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Ageing: genetic triggers. Quebec cultural mosaic. The future of (air) travel.

Concordia in the news
Posted on February 6, 2017

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  • Bel Marra Health joins coverage of two Concordia studies of genes that affect ageing by slowing or accelerating the mechanisms that limit lifespan. Vladimir Titorenko, professor of biology in the Faculty of Arts and Science and Concordia Research Chair in Genomics, Cell Biology and Aging led the studies with a group of fellow researchers.
  • Les libraires includes the work of Josip Novakovich, English professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science, in a list of ten writers deemed to be among the leading representatives of cultural diversity in Quebec.
  • Isabelle Dostaler, management professor at the John Molson School of Business, appears in a video on Monocle that looks at the future of travel. It examines progress in the aviation sector and, describing Montreal as a hub in that sector, turns to Dostaler, director of Concordia's Aviation Think Tank. The Concordia segment begins at the 3:13 mark, with Dostaler first seen at the 3:22 mark.