/channels/taxonomy/term/16366/all en /channels/channels/event/als-canada-webinar-global-als-awareness-day-2024-357707 <p>On Global ALS Awareness Day, ALS Canada will host a live webinar featuring the Chairs of the Canadian ALS Research Network (CALS), provide an overview of the Top 10 exciting things about our understanding of ALS in 2024 presented by Dr.</p> Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:01:00 +0000 webfull 200495 at /channels /channels/channels/event/spotlight-als-research-and-qa-357535 <p>Top ALS researchers will shine the light on their work, followed by a question-and-answer period. Dr. Richard Robitaille, Professor in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of Montreal, will be hosting the meeting.</p> Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:15:25 +0000 webfull 200291 at /channels /channels/channels/news/tony-proudfoots-legacy-lives-331667 <p><strong>Maria Gobbo is the latest recipient of the ALS fellowship named in his honour</strong></p> <p>In 2010, former Montreal Alouette and ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û physical education instructor Tony Proudfoot passed away from ALS. Ten years later, his legacy lives on in a fund that helps train and support the next generation of leaders fighting this disease.</p> Mon, 28 Jun 2021 16:01:13 +0000 webfull 171302 at /channels /channels/channels/news/als-researcher-receives-important-grant-291754 <h2>Gary Armstrong will use fish models to understand nervous system signaling</h2> <p>A researcher from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) is one of eight scientists to receive a grant this year from the ALS Society of Canada.</p> <p>Gary Armstrong, who joined The Neuro in 2017, is furthering our understanding of synaptic defects arising both at peripheral neuromuscular junctions and central spinal cord synapses in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) using zebrafish models. The award is valued at $125,000.</p> Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:17:57 +0000 webfull 143372 at /channels /channels/channels/news/busy-week-als-research-and-awareness-270299 <h2>Research symposium, public education event and ALS walk planned</h2> <p>Multiple events planned for this week will help educate the public about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a devastating disease that still has no cure.</p> Wed, 13 Sep 2017 21:32:12 +0000 webfull 131087 at /channels