August 31, 2020

Isaac will be carrying out his MSc in Biochemistry work as a UQAM (Université

du Québec à Montréal) student in the Islam Lab.  He will be co-supervised by Prof. Steve Bourgault at UQAM.

August 24, 2020

Fares' MSc is the first degree obtained by a student in the Islam Lab.  Congrats!  To infinity...and beyond (or at least to a PhD)!

July 22, 2020

Come read about how the gliding motility apparatus in M. xanthus is coupled to the substratum, and how force from inner-membrane motors can "finally" traverse the cell envelope!  Integrin(-like) proteins and focal adhesions...to move bacteria!  And is that a new bacterial secretion system?

June 01, 2020

Nicholas is joining our team for the summer from Collège La Cité in nearby Ottawa, for his co-op project placement.  He won an Excellence Award from the INRS which will help fund his time "abroad" in our lab.  Congrats and welcome aboard! (Now we have a Nicholas and a Nicolas in the lab.  Nah, shouldn't be confusing at all...)

May 21, 2020

Our paper "Modulation of bacterial multicellularity via spatio-specific polysaccharide secretion" has just been accepted for publication in PLOS Biology!  Several firsts:
• First 1st-author publication for Salim related to his postdoc work in Marseille, France
• First 1st-author publication for Fares Saïdi

• First peer-reviewed publication for Fares Saïdi

• First corresponding-author publication for the Islam Laboratory

• First publication from our lab of MANY to come in the years ahead!  Good work team!!!

May 19, 2020

The Quebec provincial government has authorized the resumption of research activities during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.  To reopen, we've had to design a socially-distanced shift rotation for the lab to minimize the number of people physically present in the lab spaces at any given time.  It's an adjustment for sure, but we're making it work.  Making sure to stay healthy!

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May 04, 2020

Congratulations to Omaima! Her image "Vague paradisiaque" (Heavenly Wave) of the complete M. xanthus lifecycle, was selected as a finalist for the La Preuve Par L'Image (Proof by image) competition sponsored by Acfas and Radio Canada.  Her image is #17.  Go vote for some bacterial representation as the top image in the Prix du Public Découverte (Discovery Public Prize) category!  Good luck Omaima!

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April 30, 2020

This doctoral studentship from the Fonds de Recherche - Nature et technologies (FRQNT) will cover up to 4 years of PhD studies at INRS.  Even more impressive, Rose's application was ranked 1st in the competition!  Good on you Rose! Félicitations!

April 23, 2020

Rose has now finished the last official course requirement for her MSc.  Time to start wrapping up the benchwork and write a MSc thesis.

April 14, 2020

Nicolas has earned the honour of NOT being kicked out of the PhD program...yet ;)  Keep going! :)

March 13, 2020

As the novel coronavirus spreads across the globe, INRS will be shutting down until further notice in an effort to help stop the spread of the virus.  Stay healthy everybody and we'll see each other again once the situation calms down!

February 27, 2020

Audrey will be starting a new project in the lab dealing with perception of extracellular signals.

February 21, 2020

Come read about how bacterial multicellularity is modulated by the secretion of specific polysaccharides in specific zones of an expanding swarm!  And hey, we've identified a novel biosurfactant molecule!

January 06, 2020

Anthony will be contributing to an ongoing project in the lab.

November 14, 2019

These awards will help Nicolas and Fares showcase their exciting research to their peers

October 28, 2019

Fares and Eric will be presenting their research at the student-run-and-organized 11th Armand-Frappier Research Conference, held from Oct. 28-31, at the Manoir Saint-Sauveur, in Saint-Sauveur, Quebec.

September 20, 2019

This will help further Eric's studies.

June 10, 2019

Already in the south of France, Nicolas is making a slight detour to the island of Corsica, where this particular lecture course is held.  Best.conference.ever!!!

June 10, 2019

Fares and Eric will be presenting research posters on their exciting topics at this year's CSM meeting, held in Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

May 15, 2019

Nicolas was invited to give a talk at the JSM3 meeting in Marseille, France, held at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) campus.  Make us proud!

May 01, 2019

In addition to stuffing his face with delicious baked goods and fine wine, lounging on sun-drenched beaches, and hiking in the gorgeous Calanques...Nicolas will hopefully find some time to do science as well.  See you back in Canada in the middle of winter! Mwahahah

April 04, 2019

This distinguished scholarship will support Rose as she undertakes her research project for the upcoming year.

March 28, 2019

Everybody in the lab is attending the conference, held at "home" at the Armand Frappier Health and Biotechnology Research Centre.  Good luck to Salim, Fares, and Nicolas with their invited talks, and to Eric and Rose on their first-ever poster presentations as part of our lab.  Go team!

September 04, 2018

Rose is joining us from Sudbury after earning her B.Sc. (from Laurentian University) to start her M.Sc. in Applied Microbiology

December 13, 2018

This scholarship will allow Nicolas to carry out cutting-edge microfluidics research with the team of Prof. Olivier Théodoly at the Adhesion & Inflammation Laboratory at Aix-Marseille University (Marseille, France)

August 22, 2018

Nicolas completed his "accelerated passage" requirements to switch from the M.Sc. (Applied Microbiology) to the Ph.D. (Biology) program.  Looking forward to more great science in the years ahead!

August 12, 2018

This award will help further Nicolas' studies.

August 02, 2018

After a year of dealing with funding applications and administrative wrangling, our beast of a microscope has finally arrived!!!

July 05, 2018

This will help further Eric's studies.

June 14, 2018

This one-year grant will allow us to further develop the bacterial cell-surface projects in our lab.  

May 17, 2018

PROTEO is the Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Engineering, and Applications, composed of 42 research teams from 12 institutions working on all aspects of proteins (from chemistry to physiological roles).

April 30, 2018

Alec is joining us from Ottawa for his B.Sc. co-op work term for the summer semester.

January 02, 2018

Eric is joining us from Mexico after earning his B.Sc. to start his M.Sc. in Applied Microbiology

November 09, 2017

Held every two years, the Armand Frappier Congress is organized and led by students from the INRS—Institut Armand-Frappier.  The meeting was held at the Manoir des Sables, in Orford, Quebec.  Fantastic venue!  Best of luck to Fares in the oral presentation competition and to Nicolas in the poster presentation competition!

July 22, 2017

Salim is Chair of the GRS meeting.  Nicolas is giving his first-ever talk at a scientific meeting.  Good luck to him!  Preparing for a week of intense science-ing in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

July 16, 2017

Salim is chairing a presentation session and giving talk on CglB, the main gliding motility adhesin, in Arlington, Virginia, USA

May 01, 2017

Nicolas and Fares are both officially starting graduate studies in the lab (M.Sc. in Applied Microbiology).  Congratulations to our first two graduate students!

January 11, 2017

Nicolas joins the lab after completing his Masters 1 and 2 in France; here, he will be completing the Research Integration course offered by INRS—Institut Armand-Frappier