Monthly Archives: June 2021

McGill researchers awarded Azrieli Science Grant for RNA and the brain

McGill researchers awarded Azrieli Science Grant for RNA and the brain

McGill researchers awarded Azrieli Science Grant for RNA and the brain Dr. Wayne Sossin, Professor at The Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, has been awarded a grant through the Azrieli Science Grants Program as principal investigator for a research project titled “Determining how stalled polysomes are generated for [Read more]

Astronaut gut microbiome alterations induced by long-duration confinement

Astronaut gut microbiome alterations induced by long-duration confinement

Astronaut gut microbiome alterations induced by long-duration confinement Throughout long-duration spaceflight, maintaining astronaut health is crucial to the feasibility of a manned mission to Mars. In the longest controlled human confinement study conducted to date, the ground-based Mars500 experiment investigated long-duration health by isolating six astronauts for 520 days. [Read more]