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March 2026

Our next events

Documentary screening – Plus jamais silencieuses by Caroline Pierret Pirson

Date : March 9, 2026, 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Location : Pavillon Jean-Brillant - Room B-0245

Upcoming MSC-SMC Conference May 25-29, 2026 – Registration now open!

Date : May 24–29, 2026, 7:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location : Leacock Pavilion, McGill University

Our past events

Blue-light triggered thiol-ene/yne chemistry of crosslinked networks suited for hard-tissue regeneration and infection control

Date : February 26, 2026, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Location : Jean-Coutu Pavilion, S1-139, 2940 chemin de la Polytechnique

Sticky Business: Rhodobacter’s Unique Take on Polar Adhesion

Date : February 26, 2026, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Location : Pavillon Roger Gaudry, Room N-833
Dr. Zppa's research focuses on bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation, with particular emphasis on polar adhesion mechanisms in Alphaproteobacteria. His work integrates bacterial genetics, phenotypic characterization, and functional genomics to better understand the molecular basis of surface attachment.

Activation of the relaxin receptor by chemically divergent agonists

Date : February 23, 2026, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Location : Pavillon Joseph-Armand-Bombardier, Room: 1035
The RXFP1 relaxin receptor is a key mediator of physiological adaptation of the cardiovascular system to pregnancy, and its vasodilatory and anti-fibrotic effects have made it an attractive target for development of drugs to treat sev.......

Dopamine: a neurotransmitter discovered 70 years ago but still misunderstood

Date : February 19, 2026, 9:00 am to 10:00 am
This seminar will present some of the Trudeau laboratory's recent discoveries on the mechanisms of dopamine secretion in the brain, and on the mechanisms involved in the death of these neurons in Parkinson's disease. This work will serve to illustrate that this neurotransmitter remains an illustrious unknown to this day.

Exploring the diversity of bacterial holdfast polar adhesins from Québec aquatic environments

Date : February 12, 2026, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Location : Pavillon Roger Gaudry, Room N-833

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