SCIREQ Blog

Respiratory scientists need to collaborate to better understand mechanisms of lung development, injury and repair. Respiratory scientists also need Vitamin D during the cold days of February. Why [...]

Circadian rhythm changes can affect lung function, introducing susceptibility to infection and other adverse effects on health and disease. What does the Circadian Rhythm do? The circadian rhythm [...]

What is the Forced Oscillation Technique (FOT)? Simply put, the forced oscillation technique is: Pausing ventilation Sending a test signal to the lungs Measuring the subject’s response The [...]

Congratulations to Dr. Beers and his team for developing and phenotyping the first idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis mouse model!   Pulmonary Fibrosis Mouse Model – Why do we need them? [...]

Best Wishes for Health, Happiness and Reproducible Research! Happy Holidays from all of us at SCIREQ.   SCIREQ Inc. (Montreal, Canada) is closed from Tuesday, December 25th until Tuesday, [...]

It is essential to trust your research data but it is even more important to validate it. The flexiWare Software is there to help you with that!  It manages the entire experimental session and [...]

A lack of validated pulmonary hypertension animal models is the reason why there aren’t enough studies exploring the pathophysiology and therapies for Pulmonary Hypertension (PH). What is [...]

Studies addressing the potential risks associated with electronic cigarette (e-cig) usage are urgently needed, given their rising use and popularity, especially in youth.  Coordinated efforts are [...]

  The European Respiratory Society (ERS) congress is taking place in Paris next week, September 15th to 19th. This is the largest meeting of respiratory professionals in the world and we are [...]

We are pleased to announce the publication of another video article in the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE). “[…] JoVE is a peer reviewed, PubMed indexed journal devoted to [...]