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NEWS

We are delighted to share these exciting news related to our research projects.

As a Research Lab in the Québec City area, it’s important for us to engage with the community and keep them informed about the incredible work and developments they’re helping to support.

News: News & Resources

SAY HELLO TO AMY!

January, 2023

We are thrilled to have Amy Beaudin joining us today to start her M.Sc. in the Molecular and Cell Biology Program at Université Laval.

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CONGRATULATIONS ALEXANDRA!

November, 2022

Congratulations Alexandra! Alexandra was awarded a training fellowship from the Centre de recherche sur le cancer de l'Université Laval (CRC) for her participation to the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference.

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SKIN INVESTIGATION NETWORK OF CANADA

November, 2022

We are absolutely honoured and thankful to be awarded a Team development grant from the Skin Investigation Network of Canada. This support will enable us to develop a mouse screening platform for the identification of new regulators of skin cancer progression.

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WE ARE VISITING OUR NEW INSTALLATIONS!

October, 2022

Today we are excited to discover our new installations! We can't wait to move in our brand new research center and Alexandra got to pick her bench!

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CONGRATULATIONS DIANA!

October 26th, 2022

Congratulations! Diana was awarded a prestigious Louis-Poirier scholarship from the Fondation du CHU de Québec.

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CONGRATULATIONS AMY!

October 26th, 2022

Congratulations Amy! Amy was awarded a prestigious excellence fellowship from the Fondation du CHU de Québec.

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JOHN R. EVANS LEADERS FUND

October, 2022

We are immensely grateful for the support of the Canada Foundation for Innovation for awarding the Laurin lab a John R. Evans Leaders Fund.

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WE SAY THANK YOU!

September 6th, 2022

The Laurin lab participates to the classic cyclo marche Québec of the Cancer Research Society. A very big thank you to all the participants and all the donors for this great success! Even the sun was shining. See you next year!

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CONGRATULATIONS DIANA!

September, 2022

Congratulations Diana! Diana was awarded an excellence fellowship for her graduate studies from the Centre de recherche sur le cancer de l'Université Laval (CRC).

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SAY HELLO TO KRITHIKA!

September, 2022

We are thrilled to have Krithika Kalyanakrishnan joining us today to start her Ph.D. in the Molecular and Cell Biology Program at Université Laval.

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CONGRATULATIONS DIANA!

August, 2022

Congratulations Diana! Diana was awarded the Pierre J. Durand recruitment fellowship from the Faculty of Medicine.

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SAY HELLO TO DIANA !

May 24th 2022

We are thrilled to have Diana Ioana Hotea joining us today to start her Ph.D. in the Molecular and Cell Biology Program at Université Laval.

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THE LAURIN LAB IS AT SIGNALISATION QUÉBEC

June, 2022

The Laurin lab is happy to participate to the Signalisation Québec meeting in Bécancour! It feels so good to renew in person with the Quebec scientific community!

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CONGRATULATIONS AMY!

May, 2022

Congratulations Amy! Amy is awarded a prestigious fellowship from NSERC for her internship with us this summer.

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SAY HELLO TO ALEXANDRA

October 1st, 2021

We are thrilled to have Alexandra Jetté joining our team today as a Research Professionnal.

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OUR MANUSCRIPT IS OUT !

August 28th, 2021

Our manuscript entitled "Skin Cancers and the Contribution of Rho GTPase Signaling Networks to their progression" is published in Cancers today. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/17/4362

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CIHR PROJECT GRANT

July 22, 2021

Absolutely thrilled and honoured to annonce that the Laurin lab has obtained its first CIHR project grant to study skin development and regeneration.

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JOIN US FOR THE CLASSIQUE CYCLO QUEBEC

July, 2021

I am excited to join Amélie Fradet-Turcotte in a fun fundraising event from The Cancer Research Society! We will be walking and cycling for the next two months along with members of the scientific community from Montreal, Sherbrooke and Quebec

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IT'S SUMMER TIME

May 3, 2021

Happy to welcome Coralie Bergeron and Justine Laprise for a summer internship with us in the Laurin Lab! Starting today, Coralie and Justine will investigate how cytoskeletal regulators contribute to epidermal differentiation. Let's have a fun summer!

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MELANIE OBTAINS A FRQS CHERCHEUR-BOURSIER JUNIOR 1 GRANT

April 30, 2021

Absolutely thrilled, honoured and grateful to receive a J1 Chercheurs-boursiers from the FRQS. Thank you to my lab members, all of my colleagues a the Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec - Université Laval and amazing mentors Dr Jean-François Côté and Dre Elaine Fuchs for their constant support in this adventure!

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CONGRATULATIONS CORALIE!

May 2021

Coralie Bergeron was awarded one of the prestigious NSERC undergraduate student research award to finance her work with us this summer! We are grateful to NSERC for supporting our research and investing in a new generation of scientist.

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MÉLANIE IS INTERVIEWED IN THE JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

February 2021

JCB checks in with newly independent cell biologists and learns about their experience running a lab during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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OUR TEAM IS GROWING

October 20th, 2020

We are thrilled to welcome Frédérique Proulx in our team. Frédérique is a bachelor student at Université Laval. She will spend the next 7 weeks with us to learn about life in a lab! Let's show her how fun it can be!

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SAY HELLO TO ALESSANDRA

October 20th, 2020

We are thrilled to have Alessandra Pecora joining our team today as a Research Professionnal.

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MÉLANIE PARTICIPATES IN THE FIRST SCIENCE SOAPBOX EVENT IN QUEBEC CITY

September 19th, 2020

Soapbox science is a public outreach platform that promotes women working in science and the research they do.

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OUR FIRST PAPER IS OUT

June 9, 2020

Absolutely thrilled to share our review, and the first paper of the Laurin Lab. We discuss the latest high throughput efforts and strategies that tackle Rho GTPases networks complexity.
Hope you enjoy it!

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BACK IN THE LAB

May 4th, 2020

We are grateful to be back in the lab and we are taking every precautions to stay safe.
Please stay safe

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NSERC DISCOVERY GRANT

April 30, 2020

We are absolutely honoured and thankful to be awarded a NSERC Discovery grant. We will be studying how Rho GTPase network components orchestrate skin development

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SAY HELLO TO MANEL

March 23, 2020

We are thrilled to have Manel Dahmene joining our team as a research professional

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STAY SAFE

March 18, 2020

Two months after opening this door, we are now officially closing it for an undetermined amount of time. Sad to be putting an hold on experiments during this exciting time, but we recognize the importance of early measure to flatten the curve and limit COVID-19 progression. Stay Safe

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IT IS DAY 1!

January 6th 2020

It is day 1 in the Laurin Lab! Stay tune more exciting things to come

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SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS

June, 2019

Mélanie is awarded a Scholarship for The Next Generation of Scientists from the Cancer Research Society

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