Congratulations to our researchers!
23 May 2013
On May 13, the ceremony Bravo à nos chercheurs honored Université de Montréal researchers who received major awards and grants during the past year. Several IRBV researchers were among the honorees.
Daniel Matton was awarded a Université de Montréal Chair to continue his research on the molecular biology of plant reproduction, specifically on cellular signalization and plant development. This research was initiated as part of the Canada Research Chairs program.
Jacques Brisson, in collaboration with Sébastien Sauvé from the Chemistry Department and Michel Labrecque and Frédéric Pitre from the IRBV, received funding from the Canadian Innovation Foundation and the Government of Quebec to create a centre (CREDEAU) that will focus on research, development and validation of technologies and procedures for water treatment.
Mohamed Hijri was awarded a prize to celebrate partnership, by the Quebec Association for Research and Innovation Development. The prize recognizes his research to develop molecular markers for optimizing utilization of mycorrhizal fungi in large-scale plantations. He shares the honor with partners Biopterre, the Marine Biotechnology Research Centre and Premier Tech.
Congratulations to all the award recipients!
From left to right: Guy Breton, rector of the Université de Montréal, Mohamed Hijri, Jacques Brisson, Daniel Matton, Anne Bruneau, director of the IRBV, and Geneviève Tanguay, vice-rector of research, creation and innovation (©Andrew Dobrowolskyj).
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IRBV students and interns participate in annual clean-up of Mount Royal Park
16 May 2013
A team of about 20 IRBV students and interns were among the 800 volunteers at the annual “Corvée du Mont-Royal” organized by Les amis de la montagne on May 5. Alice Roy-Bolduc and Aymeric Yanitch led the IRBV volunteers in conducting follow-up of trees and shrubs planted on Mount Royal in recent years. The success of these plantations is evaluated through growth measurement and surveys of young plant survival. IRBV volunteers also staffed an information booth on research underway at the Institute.
For 22 years, volunteers have participated in the annual clean-up to help conserve Mount Royal, cleaning up garbage, planting trees, conducting follow-up of plantations and eradicating exotic invasive plants. A report on this year’s activity is available at this link.
Photo, from left to right: Adriana Almeida-Rodriguez, Mariana Rodriguez, Courtenay Clark and Simon Laignel.
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Zeiss microscopy summer school at the IRBV
13 May 2013
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On June 11th-13th, a microscopy summer school will be given at the IRBV in collaboration with Zeiss. Theoretical lectures will be held in the morning, whereas afternoon sessions will be dedicated to practical courses and hands-on. The courses will be given in English. Details concerning this workshop and the registration form are available at this link.
Société québécoise de phytotechnologie seeks grant applicants
26 March 2013
The Société québécoise de phytotechnologie (SQP) invites eligible graduate students to apply for its annual research grant. The $2000 award will be granted to the master’s or doctoral student with the best research project proposal. Applications must be received by April 15, 2013.
The student must be registered in a master’s or doctoral program at a university in Quebec at the time of application. The student’s project must reflect the SQP’s objective to pursue excellence and innovation in phytotechnology through training, research and public education.
Application criteria are described in detail on the SQP website [in French] at http://www.phytotechno.com/bourse2013.
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Université de Montréal’s Department of Biological Sciences symposium
14 March 2013
The Université de Montréal’s Department of Biological Sciences will hold its 23rd symposium on Thursday, March 21st.
The complete program guide is available [in French] here.
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International Conference on Medicinal Plants and Natural Products
28 February 2013
The International Conference on Medicinal Plants and Natural Products will be held at the Montreal Botanical Garden and the IRBV from June 17 to 19, 2013. Conference themes include medicinal plants, essential oils, pharmacognosy, ethnopharmacology and ethnobotany (www.montrealishs.org).
Alain Cuerrier is the IRBV’s resource person for the event. For more information on the conference, organized by the International Society for Horticultural Science, please contact antigua-ishs@shmen.org (1.339.368.6838).
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Mohamed Hijri au Parlement!
15 February 2013
On February 11, IRBV researcher Mohamed Hijri was a special guest at the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, on invitation by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). At a ceremony entitled “From Research to Innovation to Enterprise”, hosted by the Honourable Kelvin K. Ogilvie, Senator, five researchers and their partners in industry presented their research projects. Mohamed Hijri’s investigation of soil fungi was one of the featured projects. These collaborative efforts have resulted in the development of products and technologies that allow Canadian businesses to compete in the global marketplace, while creating jobs at home (view PDF).
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The 2012-2013 Pehr-Kalm Award recipients
7 February 2013
Each year, Les Amis du Jardin botanique de Montréal (the Friends of the Montreal Botanical Garden)
make a contribution to research by offering two Pehr-Kalm Awards to graduate students at the IRBV and the Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre. The 2012-2013 master’s-level prize ($5000) was awarded to Julie Munger (photo on the right), for her project on indicator plant species in sites where hydraulic exchange occurs between peatlands and aquiferous zones. This research, conducted under the supervision of Stéphanie Pellerin, aims to facilitate identification of these exchange zones, which are of great ecological importance. The Ph.D.-level prize ($7000) was awarded to Tahiana Andriananjamanantsoa (photo on the left), who is conducting a study, under the supervision of Luc Brouillet, that seeks to redefine the phylogeny of the Malagasy genus Angraecum by analyzing its morphological and molecular characters and by examining the historical biogeography of the species of this group. His findings will help make it possible to develop a conservation strategy for this endangered genus.
Congratulations to the award recipients, and our sincere thanks to the Friends of the Garden for their support of research at the IRBV.
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Campus Montréal’s fundraising campaign features IRBV research
7 February 2013
Campus Montréal is the largest fundraising campaign in the history of HEC Montréal, Polytechnique Montréal and the Université de Montréal, with a goal of $500 million. Proceeds will finance achievement awards for students of the Université de Montréal and its two affiliated schools, as well as research projects and infrastructure.
One of the campaign’s televised advertisements features Project GenoRem and researchers Mohamed Hijri and Michel Labrecque: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho-yYCxFkCo. Older news »
Anja Geitmann receives FAS Teaching Excellence Award
15 January 2013
At a ceremony held at the Université de Montréal on December 4, Anja Geitmann, full professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and researcher at the IRBV, received the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award. The award honors the contribution of professors to teaching and supervision of undergraduate and graduate students.
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