۲ݮƵ University News - Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology /channels/news_feeds/all/term/microimm/rss en Study sheds light on how the immune system protects the body /channels/channels/news/study-sheds-light-how-immune-system-protects-body-348205 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>First <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.12.038">study</a> of humans with a rare immunodeficiency reveals how the immune system protects the body against pathogens known to cause serious diseases, such as tuberculosis and COVID-19. The research involving ۲ݮƵ University, paves the way for new therapies to treat autoimmune diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases, and new approaches to vaccine development.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/hospital-stay.jpg?itok=aOLu29oW" width="160" height="90" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">8 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 08 May 2023 13:19:14 +0000 webfull 189544 at /channels AMR Awareness Video Competition /channels/channels/news/amr-awareness-video-competition-343814 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In honour of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (November 18-24 2021), the AntiMicrobial Resistance (AMR) Centre at ۲ݮƵ and the department of Microbiology and Immunology (MIMM) invited ۲ݮƵ undergraduate and graduate students and postgraduates to create a short video highlighting the causes and threats of AMR, and the actions citizens can take to tackle this problem.</p> <p><strong>7 videos have been submitted: watch them <a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/amrcentre/events/amr-awareness-video-competition">here</a>.</strong></p> <p><strong>COMPETITION WINNERS</strong></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">23 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 23 Nov 2022 21:55:30 +0000 webfull 184811 at /channels MIMM Scientific Art Contest 2022 /channels/channels/news/mimm-scientific-art-contest-2022-343806 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The MIMM department invited the MIMM community to get creative by submitting journal cover art and/or other artistically striking and visually appealing scientific images from their research.</p> <p>Here are the winners:</p> <ul><li>1st place - Jessica Pei</li> <li> <p>2nd place - Marcus Saldanha</p> </li> <li> <p>3rd place - Dr. Judith Mandl and Dakota Rogers</p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">23 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:21:51 +0000 webfull 184805 at /channels Thinking Outside the Zoom Box with the Large Class Teaching Exchange (Part 1) /channels/channels/news/thinking-outside-zoom-box-large-class-teaching-exchange-part-1-333689 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em>Part 1: Engaging Students Online</em></p> <p>By <strong>Jacqueline Kort Mascort, Hilary Sweatman, Véronique Brulé, Jennie Ferris</strong></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/teaching_exchange.jpg?itok=xNi1x8wc" width="160" height="120" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 28 Sep 2021 15:27:32 +0000 webfull 173502 at /channels Climate change artist-in-residence to curate bicentennial art show /channels/channels/news/climate-change-artist-residence-curate-bicentennial-art-show-332908 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/meet-milton-riano-mcgills-first-climate-change-artist-in-residence/">Milton Riaño</a>, ۲ݮƵ’s Climate Change Artist-in-Residence, will curate the Faculty of Science’s <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/science/art200">Bicentennial Science/Art Exposition</a>, billed as a “celebration of science in all its forms”.</p> <p>The art show organizers are calling on all members of the ۲ݮƵ community to submit works in any medium, expressing what science means to them.</p> <p>The deadline for submissions is <strong>October 31, 2021</strong>.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/milton-riano-4x6.jpg?itok=HfSyFLs9" width="160" height="240" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">30 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 30 Aug 2021 17:51:55 +0000 webfull 172590 at /channels Biodiversity is its own catalyst – to a point /channels/channels/news/biodiversity-its-own-catalyst-point-328209 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>For decades, scientists have wrestled with rival theories to explain how interactions between species, like competition, influence biodiversity. Tracking microbial life across the planet, researchers from ۲ݮƵ University show that biodiversity does in fact foster further diversity in microbiomes that are initially less diverse. However, diversity rates plateau with increased competition for survival and space in more diverse microbiomes.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/human-microbiome.jpg?itok=ThedvBsX" width="160" height="90" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">3 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:01:27 +0000 webfull 167512 at /channels Student art exhibition to highlight ۲ݮƵ Bicentennial /channels/channels/news/student-art-exhibition-highlight-mcgill-bicentennial-327607 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Faculty of Science is celebrating ۲ݮƵ’s 200<sup>th</sup> anniversary with a student art exhibition on the theme of “Science!”. ۲ݮƵ students at all levels and all faculties are invited to submit works in any medium, expressing what science means to them.</p> <p>Faculty of Science bicentennial committee member, Torsten Bernhard, says the aim of the exhibition is to celebrate science in all its forms.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/arts.png?itok=3IaWUxPP" width="160" height="90" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:50:47 +0000 webfull 166799 at /channels The bacteria is in the details /channels/news/bacteria-details-171402 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">26 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2011</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:41:17 +0000 mark.styles@۲ݮƵ.Ca 77178 at /channels