What modelling can bring to endangered species conservation

By Nicolas Bannester-Marchand, MSc graduate of Université de Sherbrooke As our knowledge of how complex ecological systems are increases, so does our need for tools to study these systems. In order to develop these tools, collaboration among students and experts in the field is essential. This is why I feel very lucky to have had...

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Phage Camp Chronicles: Reflections on the 25th Evergreen International Phage Meeting

By Michael Shamash, a PhD student at McGill University The picturesque campus of Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA, USA) provided the perfect backdrop for the 25th edition of the biennial Evergreen International Phage Meeting, often referred to as “phage camp” by its attendees. Hosted from August 6 to 11, 2023, this conference brought together a...

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Tracking Down Track Fossils on les Iles de-la-Madeleine

By Louis-Philippe Bateman, PhD student at McGill University A long time ago, in the Late Paleozoic era, before humans, mammals, and even dinosaurs roamed the Earth, eastern Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces were part of a huge arid basin near the Equator. Despite the unforgiving landscape, a variety of reptiles, amphibians, arthropods, and  plants used...

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Travel Stories: Une Plongée au Cœur du Congrès de l’Association internationale de l’eau WWCE 2022

Par Henry Beral, étudiant en doctorant à l’Université de Montréal Du 10 au 15 septembre 2022, mes pas m’ont guidé vers l’extraordinaire ville de Copenhague, Danemark, où j’ai eu le privilège de participer au Congrès mondial de l’Association internationale de l’eau (IWA) sur l’eau et l’environnement (WWCE). En tant que biologiste végétal engagé dans le...

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Travel Stories: Des microbes en Suisse, conférence ISME 18 à Lausanne

Par Simon Morvan, chercheur post-doctoral à l’Institut National de Recherche Scientifique A la mi-août 2022, j’ai eu l’occasion de présenter une affiche au 18ème congrès de la ‘’International Society of Microbial Ecology’’, un des plus grands rassemblements de scientifiques travaillant en écologie microbienne. Cette conférence avait lieu à Lausanne en Suisse, au bord du lac...

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Looking for Lupines: A road trip beside the Great Lakes

By Cameron So, a PhD student at McGill University Imagine stumbling upon a hidden patch of biodiversity, where rare plants bloom only in the early months of Spring. That’s exactly what I discovered in small pockets of Southern Ontario, a region surprisingly rich in plant diversity. While you might be familiar with Canadian goldenrod or...

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Gagnant.e.s du concours photo du 13e colloque annuel QCBS-CSBQ

Félicitations à tou.te.s les gagnant.e.s ! Congratulations to all the winners! Polar companions by Alexandre Turmaine (Winner of the Fauna Category) Self-reflection by Lucas Eckert (Runner-up of the Fauna Category) Even spiders decorate their Christmas trees by Isaac Eckert (Runner-up of the Flora, Mushroom, and Microorganism Category) Entre mousses, lichens et champignons by François Briau...

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Houston, we have a Conference: how I made the most of the ASM Microbe conference in Texas

By Eve Beauchemin, a PhD student at Concordia University With the generous support of the QCBS in the form of the QCBS Excellence Award, I was able to attend the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Microbe conference from June 15-19th, 2023 in the hot and humid city of Houston, Texas, USA. This international conference is...

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