Scientific Presentation and Training Award Recipients
March 1st 2024
Youjin Elizabeth YOUN (supervisor: Dr. Cynthia Qian)
MD student- University of Montreal
Congress: 2024 Canadian Ophthalmology Society (COS) Annual Meeting – May 30-June 2nd 2024, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Ontario, Canada
Title: The Structural and Functional Impact of Retinopathy of Prematurity in a Group of School-Aged Children
Samantha SASSEVILLE (supervisor: Dr. Stéphanie Proulx)
MSc student – Université Laval
Congress: Association for Research in Vision and Ophtalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting 2024 – May 5-9 2024, Seattle Convention Center, Washington, USA
Title: Intercellular Junction Formation of Human Corneal Endothelial Cells Cultured on a Soft Substrate.
Peter Brotherwood (supervisors: Dr. Ian Charest and Shahab Bakhtiari)
PhD student – University of Montreal
Congress: 24th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) – May 17-22 2024, TradeWinds Island Grand Resort, St. Pete Beach, Floride, USA
Title: Neural responses in space and time to a massive set of natural scenes
Luke (Ajay) DAVID (supervisor: Dr. Michel Cayouette)
PhD student – Montreal Clinicial Research Institute
Congress: Gordon Research Conference – Visual System Development – May 19-24 2024, Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco, Lucca (Barga), Italy
Title: Unlocking the regenerative potential of the mammalian retina
Aurélie FUENTES-RODRIGUEZ (supervisor: Dr. Solange Landreville)
PhD student – Université Laval
Congress: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting – April 5-10 2024, San Diego Convention Centre, USA
Title: Decoding the molecular mechanisms related to mutations in the GNAQ/11 and BAP1 genes in ocular melanoma
Dominique GEOFFRION (supervisor: Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher)
MD fellow – University of Montreal
Congress: 2024 Canadian Ophthalmology Society (COS) Annual Meeting – May 30-June 2nd 2024, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Ontario, Canada
Titles (2 presentations): Inflammatory tear cytokine levels in patients with Boston keratoprosthesis type 1 versus primary angle closure glaucoma, Probing Mechanisms and Improving Management of Glaucoma Following Boston Keratoprosthesis Surgery
Merve KULBAY (supervisor: Dr. Cynthia Qian)
MD fellow – McGill University
Congress: Association for Research in Vision and Ophtalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting 2024 – May 5-9 2024, Seattle Convention Center, Washington, USA
Title: The Impact of Choroideremia on Female Carriers – A Global Survey
June 1st 2024
Yohai-Eliel BERREBY (Laboratory: Dr. Suresh Krishna)
Master’s Student – McGill University
Training: CIFAR Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning (DLRL) Summer School 2024 – July 8 – 17, 2024, Vector Institute, Toronto, Canada
Guillaume LALIBERTÉ (Laboratory: Dr. Denis Boire)
PhD Student – Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Conference: FENS Forum 2024 – May 25 – 29, 2024, Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center, Vienna, Austria
Title: Cortical Network Reorganization of Congenital and Perinatal Blindness in Mice
September 1st 2024
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December 1st 2024
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