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. students Ivan Valette and Noémie Frébault have just learned that they have been chosen for funding by the NSERC Graduate Research Scholarship Doctoral program! Incredible news, congrats to both of these incredible students from all of the lab! 🎉🎉

Ph.D. student Noémie Frébault has delivered a sharp, well-spoken presentation for her doctoral exam, marking another big step forward in her doctorate's degree. Great job Noémie!!

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! 🎉

Past lab member Victoria Cerdeira is creating books that make science fun, inclusive and accessible, empowering children from all backgrounds to engage with and see themselves in science. These will eventually include comic books, activity booklets and coloring books, all in english, french and spanish! Go check out FunSci Books! https://actualites.uqam.ca/2026/rendre-la-science-amusante-et-accessible/ https://www.funscibooks.com/ Congrats to Vicky from all of us ☀️

Marin Pascal, Ph.D. student gave an insightful talk at the Montreal C. elegans Monthly Meeting about neuron-glia interactions through SAX-7/L1CAM and neuronal architecture maintenance.

For this rendition of the CERMO-FC annual symposium, we had the great pleasure of having everyone in the lab presenting fantastic posters and showcasing their hard work in the past year. Special congrats to Ph.D. students Marin Pascal and Ivan Valette for landing the Best Poster Awards ! Very nice work everyone!

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!