Dr. Gavin Kernaghan Uncovering the intricacies of fungi-plant relationships Dr. Kernaghan, who leads the Atlantic Root Symbiosis Lab, has been studying the ecology of fungi in northern Canadian ecosystems. He and his collaborators were awarded a $250,000 grant from Environment and Climate Change Canada, which supports research to improve the knowledge of Atlantic Canadian ecosystems. | Dr. Ian Pottie Researchers awarded $1.5 million for Alzheimer's disease research As part of a powerful partnership of Halifax universities, Mount professor Dr. Pottie (standing left in photo) has been helping build and fine-tune a compound to definitively detect Alzheimer's in living patients. The research team was awarded close to $1.5 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). |