Finally…

Finally…

Florent joined the lab just before the beginning of the pandemic and had to stay more than 2 months in lockdown. It was not the exciting international internship that he imagined! The University now authorizes students and interns to come few hours a week in 

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

We were in virtual lab meeting this morning when someone knocked at my door, and… surprise! Joannie (who was virtually in the lab meeting) was in-person in front of my house to deliver a birthday basket full of wine, charcuterie and cheese! They know how 

Congratulations Inès!

Congratulations Inès!

The results of the scholarship program for graduate studies (MSc and PhD) at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences were released. Congratulations to Inès who got awarded with a scholarship!

Createk challenge

Createk challenge

Joannie, Jessica, Ines and Florent took part in the Createk challenge. The aim is to develop a concept of a simple procedure mask that is easy to manufacture locally, on a large scale , with accessible materials to protect in priority the health personnel. They 

Congratulations Jessica!

Congratulations Jessica!

Today, the results of the scholarship program for graduate studies (MSc and PhD) at the Université de Sherbrooke were released. Congratulations to Jessica who got awarded with the scholarship of excellence from the Research Center on Aging!

Happy birthday Inès!

Happy birthday Inès!

Today we celebrated Inès’s birthday with a cake and some presents! She loves banana bags! If you meet with her, ask her about the story about the containers… 😉  

Apprentice researchers

Apprentice researchers

Éléonore Liang and Naomie L’Archevêque-Carrière are two students in Natural sciences from the Séminaire de Sherbrooke who did a one-week internship in the lab. For their project, they did mouse dissection, organ powder and western blot under the supervision of Jessica and Inès. We wish 

Welcome Florent!

Welcome Florent!

Welcome to Florent Amiot! Florent is doing a 4-month internship in the lab to potentially do a PhD in cotutelage with Dr Fabien Pifferi in France.  

BioChem Club

BioChem Club

Last night, it was the BioChem Club! This meeting gives the opportunity to several students of the Biochemistry program to vulgarize a scientific article. Jessica and Inès were among the 6 students who presented at the Club last night. Jessica presented an article on aging: 

Mont Bellevue

Mont Bellevue

People often ask me why I installed my lab in Sherbrooke. Aside scientific reasons, the city and its surrounding areas (Magog and Mont Orford National Park) are beautiful. Sherbrooke itself has a small montain in the middle of the city: Mont Bellevue. You can hike, 

Welcome back Inès!

Welcome back Inès!

After an intership last summer in the lab, Inès is back from France and ready to start her Master degree in Biochemistry! Her project will be on alternative splicing and neuronal differentiation. She will be co-supervised with Pr Xavier Roucou.   

Welcome Riaz!

Welcome Riaz!

Welcome to Muhammed Riaz Khan! Riaz did his PhD at Anhui University of Science and Technology in China. I met him 2 years ago at a conference in Guangzhou (China); he was then interested in doing a post-doc in what will be my future lab!