Why choose IRIC
IRIC is currently home to nearly 180 young scientists in-the-making, either graduate students or postdoctoral investigators. As a student or postdoctoral researcher at IRIC, training under the guidance of one of our seasoned scientists, you are a full-fledged member of a research team whose mission it is to move worthy science forward in the fields of immunology or cancer.
Dedicated mentors
IRIC’s principal investigators, all of whom are fully committed to training the next generation of research leaders, are faculty members in the following Université de Montréal departments and programs: Biochemistry, Chemistry, Computer Science and Operations Research, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Cell Biology, and Pharmacology.
A culture that fosters creativity and scientific innovation
IRIC offers an unparalleled professional and scientific environment. In addition to your daily work in the lab and regular exchanges with your team leader, there are numerous opportunities to expand the scope of your experience through discussion and work with peers and scientists from other IRIC research teams and core facilities.
In addition to formal classes, IRIC’s international lecture program will allow you to meet and exchange with leading research experts. Finally, weekly progress reports on IRIC’s ongoing research projects will round out your training, enabling you to experience IRIC’s spirit of collegiality.
Exceptional scientific resources
Training at IRIC provides you with access to our state-of-the-art core facilities. Also, depending on your field of research, you will be exposed to a variety of model organisms including mouse, yeast, C. elegans, drosophila.
A promising future
Your experience at IRIC will provide you with the knowledge and skills required to achieve your research ambitions. Whether you choose to further your training with postdoctoral studies in the best research centres in the world, or to set up your own lab, you will be ideally positioned to take advantage of the best opportunities in research.
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