Valentine’s day
There is no mystery for my lab that I am « anti » Valentine’s day! As a joke (and to surprised them!), I decided to show my « love » to every lab member with sweet presents: a cake and a beautiful picture!
Fun
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, …
Our new toy
Recently, the lab did the acquisition of the new iBright for DNA and protein analysis. Today, we had our training and everybody was excited… especially when imaging gummy bears! Everybody did good (= they did not break the machine!) so we celebrated with a …
Christmas party – Department of Biochemistry
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 !
Christmas party – Research Center on Aging
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… …
Fort Débrouillard
Our lab is located in the PRAC building on the University Health Campus. In the PRAC, there are 3 research departments: Biochemistry, Microbiology and Cell Biology. Every year, the departments organize a common activity. This year, they planned a full day at Fort Débrouillard. Based …
Farewell – Micah
Today was the last day of Micah in the lab. We went to the restaurant to celebrate the end of his first internship! Micah, we wish you the best of luck for the future!
Farewell – Jessica and Inès
Jessica and Ines have finished their internship but will be back in January to start their Master! Ines went back to France on July 24. We did a « au revoir » party at the restaurant with the Roucou lab. Jessica went back to Mexico on …
RiboClub social day
Yesterday, the members of the RiboClub had their social day. Conference the morning and fun the afternoon. The lab was there (not me) and here are the photos they wanted to share – still looking for the conference’s photos! 😉 Jessica, Javier, Micah and …
Joint lab party – Act IV
Last night for our monthly joint lab party with the Roucou lab, we decided to take a Zumba class! We are very lucky because Marie from the Roucou lab is a Zumba instructor ! So we all met downtown Sherbrooke at the studio but what a …
Barbecue – Aging Center
The Research Center on Aging was organizing today a barbecue to celebrate the beginning of summer! All the lab members were here!
Québec, here we come again!
Few months ago, Javier and I went to Québec to collect samples on the aging mouse cohort of the « Quebec research on aging network ». Today, here we go again but this time, we brought Jessica with us! We had a lot of mice to dissect …