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Drs. Gordon Keller, Igor Jurisica, Thomas
Kislinger, Shuzo Sugita, and Elisabeth Tillier,were awarded a total of $3.4-million from the Canada Research Chairs(CRC) program.
Embryonic stem cell biologist and McEwen Centre director Dr. Gordon Keller won a new Tier I CRC, which is awarded to outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields. Drs. Jurisica, Kislinger and Tillier received new Tier II CRCs --given to exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field--and Dr. Sugita's existing Tier II CRC was successfully renewed. Drs. Jurisica, Keller and Kislinger were awarded a further $1M in infrastructure funding associated with their CRC awards from the Canada Foundation of Innovation
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December 2008 - Special Issue: 2008 Research Breakthroughs
January
Alzheimer's Disease: TWRI Triggers Stimulating Findings: Deep brain stimulation—implanting battery-powered electrodes into the brain to deliver electrical signals to the brain—has been primarily used in Parkinson's patients and other movement disorders. Drs. Andres Lozano, Mary Pat McAndrews, Colin Shapiro and Richard Wennberg found increasing electrode stimulator intensity caused memories to become more vivid and detailed...more
March
 Stroke: Taking Time to Understand Delayed Responses: A TWRI team led by Dr. Lyanne Schlichter has developed a new ‘stroke-in-a-dish’ model, allowing scientists to study the events occurring in the penumbra. Their model focuses on microglia, key immune cells that can propagate ongoing toxic reactions in the penumbra, and led to identification of new specific targets...more
April
Heart Failure: Controlling Cell Growth: An international study led by TGRI researcher Dr. Rudiger von Harsdorf has uncovered promising parallels between the pathways controlling cell enlargement and cell proliferation—a hallmark of cancer...more
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