This is Québec!
Let’s be honest: I spend most of my day in front of computer. Sometimes, I need to take a walk around for my legs and I usually go to see my students to chat on their new results. Today, I was looking for all of …
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Sherbrooke: best student city in Canada!
A recent national survey just ranked Sherbrooke first among the best student cities in Canada, closely followed by Montreal, Kingston (Ontario) and Québec city – all the details are here. What are the main factors that put Sherbrooke in this enviable position? The living environment, …
Happy Birthday Olivier!
Today we celebrated Olivier’s birthday! As Olivier is new in the lab, I just realized that his birthday was last week! One good reason to have another cake this week! 🙂
Valentine’s day
As a lab tradition, I decided to show my « love » to every lab member with sweet presents: a cake and some heart-shapped macarons! It was a success!
Welcome Olivier!
Welcome to Olivier Dionne! Olivier is currently a Ph.D student in Dr Francois Corbin’s lab where he did his M.Sc. degree. Starting today, I am officially his co-director and will guide him for his project related to the X fragile syndrome.
Congratulations Amir!
Today, Amir’s review got accepted for publication in Frontiers in Neuroscience! A few weeks before you can read his review “APOE and Alzheimer’s disease: from lipid transport to physiopathology and therapeutics”. On our side, we did not wait to celebrate! Congratulations Amir!
Proof by the image
Jessica decided to participate in the “Proof by the image” contest (La preuve par l’image in french) of the 88th Acfas Congress. I share with you her photo and text. Good luck Jessica! The butterfly effect “Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in …
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!
Happy New year!
Every end marks a new beginning. Happy New Year! May 2021 bring new goals and achievements, and a lot of scientific inspirations on your life. Keep your spirits and determination unshaken, and you shall achieve everything you desire! PS: My New Year’s resolution => archive …
Christmas challenge
These past days, we have intensively decorated the student office for our Department’s Christmas challenge. Objective: to have the most decorated office to win a lunch for the whole lab! We went for it. Ceiling, windows, door, wall, offices,… Everything has been decorated! The judges …