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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
By comparing variations in the colour of the coats of the eastern grey squirrel in Montreal city parks, researchers found that hyper-local conditions appear to play a bigger role in determining wildlife traits than had been thought. Learn more about this McGill-led study ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5zd
Black squirrel
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Congratulations to Eric Hehman (Psychology) and Natalya Gomez (Earth and Planetary Sciences), who have been named Members of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Learn more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5aj
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Professor Tomislav Friščić will return to the Department of Chemistry in mid-2027 as one of McGill University’s six inaugural Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of Canada. Read the full story ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5LR
Tomislav Friščić
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A person's posture appears to affect their emotions and decision-making ability more than they realize, according to new research from McGill University. Learn more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/52Z
a woman stretches while sitting at her desk
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Wetland restoration is often promoted as a definitive way to support wildlife, improve water quality and help store carbon. However, new research from McGill University suggests the overall climate picture is more complicated. Learn more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5Bp
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Researchers from the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)/Fast Radio Bursts Collaboration, including McGill University and MIT, have developed a new method to seek out “missing” matter by combining galaxy locations with fast radio burst detections. Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5Xi
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A Medicine Wheel garden inspired by Indigenous teachings is now growing on McGill’s downtown campus, south of Burnside Hall. The idea for the garden came from Robin Boulet, a Bachelor of Arts and Science student. Full story on the McGill Reporter ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5X3
Medicine Wheel garden
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A rock featuring a white calcite vein in a rare ‘petal’ formation has been extracted from the construction site of the future McGill Sustainability Park. McGill’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is now studying it as part of research about the Island of Montreal. More ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/58z
The rock with white calcite.
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A new McGill-led study shows how a single marine monitoring network can capture underwater earthquakes, whale calls, ship noise, and tidal activity in the Lower St. Lawrence. The system could help improve environmental protections and inform future shipping regulations. Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/587
A fin whale surfaces in the St. Lawrence River. Image by Getty Images.
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🎉 Congratulations to Andrew Gonzalez (@biomcgill.bsky.social), who is one of three recipients of the NOMIS Foundation’s 2026 Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award! Discover the project ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/574
Andrew Gonzalez, Professor and Liber Ero Chair in Biodiversity in the Department of Biology at McGill University.
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A biocontainment facility designed to protect Earth from potentially hazardous biotic contaminants from space should be part of a planned NASA base on the moon, a policy paper maintains. Read the full article ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5hX 📷by Getty Images/NASA
Profile of the moon showing its detailed surface with Earth in the background.
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
People who have a weaker sense of self are also more likely to have less bodily awareness, McGill researchers have found. The study supports the idea that people’s perceptions of themselves and how they experience their own bodies are deeply connected. Learn more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5nh
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Pressed plant specimens collected centuries ago and stored in herbaria around the world could play a key role in facilitating the tracking of genetic change and extinction risk in plants, a McGill University-led study indicates. Learn more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5eB
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
We are pleased to announce the appointment of four department chairs, who began their terms on June 1. Find out who they are ➡️ www.mcgill.ca/science/chan...
From left: Prof. Yi Huang (Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences), Prof. Laura Nilson (Department of Biology), Prof. Brigitte Pientka (School of Computer Science), Prof. Galen Halverson (Department of Earth and Planetary Science).
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Congratulations to Adrian Liu (Physics), who received the 2026 Carrie M. Derick Award for Graduate Teaching and Supervision! Learn more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5eo
Deep Saini, President and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University and Adrian Liu, Associate Professor of Physics at McGill University
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🎉 Congratulations to Jasmin Chahal (Microbiology and Immunology) for winning the 2026 Leo Yaffe Award for Excellence in Teaching! Presented annually, the award celebrates a faculty member for superior teaching at the undergraduate level within the Faculty of Science. Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5sy
Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell and Dr. Jasmin Chahal Assistant Professor (Teaching), Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🎉 Congratulations to Mette Bendixen (Geography) and Kai Wang (Physics) who were awarded the 2026 President’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at convocation ceremonies held on May 28 and May 29! Read more: mcgill.ca/x/5su
Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell and Professor Mette Bendixen, President and Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini and Professor Kai Wang. Photos by Owen Egan.
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Learning to speak a new language, or regaining speech, depends more on areas of the brain that process sound and physical sensation than on the parts of the brain that govern motor control, according to a new study by researchers at McGill University and the Yale School of Medicine. mcgill.ca/x/5sX
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Congratulations to six professors from the Faculty of Science who have been recognized by Angela Campbell, Provost and Vice-President (Academic), for their exceptional research achievements! 🎉
Clockwise from top left: Parisa Ariya (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences), Bruce Arndtsen (Chemistry), Nikolas Provatas (Physics), Hanadi Sleiman (Chemistry), Irene Gregory-Eaves (Biology), and Fiona Soper (Biology)
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Congratulations to Brigitte Vachon, James McGill Professor in the Department of Physics, newly appointed Canada Research Chair in Experimental Subatomic Physics, who is tackling two of the biggest unanswered questions in modern physics: the nature of the Higgs boson and the identity of dark matter.
 Brigitte Vachon
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Congratulations to Amanda Cook, a Banting postdoctoral fellow and member of the CHIME/FRB Collaboration, for winning the President’s Prize for Public Engagement Through Media, under the Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows category. Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5Pb
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Researchers at McGill University have developed a novel device that generates sound-like particles known as phonons at extremely cold temperatures. The technology could be used to create phonon lasers, with possible applications in communications and medical diagnostics. Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5do
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Professor Alanna Watt, of the Department of Biology, as Dean of the Faculty of Science at McGill University. Her five-year renewable term will begin on May 1. Read the full announcement ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5AH
Professor Alanna Watt, Dean of the Faculty of Science at McGill University
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Researchers studying 450-million-year-old fossils discovered about 50 km northeast of Quebec City have identified a new species of basal medusozoan: Paleocanna tentaculum, a soft-bodied, tube-shaped polyp with a ring of tentacles. Closely related to modern jellyfish. Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5Ac
Interpretation of paleocanna tentaculum.
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
🎉 Congratulations to this year’s Fessenden Professorship Award recipients, Matthew Harrington (Chemistry) and Muthucumaru Maheswaran (Computer Science), and to the Tomlinson Science Award winners, Lucas Caire da Silva (Chemistry) and Brigitte Pientka (Computer Science). Learn more: mcgill.ca/x/5Qh
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"By mimicking nature, we can develop new greener and more sustainable avenues for making materials with excellent properties," says Prof. Matthew Harrington (Chemistry), lead author on a new study. Continue reading ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5ME
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
A new international study, co-authored by Audrey Moores (Chemistry), offers insights into the health risks posed by crops’ absorption of “contaminants of emerging concern” (CECs) and flags knowledge gaps that the authors say must be addressed. Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5gQ
Tractor spraying herbicide over wheat field with sprayer.
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Congratulations to Victoria Kaspi, Jason Hessels (Physics) and Vincent van Hinsberg (Earth and Planetary Sciences) who are leading projects funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Innovation Fund! Discover all the McGill affiliated research projects receiving funding ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5xX
Portrait photos of Victoria Kaspi, Jason Hessels and Vincent van Hinsberg.
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Support the Faculty of Science on #McGill24! Today, your gift goes further, as other generous donors will match it up to dollar for dollar. Visit mcgill24.ca and help us to spread the #McGill24 magic.
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
🪄 How will you spread the magic for McGillians? Join us today for #McGill24, McGill’s day of giving, when your donation to the Faculty of Science is amplified by generous donors. ❤️ Head to www.mcgill24.ca to make a gift!
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
✨ When you give to the Faculty of Science on #McGill24, you help spread the magic at McGill. Head to www.mcgill24.ca for more information!
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
A new McGill study has found a direct link between age‑related declines in neuron activity in the cerebellum and worsening motor skills, including gait, balance and agility. Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5cx
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Congratulations to Professors Siva Reddy (Computer Science and Linguistics) and Katelin Schutz (Physics), who have been named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows! Read the full story ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5q4
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Congratulations to Prof. Audrey Moores (Chemistry), who has been awarded the Canadian Pacific Chair in Biotechnology! Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/it5
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a McGill-led research team has observed a giant helium cloud escaping from the distant exoplanet WASP-107b, offering new insights into the evolution of planetary atmospheres. ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/iFB
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Last night, our colleagues in Geography celebrated the department’s 80th anniversary! Over 100 students, faculty members, staff, and alumni gathered for an evening of wine, cheese, and conversation. Read our story about the department's history ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/wFT
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
On Thursday, November 13, over 150 students, alumni, staff and faculty members gathered to celebrate the 20th anniversary of McGill's Bachelor of Arts and Science (B.A. & Sc.) program. Read more about the event and this unique program ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/iyP 📸 by Alex Tran @mcgillarts.bsky.social
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
This past September, St. James Parish in Barbados celebrated We Gatherin’, a year-long festival of Barbadian heritage, culture and community. As part of the festivities, McGill’s Bellairs Research Institute hosted a day-long Science Adventure for local schoolchildren. Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/iyg
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
A worn-down mammoth tooth discovered nearly 150 years ago on an island in Nunavut offers new insights into where and how the Ice Age giants lived and died, indicating that they once roamed much farther east than previously believed. ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/iVk
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
A team at McGill University studying ferroptosis, a form of cell death, have discovered that the process begins deep inside the cell, a finding that could lead to new treatments for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/iHg
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
What does a 14th-century painting have to do with artificial intelligence and neuroscience? For McGill University PhD candidate Hannah Derue, the answer is it has a role to play in addressing chronic pain and the need to better understand and express it. ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/irV
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
When McGill PhD candidate Sam McNichol boarded the Atlantis this spring, he expected to spend a month collecting deep-sea samples in the mid-Pacific. He didn't anticipate that two of his shipmates would witness a rare volcanic eruption on one of their last days at sea. ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/iKr
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
When Amanda Cook and Alice Curtin attended the Fast Radio Burst Conference in Thailand last year, an idea was already forming between them—why not organize the next conference at McGill themselves? This past summer, the two organized this year’s conference right here at McGill. ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/iKw
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Phytotron Manager Mahnaz Mansoori was one of nine McGill staff members honoured with the President’s Award for Administrative and Support Staff at last week's afternoon convocation ceremony. Congratulations, Mahnaz! Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/ize
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is launching a new Graduate Certificate in Health Data Analytics! Application deadline: Aug. 15 Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4eqJ1Sn
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Congratulations to the three incoming McGill Science Schulich Leaders: Storm Lei, Andrew Luo, and Inbal Tzafrir! Every year, one hundred of these scholarships are awarded to entrepreneurial-minded high school graduates enrolling in a STEM program at 20 partner universities across Canada.
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Applications are OPEN for the 2026 cohort of McCall MacBain Scholars at McGill! Learn more and apply➡️ mccallmacbainscholars.org
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
A new study led by McGill and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) researchers in Panama reveals why some corals resist bleaching while others don’t. Read more ▶️ mcgill.ca/x/iAv
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Congratulations to Professor Alanna Watt (Biology), who has been appointed as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science, effective July 1! Read more ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/iAD
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Are you a McGill student interested in developing your science communications skills? We’re looking for a communications intern to help us build awareness of Faculty of Science research, students, publications, events, and other initiatives. Apply by June 19 ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/iQK
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