The CERMO-FC's Félix-Antoine Aublet Research Scholarship aims to support research related to orphan diseases, and more specifically mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) which are a group of rare lysosomal storage disorders. For this edition, the scholarship was awarded to two students from two different labs: our own M.Sc. student Jeffrey Killeen and Ph.D. student Nathan Ghafari from Dr. Lekha Sleno's laboratory. Together, they will continue working on C. elegans models of MPS disease

Ph.D. student Marin Pascal has just been awarded a conference scholarship by the PROTEO network to cover part of his expenses for the 26th International Worm Meeting in Kobe! Congratulations Marin, and good luck in Japan!!

The lab keeps doing what it does best! This edition of the Quebec annual C. elegans meeting was a vibrant one rich in insights, knowledge and engagement. Special congratulations for everyone who participated: Ph.D. student Anna Caridys Ramírez Suárez for delivering a beautiful poster presentation 🌟 Ph.D. student Marin Pascal for an outstanding talk and for landing first place in the worm general knowledge Kahoot 🥇 Ph.D. student Ivan Valette for his talk, for which he deserv

Ph.D. student Ivan Valette has been selected to receive not one, but two prizes from the PRIE program to reward his student engagement: Personnality for 2nd & 3rd cycle students Personnality by excellence This program celebrates the remarkable commitment of the student community across various fields, ranging from academic perseverance and social innovation to culture, research, and entrepreneurship. Well done Ivan! 🥳

Ph.D. student Noémie Frébault has received a Quebec-France Sophie Germain 2026 mobility scholarship! This award is a partnership between FRQ and the Consulat Général de France à Québec, and was given to Noémie in order to support her upcoming internship with Thomas Boulin at the Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1. Fantastic Noémie, well done!

Ph.D. student Yann Aghiles Chabi gave a beautiful talk today at the UQAM Journée de la recherche en sciences, and was awarded Best Presentation of the day. Congrats Yann!

New B.Sc. intern Elisabeth Mouge has just received an Undergraduate Student Research Award from NSERC for her internship with us this summer, giving precious help to Marin with his Ph.D. project. Congrats Elisabeth! 🎉

Noémie Frébault, Ph.D. student gave a talk at the CERMO-FC Research Center Meeting about alternative protein ALTZYX-1 and was awarded best oral presentation . Congrats again!

Ivan Valette, Ph.D. student gave a talk at the CERMO-FC Research Center Meeting about MIG-6/Papilin mediated neuronal architecture maintenance and was awarded best oral presentation . No surprises here, congrats again!

For this 2024 edition of the of the CERMO-FC Research Center Provincial Conference, all of our students have presented beautiful posters, showcasing their hard work in the lab. Special congrats to B.Sc. student Jeffrey Killeen for landing the Best Poster Award! Great work everyone!