News in Research

2014

• Brain Health Awareness Week should be top of mind

  Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2014

  OTTAWA, September 18, 2014 — One in three Canadians will experience a neurological condition or suffer from mental illness in their lifetime. With this in mind, the University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute (uOBMRI) is kicking off its first official Brain Health Awareness Week.

• Patient’s question triggers important study about blood thinners

  Posted on Tuesday, September 16, 2014

  OTTAWA, September 16, 2014 — Physicians around the world now have guidelines to help them determine the best oral blood thinners to prescribe to patients suffering from venous blood clots, thanks to an Ottawa Hospital patient who asked a question his doctor couldn’t answer. These guidelines are included in a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

• Why age reduces our stem cells' ability to repair muscle

  Posted on Monday, September 8, 2014

  OTTAWA, September 8, 2014 — As we age, stem cells throughout our bodies gradually lose their capacity to repair damage, even from normal wear and tear. Researchers from the University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute have discovered the reason why this decline occurs in our skeletal muscle. Their findings were published online today in the influential journal Nature Medicine. 

• Using math to crack the coffee genome for a better brew

  Posted on Thursday, September 4, 2014

  OTTAWA, September 4, 2014 — With more than 2.25 billion cups consumed daily worldwide, coffee is one of the most popular agricultural products of tropical countries. A group of scientists from around the world has just published the first genome sequence of the coffee plant Coffea canephora (Robusta),an important step towards improving your morning brew.

• Human-induced groundwater depletion may cause earthquakes

  Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2014

  OTTAWA, May 14, 2014 — Professor Pascal Audet, Department of Earth Sciences, along with a team of researchers led by Professor Colin Amos of Western Washington University, has published an article in the scientific journal Nature that shows a direct link between human-induced groundwater depletion and the uplift of California’s Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges, which may increase the number of small earthquakes on the adjacent San Andreas Fault.

• uOttawa professor’s exploration of Yiddish in early 20th century Montreal wins 2014 Canada Prize in the Humanities

  Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2014

  OTTAWA, April 30, 2014 — University of Ottawa professor Pierre Anctil has been selected as this year’s winner of the Canada Prize in the Humanities by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences for his recently published book on the work of Jacob-Isaac Segal, a celebrated Montreal Jewish poet who wrote only in Yiddish.

• International joint chemistry lab moving towards greener pastures for future generations

  Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2014

  OTTAWA, April 23, 2014 — The University of Ottawa has extended its global reach by creating an international associated laboratory (LIA) in partnership with the Ecole Normale Supérieure of Lyon, Université of Lyon, and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - the only joint green chemistry lab of its kind in Canada.

• U.S. emergency rooms adopting made-in-Ottawa diagnostic procedures

  Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2014

  OTTAWA, April 15, 2014 — Doctors in the United States are looking north for help determining when diagnostic tests are needed in hospital emergency rooms.

• University of Ottawa physicist captures light — accolades too

  Posted on Tuesday, April 8, 2014

  OTTAWA, April 8, 2014 — University of Ottawa professor and National Research Council scientist Paul Corkum, known as the father of attosecond molecular imaging, will be the guest of honour at the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, where he will receive the prestigious Harvey Prize for his contributions to the field of attosecond science.

• New Canada research chair working to uncover the path to quantum computers

  Posted on Friday, March 28, 2014

  OTTAWA, March 28, 2014 — Although today’s computers are extremely powerful and fast, there are calculations that even the most advanced computer will never be able to perform.