MONTREAL, Tuesday, June 18, 2013 – The Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center held its 28th Annual Congress of Graduate and Postgraduate Students this past May 30.
The event welcomed more than 200 people and was a privileged opportunity for Master’s and PhD students, postdocs/fellows and laboratory staff to present their research work to the scientific community in the form of oral/poster presentations.
The 36 investigators and postdoctoral fellows on the jury, to whom the Research Center wishes to express its heartfelt gratitude, evaluated the work and handed out a total of 22 awards (see the list of the winners below). The prestigious FRQS Award for the student with the best oral presentation was given to Mayukh Choudhury, a doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Graziella Di Cristo. The award recognizes the excellence of his scientific work and the clarity and didactic value of his presentation.
The Research Center wishes to thank the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS), the Network for Oral and Bone Health Research (RSBO), the Ordre des psychologues du Québec, the Groupe de recherche universitaire sur le médicament (GRUM), Life Technologies, BD Biosciences, eBioscience, Peprotech, Cell Signaling Technology,BioLegend, QIAGEN and VWR for their financial support.
List of the winners of the oral/poster presentations
Award for excellence bestowed by the Fonds de recherche du Québec-Santé (FRQS)

Mayukh Choudhury Doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Graziella Cristo
Oral presentations
Awards bestowed by the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center

Yvonne Ruella Master’s student under the supervision of Dr. Gilles Hickson
Rasha Abu-Khudir Doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Johnny Deladoëy
José Mario Capo-Chichi Doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Jacques L. Michaud
Louis-Nicolas Veilleux Postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of Dr. Frank Rauch and Professor Martin Lemay
Poster presentations
Awards bestowed by the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center

Inga Sophia Knoth Master’s student under the supervision of Dr. Sarah Lippé
François Guité-Vinet Master’s student under the supervision of Dr. Nikolaus Heveker
Kerstin Killer Master’s student under the supervision of Dr. Christian Beauséjour
Nesrine Zaglam Doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Philippe Jouvert
Marc-Philippe Lafontaine Doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Sarah Lippé
Jonathan Bitton Doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Lionel Carmant
Mohamed Aissiou Doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Delphine Périé-Curnier
Benjamin Neveu Doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Sinnett
Jean-Christophe Beltra Doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Hélène Decaluwe
Stéphanie Bilodeau Doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. André Tremblay
Silvia Selleri Postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of Dr. Elie Haddad
Thomas Sontag Staff member of Dr. Daniel Sinnett’s laboratory
Awards bestowed by the Network for Oral and Bone Health Research (RSBO)

Nikita Cobetto Master’s student under the supervision of Dr. Carl-Éric Aubin
Maria LaitenbergerMaster’s student under the supervision of Dr. Maxime Raison
Édouard Auvinet Postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of Dr. Maxime Raison
Awards bestowed by the Ordre des psychologues du Québec

Fatiha Karam Doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Anick Bérard
Awards bestowed by the Groupe de recherche universitaire sur le médicament (GRUM)
Ankush Madaan Doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. Sylvain Chemtob