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RESP  |  Translational Research in Respiratory Diseases Program

Events

The RESP Program organizes and supports numerous speakers, seminars, and symposia throughout the year.

Cinema talk show -Women in STEM: Navigating Challenges and Embracing Opportunities

To mark International Women’s Day, you are invited you to a cinema forum on Picture a Scientist.

The 2nd Annual Cannabis Scientific Symposium

Topic: From Plants to People

Meakins-Christie Laboratories 50th Anniversary and Respiratory Research Day

Location: InterContinental Hotel, Montreal, Quebec

33rd Annual Doctor Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar

Location: Hybrid – Virtual and In Person

Meakins-Christie and RESP Program Seminar Series Spring 2023

Meakins-Christie and RESP Program seminars are held on Mondays from 9 to 10 a.m. (unless otherwise stated). Seminars will be in English.

Seminars will be in hybrid format. For the Zoom link, please contact Maria Makroyanni at maria.makroyanni [at] mcgill.ca.

Date
Speaker
January 30, 2023
Nicolas Dumont
Associate Professor, Université de Montréal
Topic: Impact of transient neonatal exposure to hyperoxia, an experimental model of preterm birth, on muscle stem cells and skeletal muscle function
Location: Hybrid – Virtual and In Person (Room EM1.3509, Glen site, RI‑MUHC)
February 20, 2023
Colin Crist
Associate Professor, McGill University
Topic: The Adhesion GPCR GPR116 Maintains the Quiescent Muscle Stem Cell Pool via Nuclear Activity of b-arrestin1
Location: Hybrid – Virtual and In Person (Room EM1.3509, Glen site, RI‑MUHC)
March 17, 2023
Tao Wu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Topic: To be confirmed
Location: Hybrid – Virtual and In Person (Room EM1.3509, Glen site, RI‑MUHC)
March 27, 2023
Simon Couillard
Assistant Professor, Université de Sherbrooke
Topic: Blood eosinophils and FeNO are complementary biomarkers of the modifiable risk of asthma attacks
Location: Hybrid – Virtual and In Person (Room EM1.3509, Glen site, RI‑MUHC)
April 3, 2023
Philippe Joubert
Université Laval
Topic: To be confirmed
Location: Hybrid – Virtual and In Person (Room EM1.3509, Glen site, RI‑MUHC)
April 24, 2023
Julianna Blagih
Assistant Professor, Université de Montréal
Topic: Regulating immune responses through cancer genetics, cellular metabolism, and diet
Location: Hybrid – Virtual and In Person (Room EM1.3509, Glen site, RI‑MUHC)
June 2, 2023
Douglas Fraser, MD, PhD
Professor and Clinician Scientist, Western University
Topic: The COVID-19/Long-COVID Plasma Proteomes Reveal Cell/Pathway Specific Signatures for High Precision Disease Management
Location: Hybrid – Virtual and In Person (Sylvia and Richard Cruess Auditorium, ES1.1129, Glen site, RI-MUHC)
Poster

Meakins-Christie and RESP Program Seminar Series Winter 2022

Meakins-Christie and RESP Program seminars are held on Mondays from 9 to 10 a.m. (unless otherwise stated). Seminars will be in English.

Seminars may be online, in person or in hybrid format. For the Zoom link, please contact Maria Makroyanni at maria.makroyanni [at] mcgill.ca.

Date
Speaker
March 28, 2022
Michal A. Olszewski, PhD
Professor, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine University of Michigan Medical School & LTC Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center, Research Service
Topic: Host Pathogen Interactions in the Lungs and Brain and their Implications for Immunotherapies
April 25, 2022
R. Stokes Peebles, Jr., MD
Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Topic: Mechanisms of the early innate allergic immune response
Poster
May 30, 2022
Jakob von Moltke, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Washington
Topic: Small Intestinal Tuft Cells: sentinels and effectors of type 2 immunity
Poster
June 27, 2022
Daniel Weiss, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont
Topic: Advances in Lung Regenerative Medicine and Engineering
Where: Cruess Amphitheatre ES1.1129, Block E, RI-MUHC and online
Poster
July 4, 2022
Jichao Chen, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Topic: Intercellular signaling and transcriptional control in the lung – following the lead of AT1 cells
Poster
July 7, 2022
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Darcy Wagner, PhD
Associate Professor, Lung Bioengineering and Regeneration, Lund University Cancer Centre
Topic: Bioengineering human lungs in the lab: towards transplantable tissue
Poster

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