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There are years of basic research in neuroscience behind the development of the first mixed reality game to diagnose and promote inclusion for people with autism.

UdeM is the first university in Canada (and in the French-speaking world) to introduce an online simulation that allows pharmacy students to learn in a safe yet realistic setting.

A study shows that Riluzole could be effective in the treatment of certain leukodystrophies, neurodegenerative diseases that attack the myelin in the brain of young children.

Drawing on insights from intercultural and decolonial theology, Jean-François Roussel deconstructs the story of the Mohawk saint.

In his doctoral research in criminology, Étienne Garant is looking at the adaptation mechanisms used by people who acknowledge pedophilic urges but choose not to act on them.

Technology perfected by BrainBox AI uses artificial intelligence to help large buildings reduce their CO2 emissions and transition to more sustainable energy sources.

Psycho-education professor Sarah Dufour and her team get a $1.2-million federal grant to evaluate the Espace Parents program, which promotes parenting skills among newcomers to Quebec.

Researcher and UdeM professor Guillaume Lajoie is working on projects that use AI to optimize direct interaction with the nervous system for targeted clinical interventions.

A look back at some of the important discoveries made by members of UdeM's Institute for Research on Exoplanets since its creation. CONTENU - In 1995, a Swiss team discovered the first exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star. Then, in 2008, a team headed by René Doyon, professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Montreal, made a splash world-wide by publishing the first direct image of an exoplanet system, named HR 8799.

An international research team is looking for systematic evidence of linkages between changes in art-making and disorders of the central nervous system.

UdeM faculty members helped write a white paper on how AI systems could support the development of socially and ecologically sustainable cities.

Psychologist Jean Proulx, a professor from School of Criminology, has been working for more than 30 years to demystify the process that leads up to sexual assault and find ways to prevent recidivism.

Inmates in the Quebec prison system are turning to two of the world's major religions to CONTENU - As religious diversity grows in Quebec, the province's prisons are having to adapt to inmates' diverse religious needs.

UdeM professor Carolina Bottari is working to raise awareness about the impact of traumatic brain injury on women who are victims of domestic violence.

An UdeM study suggests that exposure to violent screen content in the preschool years is associated with a heightened risk of psychological and academic difficulties in adolescence.

Thanks to a large donation and the work of UdeM biochemist Alexey Pshezhetsky, the Elisa Linton Research Chair in Lysosomal Diseases will help treat Sanfilippo disease and similar genetic syndromes. Thanks to a generous donation by the Sanfilippo Children's Research Foundation and the work of CHU Sainte-Justine biochemist Alexey Pshezhetsky , a treatment is now within reach for what are now incurable diseases leading to dementia in children.

On November 2, the Faculty of Arts and Science is hosting a discussion of the traumatic effects of war on people who lived through it and on succeeding generations.

Catherine Xhardez, a new professor in the Department of Political Science, is an expert on immigration policy and federalism who believes it is possible to "integrate in order to exist.

UdeM's Cybercriminology Clinic has set up Fraude-alterte.ca, a site where members of the public help each other fight cyber fraud.

According to a new study, Montreal's most disadvantaged neighbourhoods have fewer bike paths, green spaces and trees than more prosperous neighbourhoods.

Led by Université de Montréal and CHU Sainte-Justine, the $2.6-million CURNLS study will collect and test about 7,200 blood samples over the coming year to check for past infection and immunity. CONTENU - In Canada, the vast majority of COVID-19 cases in the 0-to-18 age group have been mild or asymptomatic.

Two comic strips raise awareness of the impact of climate change on migration and health. 15-year-old Ciara lives on the West Island of Montreal and her house has been flooding in recent years.

It's one thing to innovate and find better ways to get healthy, eco-friendly and sustainable foods to consumers - and quite another to understand what leads there, an UdeM study finds. Innovations that make the food supply chain more "responsible" - eco-friendly, good for public health, fairer to farmers - will come faster if the contexts that set the stage for them are better understood, according to a new Université de Montréal study.

A raft of initiatives over the past 20 years testifies to growing interest in preserving Quebec's bungalows.

As Montreal develops a new urban planning and mobility plan, a participatory action-research project gives teenagers a chance to express their vision of their city and of their role as citizens throu What do young Montrealers think of their neighbourhoods and their city?

British scientist Duncan Haldane, co-recipient of a Nobel prize in physics in 2016, is here for an international conference on conformal field theories and quantum 'many-body" physics.

UdeM's Olivier Ferlatte receives $1M from CIHR to create a suicide prevention training program for 2SLGBTQIA+ people.

Research in immunology sheds new light on the ability of cells to contribute more effectively to the body's immune response through internal communication.

Jean-François Côté has been with the IRCM for 17 years and already serving as Interim President and Scientific Director since July 2021.

A research team from UdeM's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is investigating the source of anaplasmosis, an emerging tick-borne disease.

Plans for a first-ever "living ethics" laboratory get off the ground at UdeM and the IRCM. Patients - and issues of ethics - may well be at the heart of healthcare, but with the system so challenging these days they often get overlooked and lost in the shuffle of daily operations.

In a series of listening experiments, an UdeM postdoc finds that having lyrics in a song-or even meaningless syllables that change-makes it more difficult to hear when the singer's not in key. Ever notice when someone's singing out of key? Like when you're in a karaoke bar and your best friend belts out her favorite Adele track but woefully misses the mark? Ever wonder how you know right away she's singing flat? Well, Michael Weiss might have an answer for you.