News in Research

2016

• Discovery by uOttawa researcher could reduce the need for preventive mastectomy in BRCA1-mutated breast cancer

  Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2016

  One in nine Canadian women is expected to develop breast cancer throughout her lifetime, and one in 30 will die from it. Preventing breast cancer at the cellular level however, may be a possibility, after research by Dr. Christine Pratt at the University of Ottawa uncovered why breast cells with the BRCA1 gene mutation are at high risk for evolving into tumours.

• $1.7 million for cutting-edge mental health research

  Posted on Thursday, June 2, 2016

  The University of Ottawa is making a $1.7 million dollar contribution to the Royal’s Brain Imaging Centre. Researchers at the University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute (uOBMRI) will now be able to use cutting-edge technology to advance learning and discovery in the field of brain research and psychology using a new PET-fMRI machine, the first of its kind in Canada solely dedicated to mental health research and neuroscience.

• Plaque celebrates vibrant uOttawa-Max Planck Centre research partnership

  Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2016

  A year after the launch of the Max Planck-University of Ottawa Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics, the University of Ottawa is commemorating its vibrant partnership with the Max Planck Society by unveiling an official centre plaque, along with Martin Stratmann, president of the Max Planck Society, and Werner Wnendt, German ambassador to Canada.

• Quantum optics chair receives highest nod from Optical Society of America

  Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2016

  OTTAWA, March16, 2016 --University of Ottawa physics professor Robert Boyd has been selected as the winner of the 2016 Charles Hard Townes Award by the Optical Society of America.

• University researcher part of major northern marine corridor project

  Posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2016

  University of Ottawa professor Jackie Dawson of the Department of Geography is one of nine scientists conducting a multifaceted research project  to strengthen navigation, emergency response and cultural protection in the North. 

• Accomplished young researchers honoured by uOttawa

  Posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2016

  OTTAWA, February 17, 2016 — The University of Ottawa is pleased to announce that Suzanne Bouclin and Karin Hinzer are the recipients of the Young Researcher of the Year Award. The two professors are being recognized for their exceptional contributions to research, as well as for their role in effectively training students.

• The University of Ottawa awarded eight new Canada Research Chairs and $13.8 million in research funding

  Posted on Friday, February 12, 2016

  The University of Ottawa has been awarded eight new Canada Research Chairs and will see seven more renewed, for a total of $13.8 million in research funding. The latest appointed chairs, announced at the University of Ottawa by the Honourable Catherine McKenna, will enhance the University of Ottawa’s breadth of research and expertise in areas such a ultra-secure quantum communication, viral infection and immunity, mental health as well as in green technologies in order to meet Canada’s environmental ambitions and commitments.