- Director, RNA Biology Research Unit
- Full IRCM Research Professor
- Associate Research Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine (Division of Experimental Medicine), McGill University
- Research Scholar, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé
Other affiliations
- Member, Genetics Society of America
- Member, The RNA Society
Degrees and relevant experience
- B.Sc. in biological sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) (1994-1997)
- Doctoral studies, molecular biology program, IRCM, Université de Montréal (1997-2004)
- Postdoctoral fellowship, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto (2004-2009)
- The Louisa Gale Scholar of the Canadian Cancer Society
Projects and major discoveries
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Studying mRNA targeting to the mitotic apparatus. Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
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Epithelial cell polarity regulation by localized mRNAs. Funded by the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute
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Defining the mechanism of RNA targeting to extracellular vesicles. Funded by the Cancer Research Society (team project with Janusz Rak and Nada Jabado)
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The roles of MBNL proteins in the pathogenesis of myotonic dystrophy. Jointly funded by Muscular Dystrophy Canada-The Rachel Fund and CIHR (team project with Pascal Chartrand and Marlene Oeffinger)
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Analyse complète des éléments de fonctionnement des ARN codés dans le génome humain. Comprehensive analysis of function RNA elements encoded in the human genome
This project is part of ongoing efforts within the ENCODE consortium (team project with Brenton Graveley, Gene Yeo, Xiang-Dong Fu and Chris Burge). Our labs main contribution involves the systematic characterization of the subcellular distribution properties of human RNA Binding Proteins.
