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When do you make your bed? In the morning when you get up? Well, if you were a chimpanzee – our closest genetic relative, with about 99 per cent of our DNA – you’d more likely make it at dusk, just before you go to sleep for the night. Primatologists call it “nest building.” In…
Newswise — Carino Gurjao, Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at UdeM, joins IRIC’s Genomic and Integrative Medicine Research Unit as a principal investigator. His training background is impressive: he conducted research projects at Institut Curie, MIT, and Harvard (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Broad Institute). At the University of Paris, his doctoral thesis demonstrated,…
Newswise — So-called “active desks” – sit/stand desks, desk bikes with pedals (known as cycling desks) and traditional stationary bikes – are increasingly being made available in schools and workplaces. Unfortunately, however, they rarely come with proper instructions on how to use them. “It’s a bit like pedometers 20 years ago: the hope was that…
The virtual-reality (VR) cognitive-training tool NeuroTracker, also known as 3D-MOT, does not enhance the performance of teenage elite athletes on the field, according to a new study led by Université de Montréal adjunct professor of optometry Thomas Romeas. In his study, published in Psychology of Sport and Exercise, Romeas, who heads the research-and-innovation department at…
Newswise — A Université de Montréal research team consisting of Marie-Josée Richer and Pierrich Plusquellec from the School of Psychoeducation, Sébastien Grenier from the Department of Psychology, and Sonia Lupien from the Department of Psychiatry and Addiction, has released the results of a study on stress resilience in seniors. Their findings were published on January…
It only takes members of Canada’s short-track speed-skating team five days to get over jet lag when they fly to competitions in Asia, 13 time zones away, according to a new study. That’s twice as fast as the typical adaptation time, based on the standard theory that air travellers need between 12 and 24 hours…
Newswise — Cecilia lives in Carahatas, a coastal village in Cuba threatened by rising sea levels caused by climate change. Experts predict that part of the village could be under water within 50 years. Government authorities have responded with plans to gradually relocate residents to higher ground. But Cecilia and other locals claim their community…
Newswise — Université de Montréal medical professors Nicolas Chomont and Andrés Finzi have secured $5.75 million over five years from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to try to develop a treatment capable of permanently eliminating HIV from the body. The projects led by Chomont and Finzi, both professors in the Department of Microbiology, Infectiology,…
A significant advancement in knowledge of the link between cognition and genetics has been made thanks to a study led by Université de Montréal graduate students Guillaume Huguet and Thomas Renne, working under the supervision of medical geneticist Sébastien Jacquemont, an associate professor of pediatrics and a researcher at the UdeM-affiliated CHU Saint-Justine. Published last…
Among cisgender Quebec teenagers – that is, those whose gender identity matches their sex assigned at birth – girls are significantly less likely than boys to achieve orgasm, either through masturbation or with a partner. That’s the finding of a large-scale study of the sexual experiences of 2,800 mostly French-Canadian teens surveyed between 2020 and…
