Symposium – Department of Biochemistry

Symposium – Department of Biochemistry

The 25th edition of the Symposium of the Department of Biochemistry took place today. This year, our guest speaker was Dr. Brian Wilhelm who spoke about his work on pediatric leukemias. As a jury member, I also had the pleasure of listening and evaluating the 

Maria Lehtinen in Sherbrooke

Maria Lehtinen in Sherbrooke

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of receiving the visit of our collaborator Maria Lehtinen in Sherbrooke (please check her lab website here). She came to present her work on the regulation of brain development by the choroid plexus – cerebrospinal fluid system. During the lunch 

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 

Riboclub annual meeting

Riboclub annual meeting

The lab attended the 19th Riboclub annual meeting (September 23-27, 2018) at the Hôtel Chéribourg in Magog (Québec, Canada). The program (check it here) was exceptional, with talks covering diverse topics e.g. splicing, RNA processing, non-coding RNAs, ribosome and translation regulation, epigenetics, RNA modifications, single cell