A group of twelve researchers from the University of Ottawa will be joining the ranks of Canada’s brightest minds, with five elected to the Royal Society of Canada and seven others gaining admittance to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
What if a blood spot from a newborn could identify vulnerable children at birth? One of the biggest vulnerabilities is being born premature. Canadian researchers are hoping that metabolic markers found in blood spots routinely collected from infant heel pricks as part of newborn screening will help determine gestational age in newborns and lead to better care for infants in developing countries.
As the hustle and bustle of students on campus quiets down for the summer, researchers in the faculties of Science and Engineering at the University of Ottawa are making a lot of noise after receiving a total of $17,845,356 in support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
Six University of Ottawa professors have been appointed University research chairs, in recognition of their solid teaching record and outstanding accomplishments in their fields. The research chairs will focus on pressing issues in areas as diverse as the deformation of the earth’s crust, health care delivery reform, metabolic and genetic factors causing obesity and diabetes, and health care for rare childhood diseases.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
