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Five Faculty of Medicine PIs garner a combined $1.25M in NFRF Grants

The Exploration stream of the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) has granted a total of $1.25M to five researchers from the Faculty of Medicine and affiliated institutes to support their innovative, high-risk high-reward research projects.
The Exploration stream of the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) has granted a total of $1.25M to five researchers from the Faculty of Medicine and affiliated institutes to support their innovative, high-risk high-reward research projects.

June 14, 2021
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Five Faculty of Medicine PIs garner a combined $1.25M in NFRF Grants

The Exploration stream of the New Frontiers in Research Fund supports innovative, high-risk high-reward research projects.
The Exploration stream of the New Frontiers in Research Fund supports innovative, high-risk high-reward research projects.

June 13, 2021
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Study: No health worries for children born to mothers who received seasonal flu vaccine during pregnancy

uOttawa/CHEO study reviewing 28,000 children over three-plus years following birth found no increased risk of early childhood health issues following exposure to seasonal flu vaccination during pregnancy
uOttawa/CHEO study reviewing 28,000 children over three-plus years following birth found no increased risk of early childhood health issues following exposure to seasonal flu vaccination during pregnancy

June 10, 2021
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NSERC Webinars - How to submit a Notification of Intent to apply - Discovery Grants Program

Due to COVID-19, NSERC is replacing live webinars with pre-recorded videos followed by live Q&A sessions. This series is meant to assist the research community on how to complete an application using the Research Portal and the NSERC Canadian Common CV (CCV).
Due to COVID-19, NSERC is replacing live webinars with pre-recorded videos followed by live Q&A sessions. This series is meant to assist the research community on how to complete an application using the Research Portal and the NSERC Canadian Common CV (CCV).

June 8, 2021
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Faculty of Medicine

Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) uOttawa Site License

If you have ‘Omics data that you need to analyze for relationships, try using IPA. Anyone with a uOttawa.ca email account can get access to use this software and search the IPA proprietary interactome database with many interaction entries not available in public interactome databases. Contact Stephen Baird, Manager of the High Throughput Screening (HTS) Core Facility, for an account.
If you have ‘Omics data that you need to analyze for relationships, try using IPA. Anyone with a uOttawa.ca email account can get access to use this software and search the IPA proprietary interactome database with many interaction entries not available in public interactome databases. Contact Steph...

June 8, 2021
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Awards and recognition

Congratulations to Nayaar Islam

Congratulations to Nayaar Islam who was awarded the 1st Place Abstract Award (Scientific Research Project) at the 2021 Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Annual Scientific Meeting
Congratulations to Nayaar Islam who was awarded the 1st Place Abstract Award (Scientific Research Project) at the 2021 Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Annual Scientific Meeting

June 8, 2021
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New Tests for Rats in the Behaviour and Physiology Core

The advent of CRISPR-mediated genetic manipulation has created new opportunities for developing rat models of human disease.  Rats are more intelligent than mice and are capable of performing complicated, multi-step tasks quickly and successfully, making them of particular value to neuroscience and psychiatric research. 
The advent of CRISPR-mediated genetic manipulation has created new opportunities for developing rat models of human disease.  Rats are more intelligent than mice and are capable of performing complicated, multi-step tasks quickly and successfully, making them of particular value to neuroscience and ...

June 8, 2021
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COVID has set back the fight against tuberculosis 12 years

With approximately one-third of the world’s population currently infected with latent TB, Dr. Alice Zwerling takes a health economics approach to a funding gap of billions.
With approximately one-third of the world’s population currently infected with latent TB, Dr. Alice Zwerling takes a health economics approach to a funding gap of billions.

May 26, 2021