McGill University

A transposon-derived transcription factor senses ionic stress through phase separation to govern plant autophagy

Salt stress severely impairs plant growth through two distinct cellular insults: osmotic stress caused by water limitation and ionic toxicity resulting from excessive Na + accumulation. Although plant osmosensors have been identified, the mechanisms underlying ionic stress percep...

A Scoping Review on the Evidence for Virtual Reality Simulation in Surgical Training

Objective Simulation has become a mainstay in surgical education as it is proven to improve trainees’ surgical skills. Virtual reality is a relatively new technology that allows for high-fidelity surgical simulation for many surgical procedures across many specialties. However, t...

Biracial Emerging Adults’ Phenotype and Multiracial Pride Predicting Academic Achievement via Discrimination Experiences

The current study examined how Biracial emerging adults’ phenotype and Multiracial pride were associated with racial discrimination and, in turn, GPA. Participants were 378 Biracial emerging adults. Results indicated that there were gender differences. Among women, Multiracial pr...

More than SAM: mechanisms of action of the Polycomb group protein polyhomeotic

The Polycomb Group (PcG) system controls developmental transitions and cell states across species. Two main PcG complexes, Polycomb Repressive Complexes 1 and 2 (PRC1, PRC2), regulate transcription and form epigenetic memory through chromatin. Polyhomeotic (Ph) is an essential PR...

Housing opacity in North America and beyond: a feasibility study

The availability and access to rental ownership data have become a growing topic of interest among academics, housing organisations, policy makers, and advocacy groups. It is increasingly obvious that data infrastructures play a big role in facilitating the access, workability, a...

Collaboratively building teaching resources for EDI in epidemiology and biostatistics

Abstract Objectives The objective of this workshop was to collaboratively co-create concrete, practical teaching resources that embed equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) concepts into epidemiology and biostatistics teaching in Canada. Methods The 3-h interactive session develo...

Women’s experiences of intuitive exercise: A reflexive thematic analysis

This study sought to deepen understandings of intuitive exercise among women navigating physical activity contexts that reinforce societal gendered messages and norms about bodies and exercise, promote dysfunctional exercise attitudes and behaviours, and undermine sustained parti...

A qualitative study on how and why families engage with diverse antenatal care systems in rural eastern Zimbabwe

Antenatal care (ANC) pluralism—meaning, pregnancy-related care and support drawing on local indigenous and biomedical forms of care—is essential to reducing pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality in culturally appropriate ways in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, many current intervent...

Exploring Training Needs to Facilitate Shared Decision Making in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Symptom Management and the Use of the JIA Option Map

Objectives Our team developed the JIA Option Map, a web-based patient decision aid (PDA) designed to support shared decision-making (SDM) for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) symptom management. Since training for health care providers (HCP) can enhance SDM and the use of PDAs...

Mortality in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: A Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Vasculitis Center

Objectives Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), comprising granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), remains a life-threatening disease despite therapeutic advances.[1] Although immunosuppressive treatments have...

Matters of care in transportation: Addressing disabling environments in the movement for care-full transitions

Urban scholars are increasingly calling for greater attention to care, as both a practice and ethic, in response to socio-environmental issues. In the urban transportation literature, care has helped to underscore uneven mobility patterns and the need for inclusive planning frame...

Exploring Decisional Factors to Include Approaches in a Patient Decision Aid for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Symptom Management

Objectives Youth with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) experience physical and mental health symptoms that negatively impact their participation in daily life activities. The JIA Option Map is a web-based patient decision aid (PDA) created to facilitate decision-making for JIA...