/dentistry/taxonomy/term/107/all en /dentistry/article/faculty-news-research/cihr-funds-biomedical-engineering-research-dentistry <p>The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are funding a Collaborative Health Research Project lead by聽Dentistry researchers Drs. Maryam Tabrizian, and Monzur Murshed, in partnership with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).</p> Thu, 02 May 2019 18:35:57 +0000 david.leblanc@mcgill.ca 2488 at /dentistry /dentistry/research/research-clusters/biomaterials-nanobiotechnology-and-tissue-engineering <h3><b>Research </b></h3> <p>Biomaterials, nanobiotechnology, and tissue engineering is an emerging area of excellence for 苹果淫院 Dentistry. Outstanding new researchers investigate nanometre-scale bone cements/biomaterials, synthetic tissue-engineered scaffoldings and controlled-release systems for bone reconstruction and salivary gland regeneration, and the bioactivation of implants by surface nanostructuring and protein nanopatterning.</p> Thu, 18 Apr 2019 02:30:09 +0000 robert.just2@mail.mcgill.ca 2438 at /dentistry /dentistry/research/research-clusters/mineralized-tissues-and-extracellular-matrix-biology <h3><b>Research </b></h3> <p>Skeletal, dental, and connective tissue biology research at 苹果淫院 is, and has long been, world-class. A large group of researchers has been assembled to consolidate our strength in researching fundamental questions pertaining to mineralized tissue and extracellular matrix biology, the influence of the skeleton in organ and tissue cross-talk, and translational research and clinical trials in these fields.</p> Thu, 18 Apr 2019 02:30:16 +0000 robert.just2@mail.mcgill.ca 2439 at /dentistry /dentistry/research/research-clusters/pain-and-neuroscience <h3><b>Research </b></h3> <p>Pain research at 苹果淫院 is ranked amongst the best in the world based on its critical mass of exceptional pain researchers and on a tradition of outstanding accomplishments in the neurosciences. The legacy of Ron Melzack鈥檚 1965 gate-control theory of pain continues to this day with 苹果淫院 pain studies researchers publishing in the most influential international journals.</p> Thu, 18 Apr 2019 02:30:26 +0000 robert.just2@mail.mcgill.ca 2440 at /dentistry /dentistry/channels/news/dr-jake-barralet-appointed-director-innovation-steinberg-centre-simulation-and-interactive-learning-285713 <p>We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jake Barralet to the position of Director of Innovation for the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning (SCSIL) and for the Faculty of Medicine at 苹果淫院.</p> Fri, 09 Mar 2018 02:35:04 +0000 robert.just2@mail.mcgill.ca 2160 at /dentistry /dentistry/channels/news/tamimi-cerruti-grant-success-239729 <p>Congratulations to Faleh Tamimi and Marta Cerruti for:</p> <p><strong> F. Tamimi</strong>, J. Song and <strong>M. Cerruti</strong>. <em>Laser-sintered dentures engineered for optimal performance</em></p> <p>NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant, with 3DRPD Inc.</p> Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:39:10 +0000 james.morris@mcgill.ca 1470 at /dentistry /dentistry/channels/news/congratulations-cadr-ncohr-student-award-winner-mohamed-nur-abdallah-239334 <p>We are pleased to announce that graduate student <strong>Mohammed-Nur Abdallah</strong> placed second in the CADR-NCOHR Student Research Award competition, Senior Basic Science Research Category, for his project "Artificially induced diagenesis in mineralized tissues: A new way to modify the properties of teeth," by MN Abdallah, H Eimar, D Bassett, M Schnabel, V Nelea, MD McKee, M Cerruti, JE Barralet and F Tamimi 聽(supervisor F. Tamimi). Mohammed will receive a travel award to present his research at the IADR/AADR/CADR meeting in Boston, MA, in March, 2015. Congratulations!</p> Fri, 03 Oct 2014 16:55:24 +0000 james.morris@mcgill.ca 1462 at /dentistry /dentistry/channels/news/melatonin-makes-old-bones-stronger-236860 <h3>Research on elderly rats suggests possible avenue for prevention of osteoporosis</h3> <p></p> <p><a href="/dentistry/research/our-researchers/tamimi" target="_blank">Faleh Tamimi</a>, is the leader of a research team that has just discovered that melatonin supplements make bones stronger in elderly rats and therefore, potentially, in elderly humans too. 鈥淥ld rats are tedious to work with because they get sick a lot and that means they also cost a lot more. But if you鈥檙e interested in diseases like osteoporosis, they鈥檙e an essential part of the process.鈥�</p> Wed, 28 May 2014 13:25:33 +0000 james.morris@mcgill.ca 1429 at /dentistry