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Jan. 7, 2025 — Salim accepted an invitation to join the Journal of Bacteriology's Editorial Board!

Salim was truly honoured to receive the invitation. The appointment is for a 3-year period, from Jan. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2027. The...

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Jan 71 min read

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Nov. 8-10, 2024 — Kathleen & Shima are heading to Toronto! Posters to present at QOMSBOC (Quebec/Ontario Mini-Symposium for Synthetic and Bioorganic Chemistry [say THAT 10 times fast...] 2024

Both were eager to attend their first conference as PhD students and came away with many great conversations and new insights into their...

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Nov 8, 20241 min read

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June 26, 2024 — Fares wins the gold!

For his outstanding productivity, the high impact of his research, his international exposure, and his contributions to community life...

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Oct 22, 20241 min read

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May 11, 2024 — All good things must come to an end! (Graduation 2024 for Nicolas, Fares, and Rose)

After years of hard work, Nicolas (PhD), Fares (PhD, and Rose (MSc) were all ready to receive their degrees from INRS. Well earned, all...

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Oct 22, 20241 min read

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Mar. 21, 2024 — Supercomputer resources allocated!

Our grant application for supercomputer usage allocation for the next year was "funded" by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. ...

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Mar 21, 20241 min read

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Mar. 4, 2024 — New article published in ACS Omega!

Our latest article — dealing with MD simulations of Wzp polysaccharide secretion porins — has now been published in ACS Omega! In...

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Mar 4, 20241 min read

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Feb. 1-2, 2024 — PROTEO PIs' Retreat

Time for some serious discussions about proteins! It was good to meet up with the other members of PROTEO at the Hôtel Montfort in...

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Feb 2, 20241 min read

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Jan. 27, 2024 — Post-Xmas-2023 2023 Xmas Party (in 2024)

Following various scheduling issues, we were finally able to get together for some good food, good drinks, and good times to celebrate...

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Jan 27, 20241 min read

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Dec. 22, 2023 — New preprint is live on bioRχiv!

Come check out our latest preprint. In collaboration with the LaPlante lab, molecular dynamics simulations in an outer-membrane bilayer...

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Dec 22, 20231 min read

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Oct. 19, 2023 — New preprint is live on bioRχiv!

Come check out our latest preprint. Integrins are crucial for eukaryotic cell attachment and motility within the extracellular matrix via...

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Oct 19, 20231 min read

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Oct. 18, 2023 — Nicolas is now a Doctor!

He did it! After a fantastic presentation, and a THOROUGH grilling session afterwards (courtesy of Profs. Stephanie Weber [McGill...

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Oct 18, 20231 min read

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Oct. 10, 2023 — Fares wins a scholarship from UQ

For all of his hard work during his PhD and his involvement with INRS, Fares was awarded a scholarship from the Université du Québec (the...

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Oct 10, 20231 min read

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Sep. 14-15, 2023 — Salim, Abdelkader, and Antoine attending the BiSP 2023 Congress

After a COVID pandemic-necessitated hiatus, the Congrès Bacteriologie Intégrative Symbiose et Pathogenese (BiSP) was held once again. ...

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Sep 14, 20231 min read

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Aug. 22, 2023 — Fares is now a Doctor (first one from the IslaMyxoLab)!

Aaaaaaand we're off! Following a masterclass-of-a-presentation, and an engaging and thoughtful question session (courtesy of Profs....

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Aug 22, 20231 min read

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Jun. 14-17, 2023 — Salim and Antoine attending the 48th MyxoMeeting

Antoine's first research conference...and he got to attend the 48th International Conference on the Biology of Myxobacteria (i.e. the...

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Jun 14, 20231 min read

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