Congratulations to Andreea Furdui for winning the American of Physiology Society Respiration Section Research Recognition Award for her research on the neural mechanisms of opioid-induced respiratory depression…Keep the great work Andreea!
Read MoreCongratulations to the lab and to Carolina and Shenhab for our first article on opioids and zebrafish. The research article is published in eLife which is an excellent biology journal. We now have robust assays to quantify nociception and respiratory depression in zebrafish. This is a major step toward drug discovery for new opioid pain […]
Read MoreCongratulations to Natalka Parzei! First Place at the Elevator Pitch Competition at St. Michael’s Hospital!
Read MoreAndreea Furdui receives an Ontario Graduate Scholarship to perform her IMS Master degree on the neural mechanisms of opioid-induced respiratory depression. Congrats!
Read MoreCongratulations to Shenhab Zaig for her CIHR- SGS-Master scholarship for her work on opioid-induced respiratory depression and analgesia in larval zebrafish… Keep the excellent work…
Read MoreAccording to recent research highlighted in Science, opioid biased ligands may not be the solutions to the counteract opioid-induced respiratory depression… https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/redesigning-opioids-may-not-prevent-their-fatal-side-effect
Read MoreWe have now an expert in zebrafish who is leading a research project on drug discovery in larval zebrafish. Yara did her PhD at York University on the roles of microRNA in zebrafish.
Read More“Much of the research aimed at addressing the opioid crisis has been focused on trying to reduce addiction, which is an… Posted by St. Michael's Hospital on Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Read MoreAll trainees and scientist are welcome to attend to the Division of Respirology Annual Research Day on June 19, 2019. You will find program and location at the link below: www.respirologyday.com
Read MoreDon’t miss the iBest Symposium, a symposium tham aims to link bio-engineering with biomedical research at St. Michael’s Hospital and Ryerson University. 2019 iBEST Symposium
Read MoreView this post on Instagram Being a part of research that can directly and meaningfully impact people's lives keeps Shenhab excited about her volunteer work in Dr. Gaspard Montandon’s lab at the Keenan Centre for Biomedical Science. She helps the lab use basic science research to find a solution to the #opioidcrisis. This week, we’ll […]
Read MoreCongrats Shenhab for winning the second place for second place at the UTSC Undergraduate Research Poster Forum
Read MoreDysfunctional breathing is the main cause of morbidity and mortality after traumatic injury of the cervical spinal cord1,2 and often necessitates assisted ventilation, thus stressing the need to develop strategies to restore breathing. Cervical interneurons that form synapses on phrenic motor neurons, which control the main inspiratory muscle, can modulate phrenic motor output and diaphragmatic function3,4,5. Here, using a combination of pharmacogenetics and respiratory physiology assays in different models of spinal cord injury, we show that mid-cervical excitatory interneurons are essential for the maintenance of breathing in mice with non-traumatic cervical spinal cord injury, and are also crucial for promoting respiratory recovery after traumatic spinal cord injury.
Read MoreBetter late than never to congratulate Jean-Philippe for his CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship Award…Keep the excellent work!
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/920880
Don’t miss the iBEST VISITING LECTURER SERIES: Understanding opioid-induced respiratory depression to identify safe opioid pain therapies. Gaspard Montandon, PhD. 2nd Floor ALLAN WATERS FAMILY AUDITORIUM Friday Oct. 4 at 1pm. Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
Find here a newly published Commentary in CHEST about the opioid crisis and respiratory depression by opioids… https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012369219311857
Interesting piece on sleep seen on TVO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjDXQbn6lmo
Prescription use fell at a record rate, but is it enough? https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/08/prescription-opioid-use-fell-at-a-record-rate-in-2018-new-report.html
