coronavirus /research/taxonomy/term/247/all en Social Science and Humanities researchers also active in battle against COVID /research/article/social-science-and-humanities-researchers-also-active-battle-against-covid <p>Twelve 苹果淫院 researchers are the recipients of a total of $179,258 in one-time grants for COVID-19 rapid response projects, jointly funded by 苹果淫院鈥檚 Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Institutional Grant and the <a href="/mi4/">苹果淫院 Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity</a> (MI4) Emergency COVID-19 Research Funding (ECRF) program.</p> Wed, 21 Dec 2022 23:57:00 +0000 Robin Koning 725 at /research The Quebec COVID-19 Biobank 鈥 an essential weapon against COVID /research/article/quebec-covid-19-biobank-essential-weapon-against-covid <p>鈥淜now your enemy,鈥 is perhaps one of the most well-known proverbs, often quoted by military buffs and corporate leaders alike. And yet in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic this ancient saying by the strategist and philosopher Sun Tzu, takes on a vital and important meaning. The virus that causes COVID-19 present many mysteries, and new reports of its effects and transmission seem to surface daily. There is so much yet to learn about this virulent pathogen.</p> Wed, 21 Dec 2022 23:51:41 +0000 Junji Nishihata 724 at /research Head of AIDS research at 苹果淫院 receives funding to study COVID-19 transmissibility /research/article/head-aids-research-mcgill-receives-funding-study-covid-19-transmissibility <p><b>Understanding the virus that causes COVID-19 </b></p> <p>Dr. Liang asks two questions in his funding proposal: how did coronaviruses transmit from animals into humans and what makes SARS-CoV-2 so pathogenic and lethal?</p> Wed, 21 Dec 2022 23:49:31 +0000 Robin Koning 723 at /research Unmasking the mechanisms of emerging variants /research/channels/news/unmasking-mechanisms-emerging-variants-333803 <p>Scientists are seeking answers to why SARS-CoV-2 variants are so transmissible and why they cause greater disease severity than the original strain. 苹果淫院鈥檚 Qian (Vivian) Liu, together with researchers from the University of British Columbia and the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, have launched a study to understand this question, investigating how SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins are organized and moved on the cell or virus surface by using single-molecule imaging technology.</p> Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:33:06 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 1294 at /research