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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 

Jernej Ule in Sherbrooke

Jernej Ule in Sherbrooke

After his talk at the Riboclub annual meeting, our collaborator Jernej Ule (check his lab website here) has decided to enjoy the canadian way of life ! He stayed a couple of extra days in Sherbrooke area what gave us the time to hike Mont 

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 

Buffer buffer buffer…

Buffer buffer buffer…

It looks like that Javier is having a lot of fun… 😉

Welcome Javier!

Welcome Javier!

Welcome to Javier Rocha Ahumada! Javier starts a Master in Physiology. He will investigate the molecular hallmarks of brain aging. His project will focus on studying the choroid plexus – cerebrospinal fluid system.

Let’s do it!

Let’s do it!

The Laurent lab officially starts today ! The first weeks are going to be dedicated to set up the work space and to deal with other organizational matters. Experiments are expected to start soon! 🙂