Science POP 2025-2026 Competition Grand Final

Towards a Third Major Edition

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Science POP Challenges

The Science POP contest offers three distinct challenges. 

 

Explain a central element of your research project

College, university, internships, graduate studies… maybe even one or two postdoctoral fellowships. Acquiring profound scientific knowledge, developing cutting-edge expertise and mastering the precise jargon used to discuss discoveries with your peers takes years of effort and practice. How fair would it be to expect anyone who hasn’t gone through the same training, whether it be a parent, a friend or a potential sponsor, to fully understand when you explain your research project? Would you be able to use clear, simple, and suitable language?

To take on this challenge, you must first break your research project down into core notions. Then, pick one of those notions and use your educational skills and creativity to translate it into information accessible to a lay audience!

 

Guidelines

 Speech: Educational

 Type of participation: Solo

 Length: Five (5) minutes

 Visual aid: Unlimited number of slides (primary aid) + one (1) prop on stage (optional)

 

What do we mean by « notion »?

It could be, for instance: 

  • a biological component or process (apoptosis, neurotransmission, DNA polymerase, endocytosis, pharmacodependence, etc.),
  • a scientific approach (randomized double-blind clinical studies, limit of detection, statistical analysis, etc.),
  • a laboratory technique (electroencephalogram, electronic microscopy, RT-PCR, functional magnetic resonance imagery, CRISPR-Cas, systematic observation, sample collection, etc.),
  • an experimental model (tissue grafts, organoids, immortalized cell lines, genetic knock-out in mice, etc.),
  • a disease (type 1 or 2 diabetes, inflammatory bower disease, AIDS, etc.),
  • a pathology or clinical manifestation (anaphylactic shock, cirrhosis, inflammation, etc.),
  • a therapy or medication (triple combination therapy, RNA vaccines, etc.) or an evaluation or measurement method (diagnostic criteria, cognitive tests, psychometric tests, etc.).

There is an infinite number of possibilities! Take the time to break your project down into core notions and identify one that you believe might be less known or misunderstood by the public.

 

Reference documents

Summary sheet - Outreach Challenge 

Advice sheet - Outreach Challenge 

Summary Sheet - Presentation rules 

Advice sheet - Delivering a great presentation 

Guidelines and examples of titles and brief descriptions 

Slide templates for presentations - In house competition

Slide templates for presentations - Provincial Final 

Science POP logo and graphic guidelines 

 

Catch the attention of journalists on your research project

To help research work stand out in the public arena, communications departments of research or academic institutions often resort to writing and distributing press releases, which are then sent to different media and eventually form the basis of an article or news report. But the media are overwhelmed with requests: the assignment editor or desk officer will only read it diagonally. You must therefore go straight to the point and catch his attention efficiently. News releases follow a very precise structure and include must-have elements such as a lead, quotes and references.

To take on this challenge, you will thus need to put your communication skills to good use by first writing a proper news release*, that highlights the importance of your research work. Respecting the format and guidelines is a major part of the challenge. 

Then, on the day of the competition, you'll have the equivalent of an elevator ride to catch your audience's attention with a pitch-style presentation, which should start with a catchphrase, pick up on the key points of the news release and end on a powerful conclusion.

 

Guidelines

 Text : News release (step 1)

 Speech : Pitch-style presentation (step 2)

 Type of participation : Solo

 Length : Two (2) minutes

 Visual aid : One (1) static slide** or one (1) prop on stage

*Guidelines are provided in a separate summary sheet
**Devoid of any video, animation, or sound

 

Which aspects of a project should a news release highlight?

It could be, for instance:

  • the societal needs or healthcare issues it addresses;
  • the knowledge it brings;
  • its innovative features;
  • its capacity to promote the development of partnerships or intersectorial collaboration;
  • its expected outcomes or short- and/or long-term benefits.

 

Reference documents

Summary sheet - Media Challenge 

Advice Sheet - Media Challenge 

Summary sheet - Press release

Press release example - Dos and Don'ts (FR)   

Summary sheet - Presentation rules 

Advice sheet - Delivering a great presentation 

Guidelines and examples of titles and brief descriptions 

Slide templates for presentations - In house competition

Slide templates for presentations - Provincial Final 

Science POP logo and graphic guidelines 

 

Declare your personal commitment to sustainable health

The depiction of a mad scientist, muttering hypotheses to himself and working as a recluse in his lab, is an outdated stereotype. To make sure science helps society move forward, scientists are now more engaged than ever on the field, working side by side with the government, industry or the general public.

To take on this challenge, you'll first have to undertake some introspection about your role, as a scientist and member of the Quebec society, in promoting sustainable health. Then, you will need to showcase your vision by presenting a personal initiative you propose to develop in the near future, or that you implemented less than 5 years ago (at the time of your participation in an in-house competition).

 

Guidelines

 Speech: Inspirational, TEDx-style conference

 Type of participation : Solo or teams of two (2)

 Length: Seven (7) minutes

 Visual aid: Unlimited number of minimalistic* slides (primary aid) + one (1) prop on stage (optional)

*With simple content (an image, one or two words, etc.)

 

What do we mean by « initiative »?

It could be, for instance:

  • creating or broadcasting educational material (blog, YouTube channel, website, journal or magazine article, TV or radio show, podcast, social media content, etc.),
  • developing a community support program (companions for patients, sports or artistic outlet to promote mental health, etc.),
  • organizing or managing an event (awareness campaign, fundraiser, conference, school activity, etc.)
  • or collaborating with political leaders, healthcare professionals or stakeholders (working group to improve public health practices, regulations or norms, participatory research, precision medicine, etc.).

This initiative doesn't have to be linked to your research work! Follow your sense of entrepreneurship or leadership! The only rule: you must be one of the main instigators of the initiative. To evaluate its potential impact on sustainable health, ask yourself the following questions: Will it help establish healthy lifestyle habits in the population, bring science and society closer together towards a common goal, or mobilize political decision-makers and stakeholders involved in sustainable health? How does it tie in with the targets of the United Nations' 3rd Sustainable Development Goal?

 


Reference documents

Summary sheet - Sustainable Health Challenge 

Advice sheet - Sustainable Health Challenge (FR) 

Summary sheet - Presentation rules 

Advice sheet - Delivering a great presentation 

Guidelines and examples of titles and brief descriptions 

Slide templates for presentations - In house competition

Slide templates for presentations - Provincial Final 

Science POP logo and graphic guidelines 

Félicitations aux lauréates et lauréats

The grand finale of the provincial outreach and science communication competition, Science POP, came to a close on November 22, 2024 at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM). This event received financial support from the Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie, through the NovaScience program, and from the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ), as well as the IRCM Foundation.

 

Outreach Challenge

  • First-place winner - Chief Scientist Award : Gabriel Blanco Gomez, doctorant en neurosciences - Institut de recherche du Centre universitaire de santé McGill (IR-CUSM)
  • Second-place winner - Jacques-Genest Award : Alexis Perreault, doctorant en immunologie - Institut de recherche sur le cancer de l'Université de Sherbrooke (IRCUS)
  • Winner of the People’s Choice : Alexis Perreault, doctorant en immunologie - Institut de recherche sur le cancer de l'Université de Sherbrooke (IRCUS)

Media Challenge

  • First-place winner - Chief Scientist Award : Hannah Derue, doctorante en neurosciences - Centre de recherche en biologie structurale (CRBS)
  • Second-place winner - Jacques-Genest Award : Jana Totzek, doctorante en santé mentale - Centre de recherche Douglas
  • Winner of the People’s Choice : Perrine Coquelet, doctorante en neurosciences - Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CR-CHUM)

Sustainable Health Challenge

  • First-place winner - Chief Scientist Award : Aurélien Ramos, étudiant à la maitrise en sciences de la réadaptation - Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et intégration sociale (Cirris)
  • Second-place winner - Jacques-Genest Award : Myriam Lacoursière, étudiante à la maitrise en sciences de l'activité physique - Regroupement intersectoriel de recherche en santé de l'Université du Québec (RISUQ)
  • Winner of the People’s Choice : Aurélien Ramos, étudiant à la maitrise en sciences de la réadaptation - Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et intégration sociale (Cirris)

Discover...

The Finalists – Outreach Challenge

Lucas Cervantes-Herrera

Master's student in Molecular Biology

From kitchen pest to Nobel prize: The fruit flyn

What if I told you that the same flies you find hovering over bananas in your kitchen have been used to unravel the mysteries of human genetics and cell-to-cell communication? Over the course of more than a century, what began as a simple experiment led researchers to develop one of the most common and useful tools for understanding how genetic information is inherited from parents to children. Discoveries made using the fruit fly have earned five Nobel prizes to date, and scientists will undoubtedly continue to learn a lot more about the mechanisms of Life using it as a tool. I would like to invite you to my talk about why and for what purpose we still work with the fruit fly nowadays.

Coralie Deslauriers

PhD student in Psychology - research and intervention

Un infarctus pas comme les autres

Lorsqu’on pense à une crise cardiaque, on s’imagine une artère bouchée qui empêche le sang de circuler vers le cœur. Pourtant, il existe une autre forme de crise cardiaque, appelée infarctus du myocarde sans obstruction des artères coronariennes (MINOCA). Dans ce cas, les symptômes sont identiques (douleur à la poitrine, essoufflement), mais les artères semblent dégagées. Contrairement aux apparences, la condition n’est pas moins grave. Touchant surtout les femmes et les plus jeunes, le MINOCA amène plus de risque de mourir à l’hôpital, de refaire une crise cardiaque et, à long terme, les femmes présentent autant de risque de décéder que celles qui ont vécu une crise cardiaque classique. Malheureusement, on ne comprend pas encore bien ce phénomène. Biologiques, psychologiques ou sociaux, le rôle des facteurs « biopsychosociaux » reste flou. Pour mieux prévenir et traiter le MINOCA, étudier ces facteurs est essentiel - un défi au cœur de ma thèse.

Océane Goncalves

PhD student in Microbiology

Désarmer la forteresse : comment vaincre la résistance aux antibiotiques ?

Si cent avions s’écrasaient chaque jour, personne ne dormirait tranquille. Pourtant, une catastrophe de cette ampleur existe déjà : la résistance aux antibiotiques.
Et moi, chaque matin, je viens au laboratoire pour comprendre comment un microbe peut nous mettre, collectivement, dans une telle turbulence.
Parmi les pires responsables, une bactérie agit comme un véritable tyran : Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Présente dans les hôpitaux ou les poumons de personnes atteintes de fibrose kystique, elle se défend comme une forteresse grâce à plusieurs lignes de défense. Elle expulse les antibiotiques, s’abrite derrière son biofilm, un véritable bouclier protecteur, et désactive même nos traitements.

Mon travail consiste à désarmer cette forteresse. En explorant sa bibliothèque génétique, j’identifie quelles défenses sont réellement vitales. L’objectif : transformer ces forces en failles, et remplacer la course aux antibiotiques plus puissants par des attaques plus intelligentes.

Émile Grenier

Master's student in Cell Biology

Le cancer a-t-il le pouce vert ?

Au Canada, 42% de la population risque de développer un cancer, ce qui souligne l’importance de mieux comprendre les mécanismes qui en régissent la progression. Le microenvironnement tumoral, regroupant différents types cellulaires, joue un rôle central dans cette dynamique. Le microenvironnement tumoral peut être comparé à un jardin. Dans un jardin sain, les fleurs, les insectes et les champignons interagissent pour maintenir un environnement stable. Toutefois, de mauvaises herbes peuvent prendre racine et envahir le jardin, représentant ici les cellules cancéreuses. Ces mauvaises herbes perturbent l’équilibre du jardin en modifiant ses composantes et en disséminant des graines résistantes aux pesticides. Chez l’humain, ces graines correspondent aux cellules souches cancéreuses, résistantes à la chimiothérapie. Parmi les composantes affectées, un type de fleurs favorise la survie des mauvaises herbes et de leurs graines en les aidant à échapper aux pesticides. Mais serait-il possible de modifier la fonction de ces fleurs ?

Diego Loggia

PhD student in Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Learning to fix a broken heart with stem cells

Everyone deals with heartbreak differently…literally! Cardiovascular diseases affect millions of people, yet treatments are often delivered with a “cookie-cutter” mindset: the same drugs, in the same order, for every patient. But just as no two heartbreaks feel the same, no two hearts respond identically to medications. This mismatch leaves many patients without the therapies that would work best. My research aims to change that. To capture this individuality, we collected blood samples from 400 patients with cardiovascular disease and reprogrammed those cells into stem cells. These stem cells are then guided to become beating heart cells which reflect the person they came from. These patient-specific “hearts in a dish” will allow us to test medications long before they reach the patient. By understanding which drugs work best for which patients, we aim to move beyond one-size-fits-all treatment and bring truly personalized care to people living with heart diseases.

Ivana Okaro

Master's student in Neuroscience

The Unfamiliar Effect of a Familar Drug: Viagra's Healing Power

One of the most serious complications in newborns is hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, which occurs when a baby’s brain does not get enough oxygen or blood. This lack of oxygen or blood triggers multiple harmful processes in the brain that can lead to the death of brain cells (neurons). As a result, affected infants often face long-term challenges, such as learning difficulties, physical disabilities, and even death.  This project aims to explore how different brain cell death pathways are activated by hypoxic-ischemic brain injury and how treatments like hypothermia (the current standard therapy) and sildenafil (viagra) can affect these processes. By monitoring changes in the levels and locations of markers associated with distinct cell death pathways, I will be able to better understand the way this disease and its treatments work. These findings will support the development of more effective therapies to protect and heal the brains of affected babies.

Christopher Requejo Cier

PhD student in Immunology

CRISPR : Peut-on réécrire le livre de la vie ?

Si l’être humain avait un manuel d’instructions, on pourrait dire que ce serait l’ADN. Ce fameux « matériel génétique » dont tout le monde parle, sans toujours savoir clairement ce qu’il est. Et pourtant, on peut l’imaginer comme un livre. Pour le lire, il suffit de connaître que quatre lettres : A, T, C et G. Combinées dans un certain ordre, elles forment les instructions du corps humains, créant des « mots », des « phrases », puis un véritable manuel de la vie. Cependant, comme dans n’importe quel texte, des fautes peuvent s’y glisser. Malheureusement, ces erreurs peuvent se traduire en maladies. Pendant longtemps, on pensait qu’il était impossible de les corriger. Aujourd’hui, grâce à des « micro-ciseaux » spéciaux appelés Cas9 et à une technique fantastique nommée CRISPR, cela nous est possible. Nous permettant, enfin, de réécrire le livre de la vie au bénéfice de tous.

William Saxon

PhD student in Molecular Medicine

Bookmarks of Life: Understanding Epigenetics

Imagine that every cell in your body owns the same book, your DNA. Yet somehow, each cell reads a different story. A brain cell focuses on one chapter, while a skin cell flips to another. What tells them which pages to read? Little chemical “notes” written in the margins of that book, this is epigenetics.
These invisible marks act like bookmarks and highlighters, guiding cells as they respond to the world around them. In the brain, they help tiny guardians called microglia remember who they are and how to react when things change.

By studying these subtle notes, we begin to understand how life experiences, stress, and the environment can quietly rewrite the way our cells behave, shaping our brain’s health without ever changing a single letter of our DNA.

Maria Zimmermann

PhD student in Neuroscience

Bridging the Gap Between Nature and Nurture: The Epigenome

All the cells in our bodies contain DNA, made from the genes that we inherit from our parents. This DNA acts like a recipe book for our bodies, determining our appearance as well as aspects of our health. Just as adding notes can change how a recipe is made and spills on the page can make it harder to read, our environment can affect how our bodies follow the instructions in our DNA. This layer of influence is called the epigenome. Epigenetic mechanisms, such as the addition of chemical tags to DNA and changes to the way DNA folds in 3D space, alter the ‘readability’ of our genes in response to positive and negative experiences. These interactions between our life experiences and DNA have broad impacts on our physical and mental health.

The Finalists – Media Challenge

Sarah Alkhaldi 

Master's student in Molecular Biology

Cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer

The acquisition of chemoresistance in ovarian cancer remains an overriding clinical hurdle to treatment success. Researchers at the University of Montreal have found that such resistance can be reversed in cancer cells by lowering their supply of Replication Protein A. This raises the possibility that inhibition of RPA function can offer hope to thousands of patients who initially undergo remission in response to cisplatin, only to later tragically succumb to the disease after their (now chemoresistant) tumours inevitably come roaring back.

Marie-Ève Bergeron

Master's student in Health Sciences

Dans l’ombre du post-partum : douleur périnéale et allaitement.

Imaginez une mère qui vient d’accoucher par voie vaginale. Le regard de la société se porte spontanément vers le nouveau-né qu’on espère en santé. Mais comment se porte la mère? La douleur au périnée est fréquente après l’accouchement et, pour certaines femmes, elle persiste bien au-delà de huit semaines. Dans notre étude, plus d’une mère sur trois rapportait une douleur périnéale persistante, avec une intensité moyenne de 6 sur 10.

Cette douleur pourrait-elle influencer la durée de l’allaitement du nourrisson? Notre recherche est la première à examiner précisément le lien entre l’intensité de cette douleur post-accouchement et la durée de l’allaitement. Les analyses, qui tenaient compte de 19 autres facteurs liés à l’allaitement, montrent clairement que plus la douleur est intense, moindre est la durée d’allaitement.

Reconnaître et mieux traiter la douleur périnéale pourrait donc contribuer à prolonger la durée de l’allaitement chez les familles allaitantes.

Zoey Chapman

Master's student in Mental Health

The Dark Side of Uncertainty

COVID-19 drastically altered our lives, sending us into a world of uncertainty where we were unsure of what it was, how to stay safe, or when life would return to normal again. Some of us dealt with it by learning to bake or binging Netflix. But for others, that same uncertainty triggered a lot of anxiety that sometimes was expressed as aggression toward their partners. These individuals are what we would call “intolerant of uncertainty”, meaning they fear the unknown in ways that can cause stress and, for some, lead to potentially harmful behaviours.

In this talk, we’ll discuss how pandemic uncertainty led to increased intimate partner violence, uncover why that is, and explore how this knowledge can help us better navigate the next wave of uncertainty.

Solène Huck

PhD student in Chemistry

La chimie pour prendre soin de notre cœur

Sophie, 10 ans, s’est battue plusieurs années contre une leucémie aiguë, qu’elle a réussi à vaincre. Aujourd’hui, elle est en rémission, mais comme 1 enfant sur 10, les années de traitements de chimiothérapie ont affaibli son cœur. Et s’il existait un traitement qui permettrait de réparer le cœur de Sophie? Le groupe de recherche du professeur Guindon a fait équipe avec une chercheuse de l’Université d’Ottawa pour découvrir un médicament capable de contrer les effets toxiques des médicaments anticancéreux (comme la doxorubicine, qui est utilisée contre la leucémie aiguë) sur le cœur. Il s’agit d’une petite molécule synthétique, inspirée d’un composant déjà présent dans notre corps : le nucléoside. En modifiant la structure de celui-ci, nous avons créé une molécule qui protège les cellules du cœur contre la mort causée par les traitements de chimiothérapie. Grâce à la chimie, les histoires comme celles de Sophie pourraient devenir chose du passé.

Maisha Maliha Promi

PhD student in Neuroscience

Can we treat neurodegenerative diseases by targeting the aging process?

The prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases is rising at an alarming rate and despite this growing burden, we still have no cures. Current therapies are able to manage symptoms but cannot stop or reverse the loss of neurons. Why? Because by the time these diseases are diagnosed, much of the neuronal damage is already irreversible. This raises a bold question: What if we could intervene earlier, before the damage begins? A geroscience-driven approach suggests that the most effective way to combat Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and related disorders may not be to target each disease individually, but to address their shared greatest risk factor: aging itself. Therefore, we can evaluate lifespan-extending interventions to determine whether promoting healthy aging can prevent or reverse neuronal decline. Because, the goal isn’t just to help people live longer, but to help them age better, and targeting the aging mechanism may be the most promising neuroprotective strategy forward!

Margaux Rivière

PhD student in Neuroscience

AVC : comprendre pour agir, 2 min pour sauver des vies

L’AVC demeure l’une des urgences médicales les plus redoutées, frappant des milliers de personnes chaque année. Malgré des progrès majeurs, la recherche avance entre espoirs et déceptions. Certaines thérapies autrefois prometteuses s’effondrent face à la complexité du cerveau, tandis que de nouvelles approches : imagerie ultrarapide, cellules gliales ciblées, modulation de la réponse inflammatoire. Elles ouvrent des perspectives inédites pour limiter les séquelles.

Cette chronique médiatique mettra en lumière ces avancées, mais aussi les échecs qui façonnent le progrès scientifique. Elle rappelle surtout l’importance cruciale de reconnaître les signes : visage paralysé, faiblesse d’un bras, troubles du langage. Chaque minute perdue représente des milliers de neurones détruits.

En rendant accessibles ces connaissances, le but est de sensibiliser le public aux facteurs de risque et à l’urgence d’agir. Comprendre l’AVC, c’est déjà mieux se protéger et parfois sauver une vie.

The Finalists – Sustainable Health Challenge

Léa Ferreira

PhD student in Health Biochemistry and Neuroscience

Bien vieillir, ça se partage

D’ici 2036, un Canadien sur quatre sera un aîné. Leur isolement croissant interpelle et constitue un enjeu sociétal important. Les barrières technologiques accentuent cette exclusion en plus de favoriser la désinformation. Nous proposons une solution innovante : créer des ponts entre les jeunes chercheurs et les aînés grâce à la recherche en sciences de la santé. Nous offrons un espace où les jeunes scientifiques travaillant en santé peuvent présenter et expliquer leurs travaux de recherche aux aînés. Ces rencontres permettent de : 1- favoriser le dialogue intergénérationnel 2- améliorer la façon de communiquer des jeunes chercheurs avec le grand public 3- rendre accessibles aux aînés des recherches qui les concernent directement. Cette approche allie partage, apprentissage et humanité. Ce projet vise à renforcer le sentiment d’inclusion, à briser l’isolement et à en réduire les effets sur la santé. Nous cherchons à soutenir un vieillissement plus connecté, éclairé et solidaire.

Natasha Hassija

PhD student in Rehabilitation Science

Walk-BEST: Walk BEtter, Faster, Longer and STronger through technology-enabled training

Walking is one of the most sustainable and accessible forms of physical activity, yet 50% of older adults cannot walk well enough to benefit from it. Poor gait is the leading cause of falls, and most falls occur during walking. In Canada, fall-related injuries among seniors' cost ~$5.6 billion annually. Although physiotherapy and targeted exercises can improve gait, gains are often lost without practice/feedback, and access to these services remains limited. During a physiotherapy session, encouragement for walking with a heel‑to‑toe pattern can transform a stooped, shuffling gait into one that is upright and striding; however, the effects of that feedback last only until the session. This need for a sustainable, accessible solution led to the development of the Heel2Toe™ wearable. Because technology alone may not be sufficient to retrain poor gait, we implemented a unique community-based program, Walk-BEST©, combining structured exercises for optimal walking with independent practice using the Heel2Toe™.

Ayichatou Sall

Master's student in Bioinformatics

ARN : innover ne suffit pas, il faut convaincre  

On a tous entendu parler d’ARN messager. Mais entre promesses, peurs et informations contradictoires, difficile de savoir quoi croire. Ce projet part d’une idée simple : la santé durable dépend autant des avancées scientifiques que de la confiance qu’on leur accorde. En suivant l’ARN de l’ombre à la lumière, on découvre comment la science progresse vraiment – preuves, erreurs, corrections – et pourquoi sa manière de se raconter compte autant que ses résultats. Pas un cours : un récit et un dialogue, pour repartir avec des repères clairs, des questions mieux posées… et une façon plus solide d’évaluer ce qu’on lit et ce qu’on partage.

Mélissa Thomas

Postdoctoral Researcher in Oncology

Soapbox Science Québec : la science rendue accessible au grand public

Soapbox Science est une plateforme mondiale de sensibilisation scientifique ayant pour mission de mettre en avant les femmes et personnes non-binaires en STIMM (Sciences, Technologies, Ingénierie, Mathématiques, Médecine). L'objectif de SBS est double : promouvoir l’équité, l’inclusion et la diversité dans les sciences en donnant de la visibilité à celles qui y sont sous-représentées ; rendre la science accessible à tout.e.s, et ainsi rétablir le lien entre la science et le public. SBS espère inspirer la prochaine génération en lui montrant qu'il n'existe pas qu'une seule voie pour poursuivre une carrière dans les STIMM ! Présent dans 47 villes de 17 pays, nous sommes fières de porter cette initiative à Québec. Notre événement annuel rassemble des centaines de visiteurs, venus découvrir la science faite à Québec : recyclage du métal, douleur chronique, gestion de l'eau, drogue et grossesse, santé des abeilles - autant de sujets présentés par nos conférencières 2025. 

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This year, thanks to the contribution of a number of new institutions, we're delighted to see that the competition is spreading across the province. Here's the list of educational and research institutions taking part in the Science POP 2025-26 competition. 

Find all the information about each institution’s internal competitions, as well as the complete list of candidates, by clicking here.


PROGRAM (PROVISIONAL)

The competition is bilingual. A simultaneous translation service will be offered.

The competition will be hosted by Chantal Srivastava, a journalist, presenter and consultant.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17 – OUTREACH AND MEDIA CHALLENGES

10:00 – 10:30 Arrival of participants

10:30 – 11:00 Welcome speech

11:00 – 12:00 OUTREACH – Session 1/3

  • Coralie Deslauriers (PhD, Psychology - research and intervention), Un infarctus pas comme les autres (FR)
  • Cristopher Requejo Cier (PhD, Immunology), L’ADN, ce livre que l’on peut éditer (FR)
  • Ivana Okaro (MSc, Neuroscience), The Unfamiliar Effect of a Familiar Drug: Viagra's Healing Power (ANG)

11:25 – 12:00 MEDIA – Session 1/2

  • Sarah Alkhaldi (Niveau étude), Résistance au cisplatine dans le cancer de l’ovaire (FR)
  • Margaux Rivière (PhD, Neuroscience), AVC : comprendre pour agir, 2 min pour sauver des vies (FR)
  • Solène Huck (PhD, Chemistry), La chimie pour prendre soin de notre cœur (FR)

12:00 – 13:35 Lunch & Activities

13:35 – 14:25 OUTREACH – Session 2/3

  • Émile Grenier (MSc, Cell biology), Le cancer a-t-il le pouce vert ? (FR)
  • Maria Zimmermann (PhD, Neuroscience), Bridging the Gap Between Nature and Nurture: The Epigenome (ANG)
  • Lucas Cervantes-Herrera (MSc, Molecular Biology), From kitchen pest to Nobel prize: The fruit fly (ANG)

14:25 – 14:30 End of the first day

14:30 – 14:45 Coffee & Snacks

14:45 – 16:15 SPECIAL CONFERENCE

 

SATURDAY, APRIL 18 – SUSTAINABLE HEALTH, OUTREACH AND MEDIA CHALLENGES 

9:30 – 10:30 Arrival of participants

10:30 – 10:40 Opening remarks 

10:40 – 11:50 SUSTAINABLE HEALTH

  • Mélissa Thomas (Postdoctoral fellow, Oncology), Soapbox Science Québec : la science rendue accessible au grand public (FR)
  • Ayichatou Sall (MSc, Bioinformatics), ARN : innover ne suffit pas, il faut convaincre (FR)
  • Léa Ferreira (PhD, Health Biochemistry and Neuroscience), Bien vieillir, ça se partage (FR)
  • Natasha Hassija (PhD, Rehabilitation Science), Walk-BEST: Walk BEtter, Faster, Longer and STronger through technology-enabled training (ANG)

11:50 – 12:00 TESTIMONIAL

12:00 – 13:35 Lunch & Activities

13:35 – 14:25 OUTREACH – Session 3/3

  • Williman Saxon (PhD, Molecular medicine), Bookmarks of Life: Understanding Epigenetics (ANG)
  • Diego Loggia (PhD, Pharmacology & Therapeutics), Learning to fix a broken heart with stem cells?  (ANG)
  • Océane Goncalves (PhD, domaine d’étude), Désarmer la forteresse : comment vaincre la résistance aux antibiotiques ? (FR)

14:25 – 14:45 Coffee & Snacks

14:45 – 15:20 MEDIA – Session 2/2

  • Zoey Chapman (MSc, Mental health), The Dark Side of Uncertainty (ANG)
  • Maisha Maliha Promi (PhD, Neuroscience), Can we treat neurodegenerative diseases by targeting the aging process? (ANG)
  • Marie-Ève Bergeron (MSc, Health Sciences), Dans l’ombre du post-partum : douleur périnéale et allaitement (FR)

15:20 – 15:30 End of the second day

15:30 – 16:00 Break

16:00 – 16:30 Award ceremony

16:30 – 17:30 SCIENTIFIC IMPROV SHOW « La LNI s’improvise scientifique! » - In partnership with the Théâtre de la Ligue nationale d'improvisation (LNI) 

17:30 – 19:00 Cocktail and 5@7


At the end of the Science POP provincial final, the judges will submit their evaluation grids to the Governance Committee, which will select the first- and second-place finalists for each challenge. In addition, audience members will have the opportunity to score each of the presentations for the three challenges. The candidate who receives the highest score in their challenge will receive the People's Choice Award.

As one of the missions of the Science POP competition is to contribute to the training of the next generation of students, the Governance Committee wishes to give the first- and second-place finalists in each challenge the opportunity to enjoy an immersive experience in the field of science communication. To this end, in addition to the Chief Scientist Award and the Jacques-Genest Award, the winners will be offered the chance to complete a short internship in a relevant professional environment of their choice from a pre-established selection. The list of potential internships will be released in March 2026.

First-place winners - Chief Scientist Award

1 000 $
+ Choice of science communication internship
+ Glass trophy
+ Certificate

Second-place winners - Jacques-Genest Award

500 $
+ Choice of internship in science communication
+ Glass trophy
+ Certificate

Winners of the People’s Choice

250 $
+ Glass trophy
+ Certificate

Award terms 

  • Prizes listed above will be awarded for each of the three challenges (for a total of nine prizes).
  • There can be no ex aequo winners for the Chief Scientist Award and the Jacques-Genest Award. A special feature of the Sustainable Health Challenge, however, is that it allows candidates to participate in teams of two. If a team is awarded first or second place, the monetary value of the prize will be divided in equal parts. Each team member will be independently offered a choice of internship (to be chosen from a pre-established list). 
  • In the event of a tie for a People's Choice Award, the monetary value of the prize will be divided in equal parts.

 

Chantal Srivastava
JOURNALIST, HOST AND CONSULTANT
Host of the competition

An experienced science communicator, Chantal Srivastava worked for over 35 years as a journalist at Radio-Canada. Over the years, she covered consumer affairs, economics, national and international news, as well as science, health, the environment, and agriculture. For a quarter of a century, she was assigned to the science news and popularization program Les années lumière, broadcast on Ici Première. Her work has been recognized with national and international awards in both radio and print media. She is currently a guest science journalist at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the University of Montreal and writes the Science column in L'actualité magazine.


Sophie Malavoy
CONSULTANT, HOST AND TRAINER IN SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
Personal coaching • Outreach challenge

An engineer by training, Sophie Malavoy has been working in science communication for 40 years. She founded and directed UQAM's Coeur des sciences from 2005 to 2021. She was previously a producer for Radio-Canada's Découverte program and editor-in-chief/journalist/producer for Télé-Québec's Zone Science and Zone X programs. From 1984 to 1998, she was director and editor-in-chief of the ACFAS magazine Interface. She has written a practical guide to popularization and has since given more than 400 training courses in science communication. In 2022, she received the Thérèse-Patry Award from the Association des communicateurs scientifiques du Québec and Radio-Canada for her career in science communication. For the same reasons, she was awarded the title of Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by the French government in 2018.


Audrey Verret
DIGITAL COMMUNICATOR AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Coaching personnel • Défi média

Audrey holds a bachelor's degree in public communications with a concentration in social advertising from Laval University. An internship at a business incubator during her studies marked a turning point: it was there that she discovered the potential of scientific projects and the importance of communicating them effectively. Passionate about digital marketing, she decided to combine her interest in science with her marketing expertise by joining the IMPAKT Scientifik team.


Michel Rochon
JOURNALIST, SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL COMMUNICATOR, SPEAKER, AUTHOR AND MUSICIAN
Personal Coaching • Sustainable Health Challenge
and speaker

A trained physiologist, Michel Rochon has been a scientific and medical journalist and communicator for over 40 years, most of which has been for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He has won numerous awards and distinctions both in Canada and abroad, including two Prix Gémeaux. An author and speaker, he has also been a lecturer at the UQAM School of Media, a strategic advisor at the Institut du Nouveau Monde and former president of the Association des communicateurs scientifiques du Québec. For several years, he has hosted scientific conferences, forums and congresses while offering training in journalism and science popularization in universities and institutions. He is also active on the music scene as a pianist and offers concert-lectures.


Théâtre de la LNI
Scientific improvisation show

The Théâtre de la Ligue Nationale d’Improvisation, both a laboratory and a flagship company of Quebec's theatre scene, is dedicated to the research, the creation and the transmission of theatrical improvisation as an artistic discipline. Originating with the creation of the Match , in 1977, by Robert Gravel and Yvon Leduc, the organization has been pursuing its mission for over 45 years: to achieve the impossible!


Musée de la santé Armand-Frappier
SCIENTIFIC MUSEUM, LAVAL
Scientific Kiosk

Whether you're a top athlete or not, behind every movement lie fascinating mechanisms that the body puts into action. Why are many sporting competitions not mixed? Why can training at altitude improve your performance? How are tennis players able to retrieve balls traveling at over 200 km/h? Come discover the answers to these questions by measuring your own body's capabilities with various tools!

Step 2 : The Grand Final

The Science POP Grand Final will take place on November 21 and 22, 2024 at the IRCM, in Montréal.

Finalists will have to attend the competition in person before a diverse audience. The presentations will, however, be broadcast live and online to facilitate remote access to the event. Award winners of the Science POP competition will be honoured during the closing ceremony of the provincial final. A public announcement of the overall winners will be published during the following week by the Governance Committee.

 

 

Step 1 : Internal competitions

Following the official launch in february 2024, Science POP will develop across the province of Quebec in the form of internal competitions, held between May 1st and October 1st, 2024 by institutions devoted to Health Sciences research and to training graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

 

Find them out

Everything you need to know
about the competition

Admission criteria 

Participating Institutions
Organizations eligible to become participating institutions and to hold an in-house competition are: 

  • Universities across the province of Quebec that offer graduate programs in Health Sciences;
  • Research centers and research institutes affiliated with a Quebec university and dedicated to training students in Health Sciences.

Please, be aware that it is not possible to hold more than one in-house competition within the same university or institution (e.g. different departments, programs, campuses, etc.). 

* We invite thematic networks that are interested in participating in the competition to contact us directly via the email address sciencepop@ircm.qc.ca.

Candidates 
Individuals who are eligible to take-on a Science POP challenge are:  

  • Full-time students enrolled in a Master’s or Doctoral program at a Quebec university and carrying out research activities related to Health Sciences;  
  • Postdoctoral fellows pursuing research activities related to Health Sciences at a Quebec university, research center or research institute;
  • Graduate students from another Canadian province or abroad who are doing a research internship at a Quebec university, research center or research institute.

Candidates must meet these eligibility criteria, from the moment of their registration to the date of their institution’s in-house competition. Any subsequent change in their status (graduation, direct passage, end of postdoctoral training, etc.) will not affect their eligibility to proceed to the Provincial Final. However, the Governance Committee must be notified at sciencepop@ircm.qc.ca

PLEASE NOTE THAT WINNERS OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF A SCIENCE POP GRAND FINAL CONTEST (Chief Scientist Prize - 1st place AND Jacques-Genest Prize -2nd place) ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAME CHALLENGE IN ANOTHER EDITION. They are nevertheless encouraged to participate in one of the two other challenges offered by Science POP. This does not apply to previous winners of a People’s Choice Award, who can still sign up as candidates.

 

Obligations of a Participating Institutions

Graphics Chart
All promotional and/or audiovisual material used for Science POP (posters, banners, logos, fonts, etc.) must be prepared using the tools provided by the Governance Committee. Those are available on the Science POP website in the “Tools for participating institutions” section . For any required additional tool, the contact person of the participating institution should send a request at sciencepop@ircm.qc.ca. All posts on social networks concerning Science POP must contain the hashtag #sciencepop

Accessibility
The IRCM and the FRQ recommend that participating institutions organize competitions that respect the values of equity, diversity and inclusion, and that encourage people from minority groups to take on a challenge. As far as language is concerned, the use of French is encouraged; however, it is possible to hold a competition and/or participate in English, provided that a French translation service is offered to the audience. The Provincial Grand Final will be hosted in French, with free live translation. Access will be gained by scanning a QR code using a cell phone. 

Public Engagement
The primary mission of Science POP is to promote dialogue between scientists and their surrounding society. As such, participating institutions are strongly encouraged to involve the general public in all aspects of their competition, whether as audience members, volunteers or judges.

Embargo for In-House Competition Finalists 
It is forbidden to broadcast audiovisual recordings or slides of a winning presentation on a publicly available platform (e.g. websites, social networks, newsletter, etc.) prior to the public announcement of the provincial final winners by the FRQ and IRCM. Any such publication of release will result in the disqualification of the candidates concerned. An e-mail will be sent to contact persons and finalists when the embargo is lifted.

 

Obligations of candidates

Single participation
Candidates wishing to participate in the Science POP contest may not register to more than one in-house competition among those organized by the various participating institutions and must choose one challenge for which they wish to be eligible to win a prize and follow through to the Provincial Grand Final. Any additional challenge can only be taken out-of-competition and candidate must disclose in advance, at the moment of their registration, which presentation is to be considered as in-competition. 

Presence at the Provincial Finale
From the moment of their registration, candidates must commit to being available to participate in person at the Provincial Grand Final, scheduled for April 17 and 18, 2026, should they rank 1st place in a challenge of their participating institution's in-house competition. Should an unexpected situation prevent them from participating in person at the Grand Final, the candidate who ranked 2nd will take their place at the Grand Final. This decision will be irreversible.

Consent 
Candidates must consent to their name, photo, presentation details and any audiovisual recordings in which they feature be used for promotional purposes by the Governance Committee and/or its partners at FRQ and IRCM. This could be in the form of web pages, communications (e-mails, newsletters, news, newspaper articles, posts on social media, etc.), multimedia productions (videoclips, films, DVDs, etc.), or artistic montages (posters, exhibitions, etc.).

Embargo
Candidates must respect the embargo described in the section above (Obligations of participating institutions > Embargo for in-house competition finalists).

Challenge-Specific Guidelines
Regardless of the challenge they choose, all candidates must provide a title and a brief description of their presentation at the moment of their registration to participate in an in-house competition. Instructions will be provided by the Governance Committee. However, each challenge has different requirements in terms of presentation length, format and permissions. Candidates should make sure they are well-informed of these details, by consulting the reference documents that are already available on the website or provided to them by their institution’s contact person. For any questions or clarifications, the Governance Committee recommends that candidates reach out to their institution’s contact person or send an email  to sciencepop@ircm.qc.ca

Presentation Visual Support
To take on a challenge, candidates must prepare a presentation in the form of a speech (no songs, poems, mimes, etc.), without soundtracks or pre-recorded narration. Visual supports (slides and/or a stage prop, as dictated for each challenge) are not mandatory, but strongly recommended. Candidates must be the authors of the images, drawings, animations and videos used. Otherwise, it is imperative that they verify the material’s copyrights and licences and have authorization to use it, and to provide a full reference. In the case of images, videos, or other elements generated by artificial intelligence, their use and source must also be clearly indicated. If the candidate chooses to bring a prop on stage, he or she must ensure that it is a personal, discreet and easy to transport object; it may only stay on stage for the duration of the presentation. All slides used as visual support must be 1) prepared using the templates provided by the Governance Committee, 2) in 16:9 format on screen, and 3) presented using the Microsoft PowerPoint software (no conversion to PDF or other file types). No presenter's notes or memory aids will be allowed, whether on the screen, in the speaker’s hands or on the podium.

Organizing an In-House Science POP Competition
Participating institutions must hold their in-house competitions between September 1st, 2025 and February 20, 2026. Participating institutions have the option to include one, two or three of the Science POP challenges, described in the “Challenges” section , at their discretion. Participations institutions must be self-reliable in obtaining the financial resources required to hold their in-house Science POP competition and provide award prizes to their winners. The Science POP Governance Committee will support them throughout the organization steps, namely by providing a variety of tools. These tools, are already available on the Science POP website and include:

  • Graphic tools: Official Science POP logo, e-mail banners, website banners, creatives for social media, promotional poster templates, slide templates for the candidate’s challenge presentations, award certificate template, confirmation of participation template, etc. 
  • Logistical tools: Pre-built Fourwaves website (optional for each participating institution; If you are interested please contact science POP for more information on the preferential rates offered), challenge registration form template, challenge candidate commitment form, competition organization checklist, etc.
  • Reference documents: Summary sheets and advice sheets for the challenges, presentation rules summary sheet, standardized and challenge-specific evaluation grids, etc.

For an overview of the steps to organize an in-house competition, please refer to this event planning checklist (French only).

Reaching The Provincial Grand Final
Once the in-house competition has been held, the list of all participating candidates specifying those who won first-place in each challenge must be forwarded to the Governance Committee before February 24, 2026, at sciencepop@ircm.qc.ca. The contact person of participating institutions will each receive an email listing required the information to be provided. The Provincial Grand Final will be held on April 17 and 18, 2026 at the IRCM, located downtown Montreal. The finalists are expected to participate in person, in front of a diverse audience and jury members. However, the presentations will be broadcast live online, so that anyone can attend, regardless of their location. The winners of the Science POP contest will be crowned at the closing ceremony of the provincial final, Saturday April 18 at the end of the day. Contact persons of each participating institution, or another representative, are expected to attend the provincial final, most particularly the award ceremony. The winners will be announced to the general public in the following week, by the Governance Committee.

Registering as a challenge candidate
Anyone interested in taking on a Science POP challenge must first consult the eligibility criteria (see the 'Competition' section below) and then check the list of participating institutions, which will be published during the week of June 9, 2025 to see if their establishment will be organizing an in-house competition as part of the Science POP 2025-2026 edition. Details of how to register (dates, information to provide such as profile picture, title and brief description of presentation, etc.) for the corresponding in-house competition will be sent by the contact person of each participating institution.

Preparing for an in-house competition
Reference documents and training tools for challenge candidates are already available on the Science POP website. These resources are there to help them develop their communication skills and adjust their presentation to the expectations of the challenge. The Governance Committee will be holding facultative, monthly Q&A sessions on Zoom, starting in August, 2025, to answer candidates' questions about the expectations and particularities of each challenge. The Zoom link to register and attend these meetings will be sent to the contact persons of each participating institution a few weeks before the start of the meetings.

Preparing for the provincial final
During the months of March and April 2026, finalists from each participating institution will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with one of the in scientific communication, according to their needs for the provincial final.

Finalists’ accommodation
Science POP will offer accommodation near the IRCM for the nights of April 16 and 17, 2026 to finalists from institutions located outside of Greater Montreal who request it. For more information, contact Science POP (sciencepop@ircm.qc.ca).

Become a Volunteer Judge at the Science POP 2026 Final

Are you curious and eager to discover Québec’s next generation of passionate young scientists? Join us as a volunteer judge at Science POP, the only province-wide science communication competition that highlights life sciences and health research conducted across Québec. 

On April 17 and 18, 2026, we are looking for volunteer judges to evaluate the finalists’ presentations in one of the competition’s three challenges.

Why become a judge?
Being a judge at Science POP means:

  • Taking part in a stimulating human experience;
  • Discovering cutting-edge research from here;
  • Meeting experts and science enthusiasts;
  • Supporting the next generation of scientists;
  • Diving into the fascinating world of life sciences.

People with the required profile are:

  • Comfortable in both French and English (the competition is bilingual);
  • Available in person at the IRCM in downtown Montréal on April 17 and 18, 2026. The final schedule will be confirmed in early March: depending on the number of finalists, each judge's participation may be required for two half-days, one full day or just one half-day.
  • •    Curious, enthusiastic, and eager to encourage emerging scientists;
  • Have no conflict of interest and remain impartial (no affiliation with any participating institution or finalist).
  • For each of the three challenges :
    • Two specialist judges: people working in science (especially health), science communication, and/or sustainable health;
    • Three novice judges: people with no formal training or professional background in science or health.

Judges’ responsibilities 

  • Attend a 1-hour online information session (February or March 2026);
  • Evaluate the presentations of finalists in the assigned challenge;
  • For the Media Challenge: review press releases one week before the Finale;
  • Provide constructive feedback.

Benefits

  • Be part of a friendly, enriching event;
  • Discover Québec’s vibrant research community;
  • Network with fellow judges and participants;
  • Enjoy complimentary lunches, snacks, and beverages; 
  • Attend fun and engaging scientific activities;
  • Explore a leading research institute.

Informations pratiques 

  • Location: IRCM, 110 Pins Ouest Avenue, Montreal
  • Schedule: April 17 and 18, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m The final schedule will be confirmed in early March: depending on the number of finalists, each judge's participation may be required for two half-days, one full day or just one half-day.
  • Lunch provided

Interested? Apply or request more information by writing to sciencepop@ircm.qc.ca 

Application deadline: January 30, 2026

**Please note that: as we are only seeking 15 judges, we will unfortunately not be able to follow up with all the applications.

Tools

Standardized and challenge-specific evaluation grids 

Volunteer judge's guide - Outreach Challenge (FR) 

Volunteer judge's guide - Media Challenge (FR) 

Volunteer judge's guide - Sustainable Health Challenge (FR) 

Important dates
to remember

Whether as an institution or as a challenge candidate, stay tuned for the competition milestones until the 2024 Provincial Final.

As of April 1, 2024
Challenge training tools available online.

May 1 to September 4, 2024
Q&A meetings with candidates: Wednesdays May 1, June 5, August 14 and September 4 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

May 1 to October 1, 2024
Holding of in-house competitions by participating institutions.
October 4, 2024
Deadline for participating institutions to send their list of winners to the Governance Committee.
November 21 and 22, 2024
Holding of the Provincial Final organized by the IRCM and announcement of the grand winners of the 2024 Science POP edition.

Check out the pages of our first two editions of page of the first edition of Science POP!

2023 Edition

2024 Edition

To join the
Science POP Initiative, means...


For students
in Health Sciences:

… to develop scientific communication skills


… to engage with your community



For the general public:

… to acquire on biomedical research


… to learn more about the benefits and impact of scientific research



For the Quebec Society:

… to counter misinformation


… to contribute to developing a strong scientific literacy

Joining the
Science POP Initiative, means...


For partners :

… be a player in the promotion and influence of cutting-edge research in life sciences carried out in Quebec


… become an ally in the development of Quebec's excellent next generation of scientists


… contribute to the sharing of scientific knowledge with the general public


Discover partners of previous editions here!

To find out more and receive our visibility plan, contact us, sciencepop@ircm.qc.ca

A Quebec-wide Scientific Communication Initiative 

Designed and proposed by the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), powered by the Quebec Research Fund (FRQ) and the NovaScience program of the Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie, with support from the IRCM Foundation. Aiming to promote dialogue between science and society, Science POP also has the stated goal of working to spark scientific curiosity within Quebec society and stimulate knowledge transfer skills.

The IRCM's
Promise

With Science POP, the IRCM is offering a scientific popularization event aimed at bringing together around science Quebec's main biomedical research players in, their next generation of scientists and the general public, in a spirit of healthy competition, exchanges and of learning. In keeping with the long tradition of collaboration between the IRCM and other research institutions in Quebec, this competition’s impact is intended to be provincial and collective. Above all, Science POP is thus a unique opportunity to create a healthy bridge between the scientific community and the population, by promoting the excellent work carried out in all the research institutions of the province and making it accessible to all.
The IRCM understands that this exercise only makes sense if it respects the fundamental principles that govern scientific thinking and give it its strength: observation, rigour and collegiality. Consequently, the IRCM is committed to take all necessary and commonly accepted measures to conduct Science POP with respect, transparency, fairness and impartiality.
Good luck to all!    

 


Governance
Committee

Anna Lieby
Project Coordinator – Communications and events, IRCM
Christine Matte 
Coordinator – Academic Affairs, IRCM
Michel Cayouette 
Vice president – Research and Academic Affairs, IRCM
Florence Meney
Director – Communications and Public Affairs, IRCM
Sébastien Sabbagh 
Director – Academic Affairs, IRCM
Jennifer Estall 
Associate Vice President – Scientific Life, IRCM
Valérie Morquette
Senior Advisor – Communications and Public Affairs, IRCM
Michaël Bernier 
Program Manager, FRQS
Manon Pelletier 
Director, Development of projects and partnerships, FRQ
Marianne Langlois
Students' Association Representant, IRCM

 


Contact us


Governance Committee
(514) 987-5596
sciencepop@ircm.qc.ca


Media Contact: Florence Meney
(514) 755-2516
florence.meney@ircm.qc.ca

 


© The templates developed by the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) as part of the Science POP competition are protected works under the Copyright Act. All rights of reproduction, adaptation, distribution, or use are reserved. Any authorized use must include a clear mention of the source, namely the IRCM.

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