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The Biobank platform features a Liconic STC7k5 automated ultralow (-80°C) temperature storage system. This appliance uses 2D barcoding to annotate and locate samples for deposition and retrieval....
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Biobank
Believe it or not, a tropical blood parasite native to Latin America could be harmful to Canadians. Infectious diseases like malaria or Zika may...
Improving the participation of youth with physical disabilities: The effectiveness of the PREP intervention
Invited Speaker: DANA ANABY, PHD, BOT
Invited Speaker: DANA ANABY, PHD, BOT
Research trainees looking to explore career options outside of academia expressed appreciation for the perspectives they gained...
On Nov. 30, some 200 people attended McGill’s academic conference on the imminent legalization of cannabis for recreational...
Earlier this week, the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, announced the appointment of six leading researchers to the...
An estimated 1 million cases of tuberculosis (TB) disease occur in children in any given year, killing as many as 210,000 – a staggering...
Beyond de-repression: post-mitotic regulation of corticol specification
Invited Speaker: ANGELO IULIANELLA, PHD
Invited Speaker: ANGELO IULIANELLA, PHD
DirectorLorenzo Ferri, MD, PhDPlatform Manager: Nick Bertos, PhD514-934-1934 ext. 76106biobank.rimuhc@mcgill.caGlen site, E01.5054
Biobank Platform Equipment
Automated and securebiospecimen storageFirst-in-Canada academic robotic biobank platform (Liconic STC7k5)Redundant power supplies and cooling systemsSupports automated and trackable biospecimen...
Store up to 500,000 biospecimens and data in an automated, secure and trackable wayThe Biobank is one of the Centre for Translational...
How to exceed expectations in your short talks
Advisor: Kashif Khan, 3MT awardee
Advisor: Kashif Khan, 3MT awardee
An interview with Dr. Ciriaco Piccirillo
Earlier this fall, Dr. Donald Sheppard, Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology at McGill University’s Faculty...
Improving Outcomes of Very Preterm Infants: What Matters?
Invited Speaker: MARC BELTEMPO, MD, MHA
Invited Speaker: MARC BELTEMPO, MD, MHA
In Canada, cancer remains the leading cause of illness-related death in children. In an effort to accelerate research breakthroughs...
Babies whose mothers had received support to breastfeed exclusively for a sustained period from birth have a 54% lower risk of eczema at...
Dr. Madhukar Pai, Director of McGill Global Health Programs (GHP) and a scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, has been appointed...
Chloe Soutar is a PhD candidate working in Dr. Hans Dringenberg’s lab at the Centre for Neuroscience Studies at Queen’s University...