November 2011
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À l'année prochaine
This is me signing off until 2012 - I am going on annual leave to spend the festive season with my family in Tauranga, New Zealand. The dreary beach photo captures the spirit of the place perfectly and is copyright ”The Sebel Trinity Wharf Tauranga” Hotel, where I will probably have my Christmas dinner. Don’t get me wrong, I am looking forward to it; I just always approach a trip...
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“Fun fact - 85% of Montreal-related Tumblr content is either created in or...”
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Feeding the world without destroying the planet:...
Agricultural landscapes can provide many different ecosystem services, including food, high quality freshwater, opportunities for recreation, and flood control. Yet we often focus narrowly on the production of food, which can unintentionally undermine provision of other key services. The idea of managing for ecosystem services compels us to consider more than one service and obliges us to...
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Homophobia research chair launched at UQÀM by...
The Quebec Ministry of Justice and UQÀM (University of Quebec at Montreal) announced North America’s first ever chair for research into homophobia today. The research will be directed by Line Chamberland, a sexologist who published a hard hitting yet constructive and pragmatic report into homophobia in provincial schools last year. You can find the report here, in French only.
The fact that...
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A bit more time for castration-resistant prostate...
A study published today in The Lancet by Dr. Fred Saad of the University of Montreal and Dr. Mathew R. Smith of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center reveals that the drug denosumab inhibits the bone metastasis of prostate cancer. The researchers worked with 1432 men suffering from a castration resistant prostate cancer and found that the bone-metastasis-free survival of those receiving...
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Un médicament pourrait offrir un peu plus de temps... →
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Une étude publiée aujourd’hui dans The Lancet par le Docteur Fred Saad de l’Université de Montréal et le Docteur Mathew R. Smith du Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center révèle que le médicament denosumab empêche le cancer de la prostate de métastaser vers les os. Les chercheurs ont…
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SciPak: New Word of the Week Subject: Genetics →
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With October and all those quirky earth science terms under our belts, it’s now time to switch gears to the topic of genetics. This particular discipline of biology deals with the passage of traits from one generation to the next—and the numerous genes that make every one of us unique. The…
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This is what I do, and this is why I've been quiet
Sorry if this blog has been a little boring lately, I’ve been a bit preoccupied by my day job. This week was huge for scientific research in Quebec and in particular Université de Montréal. Firstly, I had the immense honour of organizing two international tele-press conferences (French then English) with Science - which included the pleasure of welcoming the AAAS’ Natasha Pinol and...