Laboratory of Yohan Bossé
2023
April 2023: Louis-Jacques Ruel was the recipient of a Canada Graduate Scholarship Master Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
August 2023: Véronique Boumtje was awarded a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
2022
October 2022: Véronique Boumtje was awarded a Cancer Research Center Excellence Scholarship.
June 2022: Louis-Jacques Ruel was awarded a Master student scholarship from the “Fonds de recherche Québec – Santé” (FRQS).
June 2022: Identified a new genetic mechanism causing alpha-1 antitryspin deficiency. See our paper in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.
2021
June 2021: Identified genes expressed in lung and blood as therapeutic targets for asthma. See our paper in Communications Biology.
January 2021: Martine Voisine was awarded a Master student scholarship from the CRIUCPQ.
January 2021: Developed a new diagnostic method for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. See our paper in the Journal of the COPD Foundation.
2020
October 2020: Reported the frequencies and impact of mutations causing alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in a Canadian cohort. See our paper in the European Respiratory Journal.
June 2020: Renewal of our Canada Research Chair in Genomics of Heart and Lung Diseases.
April 2020: Identified candidate causal genes for lung cancer. See our paper in the International Journal of Cancer.
2019
October 2019: Found three new genes underlying calcific aortic valve stenosis. See our paper in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine.
April 2019: Identified a mutation in PTPN6 causing hereditary emphysema. See our paper in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
2018
November 2018: First author publication by Alisson Clemenceau in PLoS ONE.
March 2018: Identified candidate causal genes for COPD. See our paper in Human Molecular Genetics.
2017
December 2017: First author publication by Alisson Clemenceau in Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine.
November 2017: Alisson Clemenceau was awarded a scholarship from the Quebec Respiratory Health Network of the FRQS.
October 2017: Maxime Lamontagne completed with success his Doctoral oral defence.
June 2017: Best PhD oral presentation for Jean-Christophe Bérubé and best master poster presentation for Alisson Clemenceau at the annual research day of the CRIUCPQ-UL.
April 2017: Alisson Clemenceau received a travel award from the Quebec Respiratory Health Network.
January 2017: Alisson Clemenceau was awarded a Master student scholarship from the CRIUCPQ.
2016
November 2016: Best master student presentation by Alisson Clemenceau, Congrès Québécois en Santé Respiratoire (CQSR).
October 2016: Science Communication Award to Jean-Christophe Bérubé from the “Association francophone pour le savoir” (Acfas).
August 2016: First author publication by Sandra Guauque-Olarte in Physiological Genomics.
June 2016: Best master oral presentation for Alisson Clemenceau and best PhD poster presentation for Jean-Christophe Bérubé at the annual research day of the CRIUCPQ-UL.
May 2016: First author publication by Maxime Lamontagne in the European Respiratory Journal.
May 2016: First author publication by Jean-Christophe Bérubé in the Canadian Respiratory Journal.
April 2016: Jean-Christophe Bérubé was awarded a Doctoral studentship from the Fonds de recherche Québec – Santé (FRQS).
April 2016: Poster presentation award to Jean-Christophe Bérubé at the Canadian Human and Statistical Genetics Meeting.
April 2016: Best presentation by Alisson Clemenceau, Your Thesis in 180 Seconds at the Knowledge Transfer Symposium of the Quebec Respiratory Health Network.
April 2016: First author publication by Emilie Lavoie-Charland in the Journal of Asthma.
March 2016: Best presentation by Alisson Clemenceau, Your Thesis in 180 Seconds at Laval University.
March 2016: Best presentation by Alisson Clemenceau, Your Thesis in 180 Seconds at the Faculty of Medicine.
February 2016: First author publication by Natasha Dargis in the American journal of Cardiology.
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2015
November 2015: First author publication by Sandra Guauque-Olarte in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics.
November 2015: First author publication for Jérôme Lane in PLoS One.
October 2015: Jean-Christophe Bérubé received the PhD Scholarship Award from the Department of Molecular Medicine.
October 2015: Yohan Bossé is the recipient of the Harvey Zalcman Award of Excellence from the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
September 2015: Sandra Guauque-Olarte completed with success her Doctoral oral defence.
July 2015: Jean-Christophe Bérubé was awarded a doctoral studentship from the Canadian Respiratory Research Network.
June 2015: Best PhD and research assistant poster presentations for Jean-Christophe Bérubé and Emilie Lavoie-Charland, respectively, at the annual research day of the CRIUCPQ.
May 2015: Yohan Bossé was awarded a Canada Research Chair in Genomics of Heart and Lung Diseases.
April 2015: Natasha Dargis received a travel award from the CIHR.
March 2015: Natasha Dargis was selected for the COGITO contest.
February 2015: Natasha Dargis received a travel award from the “Association des chercheuses et chercheurs étudiant à la Faculté de médecine de l'Université Laval (ACCEM)”.
2014
December 2014: Jean-Christophe Bérubé was awarded a Doctoral scholarship from the CRIUCPQ.
June 2014: Jean-Christophe Bérubé was awarded a doctoral studentship from the Respiratory Health Network of the FRQS.
June 2014: Natasha Dargis was awarded the best Master student poster presentation at the Annual Research day of the CRIUCPQ.
May 2014: Maxime Lamontagne and Olga Sazonova were awarded a doctoral studentship from the “Fonds de recherche Québec – Santé” (FRQS).
May 2014: Natasha Dargis was awarded a Master degree studentship from the “Fonds de recherche Québec – Santé” (FRQS).
May 2014: Video featuring the past Genetic Champions from the Canadian Gene Cure Foundation
including Yohan Bossé.
February 2014: Jean-Christophe Bérubé was awarded the best oral presentation at the 8th annual meeting of the COPD strategic group of the Respiratory Health Network of the FRQS.
2013
December 2013: Natasha Dargis was awarded a Master degree scholarship from the CRIUCPQ.
December 2013: Maxime Lamontagne, Sandra Guauque-Olarte and Olga Sazonova were awarded a Doctoral scholarship from the CRIUCPQ.
December 2013: Maxime Lamontagne renewed his PhD recruitment award Pierre J. Durand from the Faculty of Medicine.
December 2013: Jean-Christophe Bérubé received the PhD recruitment award Pierre J. Durand from the Faculty of Medicine.
June 2013: Natasha Dargis received a Master degree recruitment award from the Faculty of Medicine.
May 2013: Natasha Dargis received a Scientific Leadership Award.
December 2013: Maxime Lamontagne received the PhD recruitment award Pierre J. Durand from the Faculty of Medicine.
2012
May 2012: Dr. Bossé was presented as one of the most promising young Canadian genetic
researchers by the Canadian Gene Cure Foundation.
February 2012: Jean-Christophe Bérubé was awarded the best Master student oral presentation at the 6th annual meeting of the COPD strategic group of the Respiratory Health Network of the FRQS.
2011
August 2011: Sandra Guauque-Olarte received a scholarship from the International chair on cardiometabolic risk.
May 2011: Maxime Lamontagne was awarded the best Master student poster presentation at the Annual Research day of the CRIUCPQ.
