IRIC 2023 Scientific Day highlights new generation of scientists

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Published on May 31, 2023

IRIC’s 10th Scientific Day, held on May 26, showcased the work of the Institute’s scientific community. Over 150 people attended the event, which featured 12 oral presentations and 63 poster presentations. These sparked lively discussions and exchanges, which will provide food for thought for all.

Amélie Fradet-Turcotte, Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology of the Faculty of Medicine of the Université Laval, and researcher at the Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, attended the Scientific Day as guest speaker. Holder of the Canada Research Chair in Molecular Virology and Genomic Instability, she presented her work on the protection of genomic stability during the DNA repair process.

Congratulations to the presentation award winners and thanks to the organizing committee for putting on such a great event!

Oral presentation awards

Guillaume Serwe, doctoral student in Marc Therrien’s laboratory
Mathieu Tremblay, Senior Research Advisor in Trang Hoang’s laboratory

Poster presentation awards

Ryan Borotra, Master’s student in the laboratory of Delphine Bouilly
Stanislas Corbière, PhD student in the laboratory of Sébastien Carréno
Laurence Côté, M.Sc. student in the laboratories of Julie Lessard and Brian Wilhelm
Jean-David Larouche, Ph.D. student in the laboratory of Claude Perreault
Lucas Porras, PhD student in the laboratories of Geneviève Deblois and Sylvie Mader
Léa Marpeaux, doctoral student in the laboratory of Gregory Emery

Members of the organizing committee

Sébastien Carréno, Principal Investigator
Geneviève Deblois, Principal Investigator
Nitya Khetarpal, PhD student in Katherine Borden’s laboratory
Pascale Le Thérizien, administration technician in the academic affairs team
Julie Mantovani, chief of the academic affairs team
Virginie Mondin, coordinator in the academic affairs team
Regina Strakhova, PhD student in Matthew Smith’s laboratory