Honoured Students

Many students enrolled in the Molecular Biology programs have demonstrated the quality of their academic record and received numerous awards.

 

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Award and prices

2013

1st prize winner of “Your defense in 180 seconds” – Canadian Grand Final – May 8, 2013

PierreDuchesne_DanielledeVerteuil_VotreSoutenance180sec_8MaiDanielle de Verteuil, Ph.D. Student
Dr Claude Perreault Laboratory
“Impact de l’immunoprotéasome dans les cellules présentatrices d’antigène”

Étudiant Chercheur étoile Lauréat du Fonds Santé — January 2013

David Langlais.phpDavid Langlais, Ph.D.
Dr Jacques Drouin Laboratory
Award winning publication: The Stat3/GR interaction code: predictive value of direct/indirect DNA recruitment for transcription outcome in Molecular Cell, May 2012


2011

Research star 2011 – winner of the second edition of the “ÇA MÉRITE D’ÊTRE RECONNU!” Contest

Eric Deneault, M.Sc.


2010

The FGPS (faculty of graduate and postdoctoral studies) best thesis award:

Yannick Auclair, Ph.D.
Dr Elliot Drobetsky Laboratory
Research Center / Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
Title of the thesis: Régulation différentielle de la réparation par excision de nucleotides au cours du cycle cellulaire


2007

The FGPS (faculty of graduate and postdoctoral studies) best thesis award:

Philippe Coulombe, Ph.D.
Dr Sylvain Meloche Laboratory – IRIC
Title of the thesis:  Régulation de la MAPK atypique ERK3 par le système ubiquitine-protéasome


2004

Award Of Excellence From The Academy Of Great Montrealers, 2004 – Health Sciences.

The Academy of Great Montrealers takes the opportunity, during its annual gala, to announce the winners, graduates from Montréal universities or their affiliated schools, deserving an Award of excellence for the quality of their research.

And

Award Of Excellence of the ADESAQ (the Québec association of graduate deans) offered in collaboration with the three Fonds québécois de recherche – Award for the Best Ph.D. Dissertation – Health sciences.

Julie Lessard, Ph.D.
Dr Guy Sauvageau Laboratory – IRIC
Title of the thesis: Expression and Function of the Polycomb Group (PcG) Genes in Normal and Leukemic Hematopoiesis.


2001

Award Of Excellence From The Academy Of Great Montrealers, 2001 – Health Sciences.

Derek Boerboom, Ph.D.
Dr Jean Sirois Laboratory
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – CRRA (Animal Reproduction Research Centre) – St-Hyacinthe
Title of the thesis: Gene Regulation of Prostaglandin and steroid Hormone Biosynthesis in Equine Preovulatory Follicles

Honour list

2012

Deans’s Honour List

  • Houssam Ismail, M.Sc.
  • Patrick Lacasse, M.Sc.
  • Mariline Laplante, M.Sc.
  • Simon Drouin, Ph.D.
  • David Langlais, Ph.D.

2011

Deans’s Honour List

  • Éric Fontaine, M.Sc
  • Juan José Ruiz Vanegas, M.Sc
  • Krystel Vincent, M.Sc
  • Jean-François Ouimette, Ph.D.
  • Pierre-Luc Tanguay, Ph.D.

2010

Honour List of the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and of the Faculty of Medicine

  • Anne-Marie Ladouceur, M.Sc.
  • Chadi Zakaria, M.Sc.
  • Yannick Auclair, Ph.D.

2009

Deans’s Honour List

Maxime Bergeron, M.Sc.


2008

Honour List of the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate And Postdoctoral Studies and of the Faculty of Medicine

Zeine Jarikji, M.Sc.


2007

Honour List of the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and of the Faculty of Medicine

Pierre-Luc Lavoie, M.Sc.


2006

Honour List of the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and of the Faculty of Medicine

  • Annie Dumouchel, M.Sc.
  • Sylvie Langlois, M.Sc.

2005

Deans’s Honour List

  • Monica Pata, M.Sc.
  • Virginie Sanguin-Gendreau, M.Sc.

2003

Deans’s Honour List

  • Caroline Meloche, M.Sc.
  • Maria Nudi, M.Sc.
  • Pepijn Van Den Munckhof, M.Sc.

2002

Deans’s Honour List

  • Delphine Désy, M.Sc.
  • Marie-Claude Mathieu, M.Sc.

Scientific day prizes

2021

Oral presentations, Session 1, Faculty of Medicine Prizes:

  • Guillaume Serwe
  • Éloïse Duramé
  • Swati Singh
  • Imane Kaci

Oral presentations, Session 2, FRQ-S Prizes:

  • Chloé Tesnière
  • Rachelle Sauvé

Oral presentations, Session 3, Faculty of Medicine Prizes :

  • Jessica Bourbonnais
  • Ryan Hogan
  • Léa Lacroix
  • Karolina Kravarikova

2012

FRQ-S PRICE

Louis-Philippe Croteau “The molecular mechanisms of neogenn function in spinal motor neuron development” (Talk, catégorie “Signalisation et migration cellulaire”)

UNIVALOR PRICE

Diana Paola Granados “MHC-1-associated peptides preferentially derive from transcripts bearing miRNA responsible elements” (Talk, catégorie “Génome et protéome”)

SARSTEDT PRICE

Abbas Padeganeh pour sa présentation “Unraveling the molecular nature of centromeric nucleosomes” (Poster)

Corning-Axygen-Mediatech/VWR PRICE

Jida El-Hajjar “BMI1 haploinsufficiency instigates brain neurodegeneration” (Talk, catégorie “Cellules souches”)

FISHER-SCIENTIFIC PRICE

Martine Tétreault “Exome sequencing of a consanguineous family affected by a congenital muscular dystrophy with hyperlaxity” (Talk, catégorie “Génome et protéome”)

GLAXOSMITHKLINE PRICE

Houssam Ismail  “Suppression of estrogen receptor signaling by histone deacetylase inhibitors in breast cancer cells” (Poster)

GLAXOSMITHKLINE PRICE

Myriam Srour “Mutations in C5ORF42 cause Joubert syndrome in the french canadian population” (Poster)

ASTRAZENECA PRICE

Shanti Rojas-Sutterlin “Hematopoietic stem cells have an intrinsic expansion limit” (Talk, catégorie “Cellules souches”)

ASTRAZENECA PRICE

Ève-Annie Pilon “Le LG3: un nouveau médiateur pro-migratoire pour les cellules vasculaires” (Poster)

NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS PRICE

Yacine Kherdjemil  “Role of HOXA/D  genes during osteochondrogenesis” (Poster)

ICM PRICE

Marie Cargnello  “4E-T phosphorylation by JNK regulates P-body assembly” (Poster)

IRCM PRICE

Véronique Lisi “Modelling and predicting the microtargetome” (Poster)

HMR PRICE

Guillaume Chouinard “CHK2 localise sur les centrosomes en mitose” (Poster)

IRIC PRICE

Mélanie Laurin “The atypical RacGef DOCK180 is critical for tumor and metastasis progression in a ERBB2 breast cancer model”
Almira Kurbegovic “PKD1 cystogenic mechanism in mice” (Poster)