York Professor Georg Zoidl has been appointed Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. Zoidl, a professor at York since July 1 in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, and the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science & Engineering, and a member of York’s Centre for Vision Research, is examining the functions of […]
A new study out of York University finds that music-based cognitive training offers dramatic benefits for young children, including improved verbal intelligence. The study, conducted at York and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, appeared online yesterday in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. It looked at children between the […]
Five York professors have been appointed directors at York research centres. The new directors are Professor Colin Coates, director of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies (RCCS); Professor Laurence Harris, director of the Centre for Vision Research (CVR); Professor Christina Kraenzle, director of the Canadian Centre for German & European Studies (CCGES); Professor David Mutimer, director of […]
Chemistry Professor Derek Wilson has been awarded $100,000 in funding under the Ontario government’s Early Researcher Awards program. York West MPP Mario Sergio made the announcement Tuesday. York University’s research investment of $50,000 will match the funds for the award. The Early Researcher Awards program helps promising, recently appointed Ontario researchers build research teams of […]
A newly identified protein may hold the key to keeping appetite and blood sugar in check, according to a study by York researchers. Suraj Unniappan, a biology professor specializing in neuroendocrinology, is delving into the metabolic effects of a protein called nesfatin-1, abundantly present in the brain. His studies found that rats administered with nesfatin-1 ate less, […]