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Concordia in the news
Posted on August 17, 2015
Researchers in the news
The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:
- Reports continue to circulate about a study, co-authored by psychology professor William Bukowski, into how people with sex development disorders may have difficulty forming positive peer relationships: Science Daily, Canada Standard, Health Canal, Med India, The Siasat Daily, News Every Day and Big News Network.
- Biology professor Vincent Martin is quoted in news briefs and articles about Stanford University research on the production of opioids with engineered yeast. Most of the articles mention Martin's own work on the development of a yeast strain to make opiates: The Scientist, Dispatch Times, CBC.ca, Chemistry World,Ledger Gazette and Celeb Café. The Martin study, co-authored with bioengineer John Dueber at University of California, Berkeley, appeared in the journal Nature Chemical Biology, in May.
- An article in Psych Central describing various studies of how the brain functions mentions two separate Concordia studies: a 2008 study by Christine Beckett, associate professor in the Department of Music, who presented research indicating that playing music calls on the whole brain and not just the left or right hemisphere; a 2013 study led by Virginia Penhune, professor in and chair of the Department of Psychology, which concluded that musical training before age 7 has a significant effect on overall brain development.
- The online edition of The Globe and Mail posts a link to an earlier article about a study led by Benjamin Fung when he was associate professor at the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering into how companies can use online customer reviews to gauge new products. Fung co-authored the paper with alumni Simon Li and Kamrun Nahar.