News in Research

2017

• VP research only Canadian elected this year to prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  Mona Nemer has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, joining the likes of singer John Legend, actor Carol Burnett and mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani in this year’s class.

• Exploring African innovation through the lens of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls

  Under the guidance of Professors Jeremy de Beer and Chidi Oguamanam, The Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network has received funding from the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Advanced Scholars Program (QES) to create new opportunities for emerging scholars to explore African innovation through the lens of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

• Canada Gairdner Award for Dr. Hakim

  Prestigious Canada Gairdner Award honours Dr. Antoine Hakim’s championing of stroke prevention and treatment

• Congratulations to the participants and winners of UROP 2017!

  Posted on Friday, March 24, 2017

  Hundreds of students gathered in the UCU to present their undergraduate research projects on Thursday, March 23.

• The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ottawa welcomes new stem cell research report and alliance

  Posted on Monday, March 13, 2017

  A new workshop report, Building on Canada’s Strengths in Regenerative Medicine, released recently by the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), confirms that Canadian researchers continue to be recognized as scientific leaders in the field of regenerative medicine and stem cell science.

• Researchers discover oldest records of life on Earth

  "They would be the oldest microfossils ever found and therefore the oldest record of life on Earth," explains Jonathan O’Neil, of the University of Ottawa’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

• Study finds habitat flooding caused by climate change threatens vulnerable wood bison

  Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2017

  New research from scientists at the University of Ottawa, five partner universities and the Government of the Northwest Territories shows that climate change is causing extensive lake expansion and landscape flooding in the southern Northwest Territories, affecting the core habitat of the Mackenzie wood bison herd.

• $2.4 million in research funding for 5G wireless, pipeline safety, connected cars and the future energy and data transmission

  After a tour of University of Ottawa researcher Karin Hinzer’s SunLab, federal Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan announced $41 million in NSERC research funding for Canadian postsecondary institutions, including $2.4 million for advanced research at uOttawa.

• Mapping the mind’s neural code

  Posted on Tuesday, February 7, 2017

  André Longtin and Leonard Maler's years of research have won them the Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering, awarded by NSERC.

• Protecting quantum computing networks against hacking threats

  Posted on Friday, February 3, 2017

  Researchers at the University of Ottawa have uncovered clues that could help administrators protect quantum computing networks from external attacks.