After an intership last summer in the lab, Jessica is back from Mexico and ready to start her Master degree in Biochemistry! Her project will be on aging, nutrition and Alzheimer’s disease. She will be co-supervised with Pre Mélanie Plourde.
Another Christmas party ! The Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics has decided to organize a laser game tournament. This sportive afternoon was followed by a dinner in a restaurant !
First lab experience for Diana! Animal dissection, stem cell differentiation, quantitative PCR and western blot! Today was her final exam with a poster presentation!
Christmas is coming soon! The Research Center on Aging has decided to celebrate it with a big Christmas party ! Last year, the theme was the 80’s; this year, it is the One thousand and one nights! We ate, we played, we drank, we danced… …
Some bulk news: The name of the department has changed! It is now Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics. This new denomination covers better the overall research of the different labs within the department The department has recruited a new bioinformatician: Dr Mariano Avino. Welcome …
The early career investigators who recently got awarded a CIHR operating grant were invited by the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health for a meeting in Montréal. I was delighted to have the opportunity to discuss with colleagues in different research fields but also to …
Last evening, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences was organizing a recruitment fair for the students. Professors of the different departments have a poster and students can stop by to learn more about the research developed in their lab. We had a big snow …
Javier just attended the International Symposium « Biology of aging: understanding aging to better intervene ». During this symposium, many key themes related to the biology of aging (e.g. cellular senescence, systems biology, epidemiology, anti-aging treatments, …) were discussed and Javier presented his results with a poster! …
Maclean’s annually ranks the major Canadian institutions with medical schools. This year, the University of Sherbrooke (UdeS) comes in 13th place in the ranking of Universities which have a broad range of Ph.D programs, research and a medical school. For the details of the ranking, …
Congratulations to Javier who just received a travel scholarship from the Center of excellence in Neurocience from the University of Sherbrooke and the NeuroPôle. The scholarship will support expenses for his attendance to the Keystone symposium on « Cerebral Fluid Flow and Function: Lymphatics, Glymphatics and …
There is no age to attend University… even at 50, 60 or 70! The University of the Third Age (UTA) enables people aged 50 and over to continue their education and learn throughout their lives. The UTA covers 11 regions of Québec and nearly 50 …
