Claire Bénard, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
benard.claire [at] uqam.ca
Lise Rivollet, M.Sc.
Lab Manager
rivollet.lise [at] uqam.ca
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Malika Nadour
Ph.D. Student
nadour.malika [at] courrier.uqam.ca
Raphaël Dima, M.Sc.
Ph.D. Student
dima.raphael [at]Â courrier.uqam.ca
Anna Caridys Ramírez Suárez, M.Sc.
Ph.D. Student
ramirez_suarez.anna_caridys [at] courrier.uqam.ca
Ivan Valette, B.Sc.
Ph.D. Student
valette_reveno_leatis.robert_ivan [at] courrier.uqam.ca
Noémie Frébault, M.Sc.
M.Sc. Student
frebault.noemie [at] courrier.uqam.ca
Yann Aghiles Chabi, B.Sc.
Ph.D. Student
chabi.yann_aghiles [at] courrier.uqam.ca
Marin Pascal, B.Sc.
Ph.D. Student
pascal.marin_baptiste [at] courrier.uqam.ca
Samar Naili-Douaouda, M.Sc.
M.Sc. Student
naili-douaouda.samar [at] courrier.uqam.ca
Marie Biard, M.Sc.
Past M.Sc. Student (2020-2021)
(M.Sc. Neurosciences, UdeM)
marie.biard [at] umontreal.ca
Valérie Fontaine, M.Sc.
Past M.Sc. Student (2019-2021)
(M.Sc. Biochemistry, UQAM)
fontaine.valerie.8 [at] courrier.uqam.ca
Marianne Bah Tahé, M.Sc.
Past M.Sc. Student (2018-2020)
(M.Sc. Biochemistry, UQAM)
bah_tahe.marianne [at] courrier.uqam.ca
Virginie Desse, M.Sc.
Past M.Sc. Student (2017-2020)
(M.Sc. Biology, UQAM)
desse.virginie [at] courrier.uqam.ca
Elise Cheynet, B.Sc.
Past Intern Master Student (2020)
(M.Sc. Life Science, ENS, Paris, France)
echeynet [at] clipper.ens.fr
Myriam Ares, B.Sc.
Past Undergraduate Student (2018-2020)(B.Sc. Biology, McGill)
myriam.ares [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Victoria Cerdeira, M.Sc.
Past M.Sc. Student (2019-2022)
(M.Sc. Biochemistry, UQAM)
cerdeira.victoria [at] courrier.uqam.ca
Other Past Lab Members
Ph.D. Students
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Cassandra Blanchette (Ph.D. Student - Post-doctoral Fellow, UMass) Sep 2010 to Aug 2017
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Anagha Khandekar (Ph.D. Student, UMass) Apr 2010 to June 2015
M.Sc. Students
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James Ritch (M.Sc. Student, UMass) Sep 2011 to Mar 2014
Post-docs
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Ju-Ling Liu (Post-doctoral Fellow) Dec 2017 to Dec 2019
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Paola Perrat (Post-doctoral Fellow, UMass) Aug 2013 to Dec 2016
Trainees / Undergraduate Research Interns
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Marianne Moore (B.Sc. Physics, McGill University)
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Clara Bianchi (B.Sc. Biochemistry, UdeM)
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Gabrielle Hunter (B.Sc. Computer Science, UQAM)
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Cynthia Lopez-Garcia (B.Sc. Biochemistry, UQAM)
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William White (B.Sc. Biology, UQTR)
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Laurence Caron (B.Sc Biology, UQAM)
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Nassim Bouhacida (B.Sc. Biochemistry, UQAM)
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Sébastien Lamarre-Tellier (B.Sc Biology, UQAM)
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Audrey Hubert (B.Sc Biology, UQAM)
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Jacqueline Minsart (B.Sc. Biochemistry, UQAM)
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Charlie Dupras (B.Sc. Biochemistry, UQAM)
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Philippe St-Louis (B.Sc. Biology, UQAM)
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Cynthia Lanteigne (B.Sc. Biochemistry, UQAM)
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Irene Crescioli (M.Sc. Biology, University of Pavia, Italy)
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Méganne Latreille (B.Sc. Biology, UQAM)
Visiting / Co-supervised Graduate Students
Ph.D. Students
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Melisa Lamberti (2018-2020) Univ. Nacional del Quilmes, Dr. Golombek lab
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Devyn Oliver (2015-2020) UMass, Dr. Francis lab
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Eugenia Goya (2012-2016) Univ. Nacional del Quilmes, Dr. Golombek lab
Other Past Trainees of the Bénard Lab at UMass Medical School
Akusika Aye-addo
Sarah Bottari
Mark Broadwin
Gillian Carella
Derrick Deconti
Steven Degroot
Evelyn Erickson
Guinevere Fernades Lourenco
Avery Fischer
Stephanie Fox
Sydney Fox
Hannah George
Lauren Goodale
Catherine Harwood
Sana Hashmi
Joiha Huguenin
Mairead Masuda
Michael Murphy
Jennifer Ngolab
Taylor Perkins
Laura Pothier
Prerana Purohit
Akif Qutab
Mitz Qutab
Janine Recio
Harleen Saini
Margaret Sallah
Lauren Sidur
Matthew Staggliano
Andrea Thackeray (Research Associate)
Sean Thackeray
Gabriela Toro
Thao Tran
Claire Bénard Biography
Claire Bénard received her Ph.D. from McGill University (2003), supported by scholarships from NSERC and FCAR. She obtained postdoctoral fellowships from NSERC and CIHR for her training at Columbia University at New York, USA (2004-2009). She opened her lab at the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA, in 2009, where she was an Assistant Professor, then promoted to Associate Professor in 2016. She joined the Department of Biological Sciences at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, in September 2016, as FRQS Research Scholar Jr2 and Associate Professor. Her lab at UMass was funded by the NIH, the Ellison Biomedical Foundation, the American Federation for Aging Research, among other funding sources. At UQAM, her lab is funded by CIHR, NSERC, FRQS, CFI, as well as by NIH and NSF. Claire Bénard is a FRQS Senior Research Scholar.
