Meet Ioanna Tountas, a master’s student in #Biology in Dr Alisa Piekny’s lab. Her research explores how the mechanisms that control cell division change as stem cells differentiate into other cell types, and how disruptions in these processes can lead to disease.
#ConcordiaUniversity #ConcordiaResearch #ConcordiaHealth #CellDivision #StemCells #Microscopy #Disease
Meet Courtney Blamey, a PhD candidate in the Department of Communication Studies. Her research explores emotional game design as a way to develop games about self-esteem, helping players to better understand where their own self-esteem issues might stem from.
#ConcordiaUniversity #ConcordiaResearch #ConcordiaHealth #SelfEsteem #GameDesign #VideoGames #CommunicationStudies
New research from Concordia University reveals a biological link between coronary artery disease (CAD) and cognitive decline.
#MRI #MedicalImaging #ConcordiaHealth #HealthResearch #cognition #heartdisease #coronaryarterydisease
Meet Afaf Alanzarouti, an undergraduate research intern in the Applied Perception Lab, where the team uses virtual reality to make MRI scans less stressful for children.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXTMMXJA3P4
#ConcordiaUniversity #ConcordiaResearch #ConcordiaHealth #VirtualReality #VR #MRI #StudentResearch #HealthResearch
Meet Alisa Piekny, Professor in the Department of Biology at Concordia University and Associate Dean of Research & Infrastructure at the School of Health. Her lab studies cell division; research that guides discovery of new cancer drugs, delivery, and diagnosis tools with collaborators in Chemistry and Engineering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR4XtxyZ-QE
#ConcordiaUniversity #ConcordiaResearch #ConcordiaHealth #CellDivision #Cancer #DrugDiscovery #StemCells #Mitosis #Biology #Research
October is #ADHDAwarenessMonth - a great opportunity to highlight the important work of Dr. Joyce Lui, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Concordia University
Her research focuses on children and adolescents with ADHD and disruptive behaviors, helping to deepen our understanding and improve support for these youth.
#ADHD #ADHDAwareness #DisruptiveBehaviors #ConcordiaHealth #ConcordiaUniversity
Meet Ré Mansbach PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Concordia University, and Tier II Canada Research Chair in Computational Biophysics, whose lab uses computers to understand how proteins work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ9R3kSjaqM
#ConcordiaHealth #ConcordiaUniversity #biophysics #proteins #AI #MDsimulations #physics #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #deeplearning
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