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Post-lockdown lab life

Post-lockdown lab life

With the end of the lockdown, all the labs resume progressively their research activities. How are we doing ? What are the (positive) consequences of the lockdown? I was interviewed on this topic. You can read the article here or watch the video below.  

Ines and Joannie, actresses!

Ines and Joannie, actresses!

These past days, the short film « Le Passeur » was directed in Sherbrooke. The director Clara Prévost was looking for walk-on actors; Joannie and Ines applied and got accepted! They were excited about their experience as the shooting of the film happened late at night in 

Dissection week

Dissection week

Students often think that profs are not doing any experiments and are always in their office writing grants. Even I’m not an « old » investigator, doing experiments is helping me to balance my day and also to remain in touch with the « reality ». This week was 

Congratulations Florent!

Congratulations Florent!

Congratulation to Florent Amiot!  He was just awarded a doctoral fellowship from the Gérond’if (France) to do a PhD between Paris and Sherbrooke. This project is a close collaboration with the laboratory of Dr Fabien Pifferi.

Happy Birthday Darren!

Happy Birthday Darren!

Today is Darren’s birthday! Because he is with his family, the lab celebrated it yesterday with a cake and some presents!  

Welcome Darren!

Welcome Darren!

Welcome to Darren Carpentier-Lalancette! Darren just got his MD from Laval University and he will be doing a one-year MSc in the lab on a project related to neuronal regeneration. This project is a close collaboration with the lab of Dr Homaira Nawabi and Dr 

Why not!

Why not!

Summer is here, temperatures are high so why not going for ice cream in the middle of the afternoon? Brasserie Fleurimont is always a good choice for a sundae! 🙂   

Happy Birthday Joannie!

Happy Birthday Joannie!

Yesterday was Joannie’s birthday! She does not like cakes so we went for ice creams! 🙂  

Yulia’s farewell

Yulia’s farewell

A short background for this post: Yulia is a post-doc from the Wellinger lab My office and the students’ office are close to that of the Wellinger lab. My research assistant Joannie was MSc student in the Wellinger lab before joining my lab Yulia is 

Florent’s farewell

Florent’s farewell

Florent is leaving today so yesterday we celebrated his last day in Canada by hiking in Bois Beckett. After hiking, we had a little gathering at my place! Bye bye Florent, we hope to see you soon!  

Happy (half) birthday!

Happy (half) birthday!

Riaz was born on January 1st so it is always hard to celebrate his birthday as everybody is with friends and family at that time. We decided to surprise him with a « half birthday » party! He was happy about his special egg-free cake ! 🙂 

Surprise package

Surprise package

Camille should be with us now for her MSc internship but her University in France cancelled her trip because of COVID-19. Today, it was a lovely surprise to receive a package from her! She sent french cookies and treats to the lab members even she