Happy birthday Riaz & Amir!

Happy birthday Riaz & Amir!

We are just back to the lab after the holiday season and we have already two birthdays to celebrate! Chocolate cakes and presents for Amir and Riaz! Cheers to them!  

Welcome back Florent!

Welcome back Florent!

Welcome back to Florent Amiot! After an internship this past spring, Florent secured a fellowship from Gerond’If to start a PhD under international joint supervision. He will be travelling between our lab and that of Pr Fabien Pifferi at the National Museum of Natural History 

Congratulations Javier!

Congratulations Javier!

Javier’s MSc thesis has been approved so he is officially graduated with a MSc degree! Woohoo! Congratulations! Javier does not want to continue with a PhD degree and is actively looking for a research assistant position in Montreal area.  

Happy birthday Jessica!

Happy birthday Jessica!

Yesterday was Jessica’s birthday! We celebrated it with a cake and some presents! 🙂  

Welcome Amir!

Welcome Amir!

Welcome to Mohammed Amir Husain! After his quarantine, Amir is finally with us! Amir did his PhD at Aligarh Muslim University in India and a short post-doc at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Amir is part of the Plourde lab and I will be 

Nina at work

Nina at work

First research experience for Nina who joined our lab few days ago to do some research credits. Animal dissection, brain microdissection, quantitative PCR and western blot!  

Welcome Nina!

Welcome Nina!

Welcome to Nina Di Grande! Nina is doing an internship in the lab as part of her Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry.   

Ines and Joannie, actresses!

Ines and Joannie, actresses!

These past days, the short film “Le Passeur” was directed in Sherbrooke. The director Clara Prévost was looking for walk-on actors; Joannie and Ines applied and got accepted! They were excited about their experience as the shooting of the film happened late at night in 

Happy Birthday Darren!

Happy Birthday Darren!

Today is Darren’s birthday! Because he is with his family, the lab celebrated it yesterday with a cake and some presents!  

Welcome Darren!

Welcome Darren!

Welcome to Darren Carpentier-Lalancette! Darren just got his MD from Laval University and he will be doing a one-year MSc in the lab on a project related to neuronal regeneration. This project is a close collaboration with the lab of Dr Homaira Nawabi and Dr 

Happy Birthday Joannie!

Happy Birthday Joannie!

Yesterday was Joannie’s birthday! She does not like cakes so we went for ice creams! 🙂  

Happy (half) birthday!

Happy (half) birthday!

Riaz was born on January 1st so it is always hard to celebrate his birthday as everybody is with friends and family at that time. We decided to surprise him with a “half birthday” party! He was happy about his special egg-free cake ! 🙂