IRIC - Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer

Published on March 22, 2013

Three doctoral students recognized for their academic achievement and the quality of their research activities

From left to right: Martine Raymond, Director of Academic Affairs and Principal Investigator at IRIC; Salwa Es-Saad, Camille Simon and Roshan Elizabeth Rajan, doctoral students and IRIC Members Ph.D. Awards laureates; Guy Sauvageau, CEO, Scientific Director & Principal Investigator at IRIC. On March 15th, the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Université de Montréal unveiled the winners of the first edition of its IRIC Members Ph.D. Awards program. This programs aims to award $20,000 scholarships to doctoral students who stand out for their motivation, their excellent academic records and great scientific productivity.
“By providing financial support to students during their training and contributing at the same time to the advancement of their research activities, this program is in perfect alignment with IRIC’s mission to have a significant impact on the understanding and treatment of cancer”, explains Martine Raymond, Director of Academic Affairs and Principal Investigator at IRIC.

The creation of the IRIC Members Ph.D. Awards program was made possible through the support and generosity of IRIC members during the Give so they can live internal fundraising campaign. “For the past three year, researchers, students, and staff members of IRIC have once again demonstrated their generosity by allowing us to raise over $107,000 through this fundraising campaign. I can assure you that in addition to supporting our students’ training and research activities, these funds will act as an extraordinary leverage for external donors”, rejoices Robert Turgeon, Director of Development at IRIC.
All members of the institute wish to congratulate the 2012-2013 laureates:

SALWA ES-SAAD
Ph.D. student in Molecular Biology, Systems Biology option
Daniel Lamarre’s team
Research project: Characterization of the WNT pathway in the regulation of antiviral innate immunity.

CAMILLE SIMON
Ph.D. student in Molecular Biology, Systems Biology option
Guy Sauvageau and Julie Lessard’s teams
Research project: Unravelling the role Polycomb group gene Ezh2 in normal hematopoiesis and oncogenic transformation.

ROSHAN ELIZABETH RAJAN
Ph.D. student in Molecular Biology, Systems Biology option
Alain Verreault and Pierre Thibault’s teams
Research project: A novel combinatorial pattern of histone epigenetic marks