Identical twins are genetically different

Even though identical twins supposedly share all of their DNA, they acquire hundreds of genetic changes early in development that could set them...
November 12, 2012

Dr. Sam J. Daniel Elected to serve as Director of the Office of Professional Development for the FMRQ

Dr. Sam J. Daniel has been elected to fill the position of Director of the Office of Professional Development for the Fédération des...
November 9, 2012

New Undergraduate Curriculum Implementation

The McGill Faculty of Medicine MDCM curriculum is being redesigned! The changes, which will be launched in the fall of 2013, are based...
November 8, 2012

Faculty of Medicine hosts Homecoming Weekend for Alumni and Guests October 11-14

This year, the Faculty of Medicine welcomed nearly 600 alumni and guests celebrating their quinquennial homecoming reunions between the years of 1947 to...
November 7, 2012

McGill to host Remembrance Day ceremony November 11

Sent on behalf of Jim Nicell, Vice-Principal (University Services) McGill, which is now the permanent home for the Royal Canadian Legion’s official Montreal...
November 7, 2012

Michael Shevell: Our children need a commissioner

  “In the last analysis civilization itself is measured by the way in which children will live and what chance they will have...
November 5, 2012

CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE: Colorectal Cancer Screening – November 20

The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), in collaboration with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), invite you to...
November 2, 2012

Goodman Cancer Research Lecture Series Session 2 – November 12

CANCER: LOOKING FOR SIMPLICITY AND FINDING COMPLEXITY Session 2: Cancer Below the Belt Cervical and Ovarian Cancer New Understanding of Ovarian Cancer and its...
November 2, 2012

McGill Global Health Night – November 7

November 7, 2012 – 5:00 to 7:30 pm Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish Street Tentative Itinerary: 5:00 pm - Welcome and Introduction 5:30 pm...
November 2, 2012

Joanne Leebosh, Interim Director, Development – Faculty of Medicine

I am delighted to announce that Joanne Leebosh has assumed the position of Director of Development, Faculty of Medicine, on an interim basis....
October 30, 2012

Cuddle your kid!

By New York Times op-ed columnist Nicholas Kristof As the presidential candidates debate how to strengthen America, maybe they can learn from rats....
October 25, 2012

Key funding for ground-breaking epigenetics research

The McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre will receive generous support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Génome Québec...
October 22, 2012