Some collaborators and I are guest associate editors for Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. We created a research topic entitled « Central nervous system: from aging to repair and regeneration ». All contributions to this research topic must be within the scope of the section (see description below). …
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 …
Since the beginning of the pandemic, many classes have gone into virtual mode. This situation disrupts the habits of students but also… professors! In September and October, an initiative has been launched at the Université de Sherbrooke: open-air classes! 11 outdoor classes were set up …
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.
Yesterday was Jessica’s birthday! We celebrated it with a cake and some presents! 🙂
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 …
Today, the results of the scholarship program for graduate studies (MSc and PhD) at the Université de Sherbrooke were released. Congratulations to Darren who got awarded with the scholarship of excellence VoiceAge for his MSc!
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!
Last week, we had a conversation in the lab about the traditional dishes in our respective countries and/or regions. I mentioned the hachis parmentier and Riaz never heard about it. So I decided to cook one (in hallal version) for him and the rest of …
Welcome to Nina Di Grande! Nina is doing an internship in the lab as part of her Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry.
