Votre Institut en action – June 2023

Science POP Grand Final: When Science Rejoices and Finds its Audience

At the end of a wonderful first provincial edition, the final of the Science POP competition, held at IRCM, crowned the winners among candidates from 15 participating research institutions. It was clear to all that each candidate, and above all science itself, came out on top in these entertaining and informative exchanges. Well done to all!

Dr. Jean-François Côté, 2023 Great Scientist of the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation

His work on the metastatic process brings hope to the fight against the disease.

A Mutation at the Origin of a Neurological Disease Causing Mirror Movement Disorder

A new gene is identified! This IRCM advance could pave the way towards better diagnostics.

Retinal Diseases: New Hopes for Vision Regeneration

The study gives hope to, one day, be able to restore the vision of patients who suffer from a degenerative disease of the retina.

Protective Role of Vitamin K in Diabetes Susceptibility

Mathieu Ferron and Julie Lacombe discovered that a protein is present in beta cells and that it is dependent on vitamin K.

Stem Cells: A new Reprogramming Approach to Enhance Their Potential

Very versatile stem cells we recreated in the laboratory, a difficult but useful task in regenerative medicine.

Thesis Defence: Marion Lacroix

Congratulations to Marion Lacroix, a student in experimental medicine at Dr. Tarik Möröy's laboratory, who successfully completed and defended her thesis entitled The X-linked helicase DDX3X is required for lymphoid differentiation and MYC-driven lymphomagenesis on May 31, 2023.

Tina Lee

Nursing Assistant in the IRCM Clinic
A passion, multiplied by four

Last Montreal RNA Salon, Before the Summer Break

RNA is at the heart of IRCM's expertise. If you are keen on RNA, come to the next Montreal RNA Salon on Thursday, June 15 at 4 p.m. at the IRCM Jacques-Genest auditorium! This is an opportunity for networking.

A Wide Variety of Talks

At the IRCM or online, our teams offer one to several weekly conferences to recharge your batteries and broaden your horizons. These are also excellent networking opportunities.

This newsletter takes a summer break

Please note that the next IRCM newsletter will reach your inbox in September. Make sure you're a subscriber so you don't miss it!

An extremely prosperous month for the presence of our expertise in the media, in connection with several recent advances.

Dr. Côté won the Grand Prize for Science from the Breast Cancer Foundation, which interested the Canadian Press. [In French]

Dr. Frédéric Charron and his laboratory received a constellation of reviews in media everywhere for his work on the mirror movement syndrome, including this one. [In French]

Drs. Ferron and Lacombe's work was the topic of several stories in various media.

And the work of Dr. Mohan Malleshaiah and his team, who were able to reprogram pluripotent stem cells into totipotent stem cells, left no one indifferent. [In French]

The first provincial edition of the Science POP competition held at the IRCM interested Radio-Canada. Two winners participated in the daily radio show Moteur de recherche. [In French]

IRCM Foundation Parcours santé Golf Tournament, on June 13

Only a few places left, register here!

A Valuable Philanthropic Partner Visits Us

Since the establishment of the Transat Chair in Breast Cancer Research, much was accomplished by the team of Dr. Jean-François Côté. This visit made it possible to better understand the latest promising advances and to share a privileged moment with the research teams.

Advancing Type 2 Diabetes Research

Take part in an ongoing study to reduce the risk of diabetes using omega-3 in fish oil. Participants will receive financial compensation for their time and expenses related to this study.

Help Raise Awareness of the Better Registry

The BETTER Registry is open to all people living with type 1 diabetes in Canada and aims to measure the frequency and severity of hypoglycemic episodes as well as other aspects of living with type 1 diabetes.

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