Events & Seminars

EVENTS

2013 MDRC annual retreat

The seventh MDRC Annual Retreat, held on January 18, has been a success, thanks to the organizers and the 166 participants. Forty-eight posters and a dozen of talk were presented including the outstanding "AstraZeneca-BMS J Denis McGarry Lecture" given by Dr Steven Kahn. Among the presenters, nine students or post-doctoral fellows were awarded in their category for best presentation:

• Simon Bissonnette, May Faraj laboratory
• Khalil Bouyakdan, Thierry Alquier laboratory
• Hasna Maachi, John Chan laboratory
• Daniel Oropeza, Jennifer Estall laboratory
• Estelle Simo, Ashok Srivastava laboratory
• Bouchra Taib, Thierry Alquier laboratory
• Benjamin Wiles, Simon Wing laboratory
• Bader Zarrouki, Vincent Poitout laboratory
• Shangang Zhao, Marc Prentki laboratory

We thank all the sponsors of the 2013 Annual Retreat: AstraZeneca-BMS, Eli Lilly Canada, Merck, Medtronic, Servier, Pfizer, Diabète Québec, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Centre de Recherche du CHUM, Réseau de Recherche en Santé Cardiométabolique Diabète et Obésité (CMDO) and CIHR.

SEMINARS

Upcoming seminars 2012 - 2013
Supported by Merck, Eli Lilly Canada, Servier and AstraZeneca-BMS

Please note the dates of the upcoming MDRC seminars.
Information on time and location will be provided later.

2012 - 2013 seminars (PDF 107 Ko)
2011 - 2012 seminars (PDF 33 Ko)
2010 - 2011 seminars (PDF 36 Ko)
2009 - 2010 seminars (PDF 36 Ko)
2008 - 2009 seminars (PDF 32 Ko)
2007 - 2008 seminars (PDF 311 Ko)
2006 - 2007 seminars (PDF 74 Ko)

UPCOMING EVENTS

2014 MDRC annual retreat

MDRC annual retreat is scheduled for February 7, 2014. It will be held in the auditorium of the new CHUM research center, 900 St-Denis Street. Dr Stephen C. Woods from the University of Cincinnati is the invited speaker for the "2014 J Denis McGarry Lecture".

We also have the pleasure to announce that the MDRC retreat will now feature two prestigious lectures, one in basic research, the J Denis McGarry Lecture and one in clinical research, named in the memory of George Cahill. Dr Bernard Zinman from the University of Toronto will be the first invited speaker for the George Cahill Lecture.

More details will be available in due time.