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Prestigious PBEEE Awards granted to Akanksha Srivastava and Mohamed Nur Abdallah
  Congratulations to Mohamed Nur Abdallah and Akanksha Srivastava for receiving the prestigious PBEEE awards! Both students are highly accomplished and placed first in their respective categories. This program is administered by Le Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT / FQRNT) and is open to all foreign nationals in graduate programs at Quebec Universities. Read the full story here.
10th Annual Faculty of Dentistry Research Day Winners
 The Faculty of Dentistry Research Day has always been an excellent opportunity for graduate students, trainees, post-doctoral fellows, research assistants and research associates to showcase their research work. And this year was no different. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the day was packed with intellectually inspiring graduate research work from a wide range of subjects from both Research Divisions. Read here for all of the winners.
McGill students receive awards at IADR Annual Meeting and Exhibition
 The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) held its Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Boston last month. Xixi Wu was presented with the IADR Implant Research Group Young Investigators Prize for Student Research and Mohamed Nur Abdullah recieved the CADR-NCOHR Student Research Award. Read the full story here.
PhD Student Basem Danish wins NCOHR Video Contest
.jpg) Congratulations to Basem Danish on his first place finish in the Network of Canadian Oral Health Research Video Contest! His video titled “Inequalities in oral health and access to dental services among Canadians” was selected by the judges as the best video in the category Impact of Canadian Oral Health Research. Two fellow McGill Graduate students tied for second place. Read the full story here.
Three PhD students successfully defend thesis
The past month has been a successful one for our graduate students, three of whom have successfully defended their PhD thesis. Congratulations to Zaher Jabbour, Cui Cui and Hazem Eimar! Read more about them here.
Faculty Budget Update
At our last Faculty council, Dean Allison presented us with the most recent budget updates. Find his presentation with a description of our Operating Funds, our Income Generating Funds and our Restricted Funds attached here.
Publications
Kanazawa I; Canaff L; Abi Rafeh J; Angrula A; Li J; Riddle RC; Boraschi-Diaz I; Komarova SV; Clemens TL; Murshed M; Hendy GN. Osteoblast menin regulates bone mass in vivo. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(7):3910-24, Feb 2015.
Baron M; Hudson M; Tatibouet S; Steele R; Lo E; Gravel S; Gyger G; El Sayegh T; Pope J; Fontaine A; Masetto A; Matthews D; Sutton E; Thie N; Jones N; Copete M; Kolbinson D; Markland J; Nogueira-Filho G; Robinson D; Gornitsky M. The Canadian Systemic Sclerosis Oral Health Study II: the relationship between oral and global health-related quality of life in systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology. 54(4):692-6, Apr 2015.
Loignon C; Fortin M; Bedos C; Barbeau D; Boudreault-Fournier A; Gottin T; Goulet E; Laprise E; Haggerty JL. Providing care to vulnerable populations: a qualitative study among GPs working in deprived areas in Montreal, Canada. Fam Pract. 32(2):232-6, Apr 2015.
Danoux CB; Bassett DC; Othman Z; Rodrigues AI; Reis RL; Barralet JE; van Blitterswijk CA; Habibovic P. Elucidating the individual effects of calcium and phosphate ions on hMSCs by using composite materials. Acta Biomater. 17:1-15, 2015 Apr 15.
Liu N. Dai Q. Zheng G. He C. Parisien M. Pan T. N6 -methyladenosine-dependent RNA structural switches regulate RNA-protein Interactions. Nature. 518 (7540):560-564, 2015.
Khavandgar, Z; Murshed, M. Sphingolipid metabolism and its role in the skeletal tissues. Cellular & Molecular Life Sciences. 72(5): 959-969, Mar 2015.
Touyz LZ. Bisphosphonate osteo-necrosis of the jaws [BONJ], from defective function of oral epithelial intercellular junctions? Med Hypotheses. 84(5):474-6, May 2015.
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Events
Toronto Alumni Cocktail on May 7, 2015 @ The Loose Moose, Toronto
MDGSS Seminar: Management of paediatric obstructive sleep apnea from the dentist point of view: Do we have a real impact? on May 8, 2015 @ Strathcona
Montreal Alumni Cocktail on May 25, 2015 @ Chez Plume, The Intercontinental Hotel, Montreal
Journées dentaire internationales du Québec from May 22 – 26, 2015 @ Le Palais des congrès de Montréal
Important Dates
Friday, April 10 – Applications due for NCOHR’s Summer Research Institute Grant
Wednesday, April 15 - Breakfast with the Dean @ 2001 McGill College
Tuesday, April 28 - Breakfast with the Dean @ 2001 McGill College
Monday, May 11 - Breakfast with the Dean @ 2001 McGill College
Friday, May 29 - Spring Convocation
Wednesday, June 3 – Faculty Council @ Strathcona
Opportunities
Dr. Luda Diatchenko to speak at In Her Own Words: Stories from Distinguished Research Careers: April 15, 2015
Some of McGill’s most accomplished women researchers, including Dr. Luda Diatchenko, share experiences and advice on advancing a career in academia or academic administration.
Quebec budget brings more cuts to universities: On March 26, Quebec's Minister of Finance, Carlos Leitão, tabled the provincial budget. This is Quebec's first balanced budget since 2008, but it represents a reduction in total allocations to universities and CEGEPS of some $100 million. Provost Anthony C. Masi comments on what this new economic reality means for McGill. Read the Provost's statement.
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