Your brain on dance and music. Collaborative research in synthetic biology. Vanishing Arctic sea ice.
Concordia in the news
Posted on October 13, 2016
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:
- Lien Multimédia (behind a paywall) joins the media writing about a new study from the International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research of the different effects of dance and music training on brain development. The senior and lead authors are Virginia Penhune, chair of psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Science, and PhD candidate Chiara Giacosa.
- Canadian Business, writing about the work of Hyasynth Bio co-founder and CEO Kevin Chen on synthetic medicinal cannabinoids, mentions Chen's early work with Vincent Martin, biology professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science and Concordia research chair in microbial engineering and synthetic biology. Martin is quoted.
- Earth Observatory, writing about research on vanishing Arctic sea ice, mentions the work of Exeter University microbiologist Adam Monier, who it says collaborated with unnamed researchers at Concordia to study the microbial communities of the Arctic Ocean.