Students

Congratulations to Sabrina Romanelli/PhD3 and Tara Shomali/PhD4 in Dr. Jean-Francois Trempe's lab, who have been awarded the FRQS doctoral scholarship

hong.qin@mcgill.ca — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 20:23:03 +0000

Sabrina Romanelli (PhD3) and Tara Shomali (PhD 4) were awarded the FRQS doctoral scholarship ("Bourses de doctorat en recherche - volet régulier”). Both are supplemented by a contribution from Parkinson Quebec in partnership with the FRQ.

Congratulations to Danielle Simons-PhD2 in Dr. Jean-Francois Trempe's lab, who has been awarded the 2025 Max Eivaskhani Memorial Fellowship from CRBS

hong.qin@mcgill.ca — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 20:22:00 +0000

Danielle Simons (PhD2) has been awarded the 2025 Max Eivaskhani Memorial Fellowship from the Centre de Recherche en Biologie Structurale (CRBS). This fellowship was established in 2021 in remembrance of former CRBS student Max Eivaskhani and is awarded to the top ranked application among the submissions for the CRBS Scholarship competition.

Congratulations to Simran Dhir-PhD2 and Thomas Deluc - PostDoc in the lab of Dr. Alfredo Ribeiro Da Silva

hong.qin@mcgill.ca — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:05:51 +0000

Congratulations to Simran Dhir/PhD2, who received The Louise and Alan Edwards Foundation’s Edwards PhD. Studentships in Pain Research 2025. This Studentship carries with it a stipend of $25,000 per annum for three years.

Congratulations to Thomas Deluc/PostDoc, who received the Ronald Melzack Fellowship in Pain Research ($70,000 per year for three years).

Both these awards supports full-time research in chronic pain that will be conducted at the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain.

Congratulations to Sabrina Romanelli, who received a prestigious Graduate Student Award from Parkinson Canada (2025-2027 cycle)

hong.qin@mcgill.ca — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:58:26 +0000

Congratulations to Sabrina Romanelli, who received a prestigious Graduate Student Award from Parkinson Canada (205-2027 cycle). This competitive 2-yr $40,000 award was given to 11 exceptional doctoral trainees across Canada working on Parkinson’s disease. Sabrina’s project aims to elucidate the mechanism of PINK1 activation on damaged mitochondria via interactions with the translocation machinery. Her work will help us understand how Parkinson-associated genetic variants impair PINK1’s function.

Senior Seminar Pharmacology & Therapeutics_ Reily Pidgeon,PhD Candidate_"You are what you(r gut microbes) eat: Discovery of castalagin — a prebiotic that modulates microbiome composition and metabolic activity”

hong.qin@mcgill.ca — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 19:56:23 +0000

Senior Seminar Announcement

Reily Pidgeon

Ph.D Candidate

Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series_Carole Yauk, Ph.D_“Genome Under Fire: Impacts of Prolonged Mutagen Exposure Unveiled by Error-Corrected Sequencing”

hong.qin@mcgill.ca — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:03:32 +0000

Seminar Announcement

Carole Yauk, Ph.D

Professor, Department of Biology

Ottawa University

Seminar Series_ Dana Small, Ph.D_��ϲ�� University_ Pharmacology & Therapeutics Department

hong.qin@mcgill.ca — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:56:25 +0000

Seminar Announcement

Dana Small, Ph.D

Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Senior Seminar_ Emily Wilson_PhD Candidate_ Pharmacology & Therapeutics

hong.qin@mcgill.ca — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 20:26:00 +0000

Senior Seminar Announcement

Emily Wilson
Ph.D Candidate
Prof. Carolyn Baglole

Senior Seminar Announcement_Braeden Giles_Pharmacology & Therapeutics

hong.qin@mcgill.ca — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:06:31 +0000

Senior Seminar Announcement

Braeden Giles
Ph.D Candidate
Prof. Koren Mann and Prof. Bernard Robaire

Seminar Announcement_Yves de Koninck, Ph.D. FRSC

mayumi.yoshida@mcgill.ca — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:47:32 +0000

Yves de Koninck, Ph.D. FRSC

Professor of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, Laval University

Scientific Director of the CERVO Brain Research Centre

Senior Seminar Announcement_Claire Lin

mayumi.yoshida@mcgill.ca — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:02:48 +0000

Senior Seminar Announcement Claire Lin

Ph.D Candidate

Prof. Dan Bernard

Seminar Title: “Expression and function of inhibin co-receptors: From promoter bashing to pregnancy loss"

Senior Seminar Announcement_Pei You Wu

mayumi.yoshida@mcgill.ca — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:00:46 +0000

Senior Seminar Announcement Pei You Wu

Ph.D Candidate
Prof.Anne McKinney

Seminar Title: “Understanding the role of synaptopodin in synaptic plasticity"

Seminar Series_Pharmacology & Therapeutics_Prof. Jeffrey Mogil_Lecture Title: “Mistakes Were Made: How to Fix Preclinical (Pain) Research”

hong.qin@mcgill.ca — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 16:32:51 +0000

Seminar Announcement

Seminar Series _ Pharmacology & Therapeutics _ Dr. Mélanie Robitaille_ The University of Queensland, Australia

hong.qin@mcgill.ca — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:37:43 +0000

Seminar Announcement

Adithi Sundarakrishnan won the Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award at a symposium held by the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology (CSBN) at Concordia University

hong.qin@mcgill.ca — Thu, 16 May 2024 18:59:39 +0000

Adithi Sundarakrishnan from the Clarke lab won the Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award at a symposium held by the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology (CSBN) at Concordia University. Additionally, she secured the Best 3-Minute Thesis Presentation Award at the recent School of Biomedical Sciences (SMBS) Grad Talks event.

Students

Congratulations to Sabrina Romanelli/PhD3 and Tara Shomali/PhD4 in Dr. Jean-Francois Trempe's lab, who have been awarded the FRQS doctoral scholarship

Congratulations to Danielle Simons-PhD2 in Dr. Jean-Francois Trempe's lab, who has been awarded the 2025 Max Eivaskhani Memorial Fellowship from CRBS

Congratulations to Simran Dhir-PhD2 and Thomas Deluc - PostDoc in the lab of Dr. Alfredo Ribeiro Da Silva

Congratulations to Sabrina Romanelli, who received a prestigious Graduate Student Award from Parkinson Canada (2025-2027 cycle)

Senior Seminar Pharmacology & Therapeutics_ Reily Pidgeon,PhD Candidate_"You are what you(r gut microbes) eat: Discovery of castalagin — a prebiotic that modulates microbiome composition and metabolic activity”

Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series_Carole Yauk, Ph.D_“Genome Under Fire: Impacts of Prolonged Mutagen Exposure Unveiled by Error-Corrected Sequencing”

Seminar Series_ Dana Small, Ph.D_���ϲ����� University_ Pharmacology & Therapeutics Department

Senior Seminar_ Emily Wilson_PhD Candidate_ Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Senior Seminar Announcement_Braeden Giles_Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Seminar Announcement_Yves de Koninck, Ph.D. FRSC

Senior Seminar Announcement_Claire Lin

Senior Seminar Announcement_Pei You Wu

Seminar Series_Pharmacology & Therapeutics_Prof. Jeffrey Mogil_Lecture Title: “Mistakes Were Made: How to Fix Preclinical (Pain) Research”

Seminar Series _ Pharmacology & Therapeutics _ Dr. Mélanie Robitaille_ The University of Queensland, Australia

Adithi Sundarakrishnan won the Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award at a symposium held by the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology (CSBN) at Concordia University

Seminar Series_ Dana Small, Ph.D_��ϲ�� University_ Pharmacology & Therapeutics Department