Author: steve

Context Hirschsprung disease is a deadly congenital malformation where the enteric nervous system (ENS) is missing from the colon. Recently, we found that a GDNF-based treatment can induce the formation of a new ENS in the colon of mouse models of Hirschsprung disease, and significantly improve gastrointestinal functions and survival of these mice. However, we… Continue reading Postdoctoral position: Microbial biomarkers to improve the efficacy of GDNF treatment for Hirschsprung disease

Postdoctoral project: Contribution of the microbiome to asthma risk in premature infants We seek a postdoctoral researcher to participate in an interdisciplinary project that aims to understand how the microbiome mediates asthma risk in premature infants. The postdoctoral researcher will carry out ecological analysis of microbiome data and associated familial, stress and immune factors for… Continue reading Recruiting a postdoc on links between microbiome and asthma risk

Offre de stage – Laboratoire du Prof. Steven Kembelhttps://kembellab.ca Nous cherchons un stagiaire avec les connaissances ou l’intérêt d’en apprendre plus sur l’écologie microbienne et la bioinformatique. L’étudiant travaillera sur un projet concernant la biogéographie de Methylobacterium, un genre de bactéries très diversifiées associées aux plantes qui exercent des fonctions écologiques importantes pour leur plante… Continue reading Offre de stage BSc

Ecology and evolution of Methylobacterium Objective: Understand the ecological and evolutionary drivers of Methylobacterium diversity and the importance of Methylobacterium for their plant hosts Methylobacterium is a diverse genus of plant-associated bacteria that perform important ecological functions for their host plants and ecosystems. We are using genomic and metagenomic approaches to understand the diversity of… Continue reading PhD or MSc student position available

Geneviève,  Isabelle and Steve presented their research at the 2017 Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution annual meeting in beautiful Victoria. Looking forward to next year’s meeting in Guelph!

Postdoctoral Project Drought, plant nutrition, and the microbial ecology of Quebec forests Global change is projected to lead to temperature increases and modifications in precipitation regimes in Quebec forests, which may lead to increased drought stress and changes in tree growth and regeneration and forest productivity. We seek a postdoctoral researcher to participate in an… Continue reading Postdoctoral position available

Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe successfully defended her PhD thesis!

Wow, an update is long overdue! Lots of exciting news from the lab during the past months. A few highlights : Jessica Wallace successfully defended her MSc on sugar maple microbiomes Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe presented her work at ISME2016 and ESA and published several papers from her PhD project Cédric Boué, Geneviève Lajoie, Remi Maglione and Mona… Continue reading Fall 2016 lab news

Congratulations to Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe who won the award for best poster at the excellent 10th International Symposium on Phyllosphere Microbiology!