A Slew of Grants and Scholarships!
April 16, 2009 – As a testimony to the excellence and motivation of our research teams, a number of grants and scholarships were awarded to members of the Centre. Many congratulations to all of the recipients!
Research Grants
In the FRSQ’s research grant and fellowship competition, three of our investigators were recognized by their peers for their excellence.
- Santiago Costantino, Ph.D., member of the Vision Health Research Unit, was awarded the Junior Investigator Grant 1 for his project: “Development of photonic technology for comprehending cell mechanisms”.
- Stéphane Lefrançois, Ph.D., member of the Nephrology Research Unit, was awarded the Junior Investigator Grant 1 for his project: “Palmitoylation is necessary for the retrograde transport of lysosomal transport receptors“.
- Gilbert Bernier, Ph.D., member of the Vision Health Research Unit was awarded the Senior Investigator Grant for his project: “The genetics of retinal stem cell development and the study of cellular aging of the central nervous system in mammals”.
Alexander Graham Bell Graduate Scholarship
Considered as one of the most prestigious graduate scholarships in Canada, the Alexander Graham Bell Graduate Scholarship was awarded to Mélissa Mathieu, a Master’s student in Dr. Nathalie Labrecque’s laboratory. This graduate scholarship competition is based on a number of criteria that include: academic excellence, research skills or potential, communication skills, leadership and relationship-building.
Scholarship
Thanks to the FRSQ’s support in research development and research continuity in Quebec, four students received scholarship.
- Geneviève Plante, a M.Sc. student in Dr. Puttaswamy Manjunath’s research team, for her project: “the role of human and murine epididymal proteins in sperm function”. Ms Plante also received a scholarship from NSERC for the same project.
- Marie-Noëlle Séguin-Grignon, a M.Sc. student in Dr. Josée Hébert’s research team, for her project: “Evaluating the role of deubiquitinating enzymes in blood cancers”.
- Véronique Dugas, a Ph.D. student in Dr. Sylvie Lesage’s research team, for her project: “Biological characterization of a rare T lymphocyte population linked to autoimmune diabetes resistance”.
- Fanny Guimont-Desrochers, a Ph.D. student in Dr. Sylvie Lesage's research team, for her project: “Characterization of an antigen-presenting cell subtype in autoimmune diabetes”.
- Kanwarpal Singh, a Ph.D. student in Dr. Mark Lesk and Dr Tsuneyuki Ozaki's research team, for his project: “Développement d'un nouvel instrument diagnostique non envahissant pour mesurer les propriété biomécaniques de l'oeil”.