ASSELIN, Éric

Gene therapy, chemotherapy, and cell survival in uterine, ovarian, and breast cancers in women. Cell signaling and reproductive physiology. The role of apoptosis at the intracellular and molecular levels in the endometrium during menstruation, embryo implantation, gestation, and menopause. Influence of sex hormones on women's reproductive health. Study of natural anticancer molecules in food. Use of human cells, transgenic animals, and human tissue banks.

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AUDET-DELAGE, Yannick

Chemotherapy resistance in cancer. Cancer metabolism. Integration of transcriptomics and metabolomics. Discovery of metabolic vulnerabilities and therapeutic targets. Functional genomics (RNA interference, CRISPR, etc.). Cellular models. Cell biology.

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BARNABÉ, Simon

Reviving regional economies through the diversification of biomass products. Development of molecular diagnostic tools for environmental monitoring or the characterization of microbial consortia; synthetic biology to develop innovative CO2 capture bioprocesses.

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BERTHOUX, Lionel

Antiviral innate immunity. Cellular and molecular virology. Gene therapy and genome editing. Cellular factors modulating viral replication.

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CYR, Michel

Neuroscience. Pharmacology. Neurodegenerative disease. Parkinson's disease. Neurobiology of memory and movement execution. Cell signaling. Animal models of human disease.

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DESGAGNÉ-PENIX, Isabel

Study and elucidation of genes involved in specialized plant metabolism. Systems biology (integration of omic technologies (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics). Metabolic engineering (synthetic biology); insertion of metabolic pathways into microalgae for validation of the function of new genes and production of valuable compounds.

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FISETTE, Alexandre

Neurobiology of nutrition: control of energy balance (food intake, energy expenditure) by the brain. Using mouse and cell models, molecular biology techniques. How does the brain control body weight? How is this control impaired in a situation of overweight?

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GERMAIN, Hugo

Functional genomics of plant pathosystems; plant cell biology; virulence factors that he studies disrupt, among other things, mRNA catabolism, vacuole biogenesis, redistribution of perinuclear cytosol to cortical cytosol, and ribosome remodeling in defense mode.

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GERMAIN, Marc

Mitochondria, metabolism, cell death, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer.

LEDUC GAUDET, Jean-Philippe

Multidisciplinary approach combining genetic, molecular, cellular and physiological methods to study the signaling pathways regulating skeletal muscle health, with particular attention to mitochondrial quality control processes and autophagy.

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MILOT, Emmanuel

Genetics and forensic interpretation. Genetic architecture of phenotypes. Processes of biological evolution in contemporary human populations. Epidemiology and spatio-temporal dynamics of mutations.

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MISSIHOUN, Tagnon

Plant cell wall biotechnology and biofuels. Plant response to oxidative stress: cell signaling mechanisms and post-translational gene regulation.

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NARBONNE, Patrick

Study of stem cell proliferation, differentiation and aging, using germ cells of the nematode C. elegans as a model system.

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PÉPIN, Geneviève

Study of the mechanisms leading to inflammation in the development of cancer and autoinflammatory diseases, particularly those involving the cGAS factor and the activation of the immune system by nucleic acids. This is with the aim of uncovering new therapeutic targets for these diseases.

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PERNET, Erwan

Study of the immune response of the neonatal lung to viral infections or in models of sterile inflammation. Focus on the role(s) of type I and III interferons in the acute inflammatory response and the long-term consequences on respiratory health. Use of in vitro primary cell models and in vivo animals, flow cytometry and imaging.

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REYES-MORENO, Carlos

Involvement of immune regulators in the normal and pathological physiology of the urogenital system. Cellular and molecular principles on the genesis and treatment of urogenital system cancers. Immunotherapy of cancer and infertility. Use of cell models in culture (in vitro) and animal (in vivo) and current techniques in protein biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology.

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