Undergraduate Students

Welcome message from the Dean / Message de bienvenue de la doyenne

valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 13:30:14 +0000

Dear Macdonald Campus Community,

It is with great excitement and gratitude that I begin my journey as the new Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Associate Vice-President of the Macdonald Campus at ��ñ��. As I begin my term, I’m excited to connect with each of you - professors, lecturers, staff, learners, students, alumni, donors, and allies. Thank you for the trust you have placed in me.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 - Foundations of IP and Patent Searching

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:30:06 +0000

This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets.

New publication from the Bui Lab in Current Biology on cilia tip structure

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 16:16:09 +0000

Motile cilia are specialized organelles essential for cell movement and fluid flow, driven by the beating of their internal cytoskeleton called the axoneme. At the core of the axoneme lies the central pair (CP) of microtubules, which features a distinct distal tip structure critical for motility. However, the proteins stabilizing this region have remained largely unknown.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 - Foundations of IP and Patent Searching

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:42:00 +0000

This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets.

TechAccel Showcase

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:36:08 +0000

Come and meet our TechAccel teams! Student startup teams funded and supported by The ��ñ�� Engine will be present to demo their projects and businesses!

AI analysis of healthcare records reveals key factors in autism diagnosis

admin — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:23:21 +0000

Scientists argue the criteria we use for diagnosing autism may need revision

Without clear and effective biological tests for autism based on genes, brain or blood measurements, diagnosis today still largely depends on clinical assessment. The standard way of doing this is by observing how the individual fits the criteria for autism listed in gold standard manuals like the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5).

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:32:18 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at ��ñ�� to perform market research.

Isabella Coronado Doria on Taxis vs. Ridesharing in Colombia | Policy Magazine

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:43:02 +0000

March 26, 2025 | MPP Isabella Coronado Doria wrote about the growing tensions between Uber and traditional taxis in Columbia. "In some ways, hindering Uber’s activity in Colombia is comparable to telling people to abandon the internet and go back to encyclopedias. It highlights the perpetual tension between the status quo and disruptive technology," writes Isabella.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:44:07 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.

Seth Bumagat on Canada's Water Resilience and Security Strategy | Policy Magazine

admin — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:52:42 +0000

March 26, 2025 | MPP Seth Bumagat wrote about the need for water resilience and security strategy. "Wildfires and droughts – two other frequent natural disasters that strike Canada annually – present a complex link between water and climate change events. When considering the complex links between climate change and water, the issues of water resilience and security arise.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #1 - Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship 101

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:33:28 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview of what technological innovation is and what entrepreneurship is, as well an overview of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, the Lean Launchpad methodology, the Business Model Canvas and the Lean Canvas.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:34:14 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #1 - Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship 101

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:08:47 +0000

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #2 - Design Thinking Methodology

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:35:33 +0000

The learning objective of this workshop is to understand the fundamentals of the Design Thinking Methodology and how it promotes innovation.

New publication in Science from the Bernard lab with former and current Cell Biology graduate students Emilie Brûlé and Hailey Schultz

admin — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:56:32 +0000

Myostatin is a paracrine myokine that regulates muscle mass in a variety of species, including humans. In this work, they report a functional role for myostatin as an endocrine hormone that directly promotes pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) synthesis and thereby ovarian function in mice. Previously, this FSH-stimulating role was attributed to other members of the transforming growth factor-β family, the activins. Their results both challenge activin's eponymous role in FSH synthesis and establish an unexpected endocrine axis between skeletal muscle and the pituitary gland.