Scientific Presentation and Training Award Recipients
September 1st 2019
Jiaru LIU (laboratory: Dr Mona Harissi-Dagher)
MD student – extern 2 (Program MDCM) – McGill University
Meeting: Annual meeting of the American Association of Ophthalmology –October 23-26 2019, Atlanta (Georgia), USA (oral presentation)
Title: Soft Contact Lens Wear Folowing Boston Keratoprosthesis Type I
Nicolas BELFORTE (laboratory: Dr Adriana Di Polo)
Postdoctoral Fellow – Université de Montréal
Meeting: Society for Eye Research (ISER)/BrightFocus Glaucoma Symposium – October 11-15 2019, San Francisco (California), USA (oral presentation)
Title: Activation of the energy biosensor AMPK triggers early dendritic retraction and neurodegeneration in glaucoma
December 1st 2019
Gaëtan LE-BEL (laboratory: Dr Lucie Germain)
PhD student – Université Laval
Training details: Dr Vincent Borderie, Institut de la vision– January 6-10 2020, Paris, France
Title: Observation internship on the extraction of keratocytes from in vitro CSSH differentiated human stromal stem cells
Sarah ROY (laboratory: Dr Christian Salesse)
PhD student – Université Laval
Meeting: 64th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society – February 15-19 2020, San Diego (California), USA (poster presentation)
Title: Comparison between the enzymatic activity, structure and substrate binding of mouse and human lecithin retinol acyltransferase
March 1st 2020
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