/newsroom/taxonomy/term/5184/all en /newsroom/channels/news/new-diagnostic-platform-uses-nanotechnology-and-machine-learning-identify-infectious-diseases-348669 <p>Infectious diseases and respiratory infections in particular are a leading cause of global mortality. As such, there is an urgent need for rapid, large-scale diagnostic tools that can detect these diseases early, something which doesn’t currently exist. To address these problems, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Professor of Bioengineering <a href="/bbme/sara-mahshid"><strong>Sara Mahshid</strong>’s</a> lab has developed <a href="https://www.mahshidlab.com/">an all-in-one detection platform</a> (QolorEX) that can deliver test results in just 13 minutes.</p> Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:26:25 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 302961 at /newsroom /newsroom/philippe-gros Wed, 03 May 2023 17:53:43 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 299131 at /newsroom /newsroom/david-langlais Tue, 07 Mar 2023 21:47:18 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 294888 at /newsroom /newsroom/earl-rubin Mon, 30 Jan 2023 22:40:52 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288932 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-and-ri-muhc-awarded-51-million-infectious-disease-research-343547 <p>New funding of $5.1 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), announced today by the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, will help researchers Marcel Behr, MD, PhD, and Silvia Vidal, PhD, ensure that Canada is better prepared for the next pandemic. This funding is part of the more than $127 million investment being made through the CFI to support upgrades to eight biocontainment facilities across the country as part of its new Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund (BRIF) program.</p> Wed, 16 Nov 2022 12:56:10 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 288505 at /newsroom /newsroom/mathieu-maheu-giroux Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:03:19 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 253752 at /newsroom /newsroom/joanna-trees-merckx Tue, 15 Dec 2020 15:48:33 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 253300 at /newsroom /newsroom/leighanne-parkes Wed, 09 Dec 2020 21:58:25 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 252668 at /newsroom /newsroom/nicole-basta Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:28:07 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 247385 at /newsroom /newsroom/matthew-oughton Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:41:37 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 198395 at /newsroom /newsroom/donald-vinh Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:17:03 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 198394 at /newsroom /newsroom/raymond-tellier Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:36:10 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 198181 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/re-programming-innate-immune-cells-fight-tuberculosis-283809 <p align="center"> Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:59:57 +0000 mona.noonoo@mail.mcgill.ca 32828 at /newsroom /newsroom/andrew-j-mouland Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23226 at /newsroom /newsroom/brian-ward Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 22720 at /newsroom