Irina Rish is among them.The sole Canadian-based…

For many parents of young children who are new to Canada, the challenges can seem endless: renting a flat, getting a job, learning an official language, finding a good school.But what about their experiences as parents: do they need…