Year: 2018

Québec, here we come!

Québec, here we come!

As part of the Quebec research on aging network, we have access a cohort of aging mice in Quebec City. Javier and I went there to collect samples for his Master’s project. Arriving late the day before, we spent the whole next day doing mouse 

Christmas party – Department of Biochemistry

Christmas party – Department of Biochemistry

Another Christmas party ! The Department of Biochemistry has decided to organize a curling tournament. This sportive afternoon was followed by a dinner in a restaurant.  

Christmas party – Research Center on Aging

Christmas party – Research Center on Aging

Christmas is just around the corner. The Research Center on Aging has decided to celebrate its 30th birthday with a big Christmas party ! The 80’s were in the spotlight with Mélanie Plourde’s band “Under pressure”. We ate, we drank, we danced… even with a 

Scientific day – CNS

Scientific day – CNS

The CNS (Center of excellence in Neuroscience at the université de  Sherbrooke) was created in 2006. The CNS plays a fundamental and structuring role within the university research community in Sherbrooke, setting a good example in terms of translational and interdisciplinary research. The CNS brings 

Aging well – Radio VM

Aging well – Radio VM

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Research Center on Aging has teamed up with Radio VM (100.3 FM) to offer a series of 17 programs entitled “Aging well” (details here). Today, I got to record my radio interview (1h) with Henri Laban and talked about 

Winter is coming

Winter is coming

The snow is already here! The first snowflakes fell on November 10th, more came on November 13th and the night of November 15th we got our first snow storm of the season. Last time, Sherbrooke had so much snow that early was in November 1961 

Halloween

Halloween

The choice was easy this year! 🙂  

And it happened…

And it happened…

Each wednesday, there is a sportive activity for students and professors at the gymnasium of the Health campus. Last week, it was badminton, one of my favorite sport! I decided to show that professors can still beat students even they are older. Indeed, this sportive 

Congratulations Riaz !

Congratulations Riaz !

Congratulations to Muhammad Riaz Khan ! He was just awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Research Center on Aging at Sherbrooke. He will be joining the lab in 2019.

Happy birthday Javier !

Happy birthday Javier !

  What is better than a meringue lemon pie to celebrate?!  

Bye bye Boston !

Bye bye Boston !

Javier’s training is over, everything went well! Thanks to Joshua from the Lehtinen lab for his time! Javier now masters the microdissection of choroid plexus in the brain! Time to celebrate with a (small) beer at the Boston Yardhouse and tomorrow we head back to 

Boston, here we come!

Boston, here we come!

For his project, Javier is going to the lab of our collaborator Maria Lehtinen (check the website here) to learn brain microdissection. Since Sherbrooke is only 4h drive from Boston and since I kind of miss Boston (just left few months ago), I decided to