Québec’s Chief Scientist, Rémi Quirion, is pleased to announce the April winners of the Étudiants-chercheurs étoiles Award, a competition spearheaded by the three Fonds de recherche du Québec.
Award winner, Fonds Nature et technologies
Annie Christine Boucher, Master’s student in biology at Université de Sherbrooke
Winning article: Genetic diversity of the golden potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis and determination of the origin of populations in Quebec, Canada
Published in: Physical Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 69, 75-82, 2013.
Award winner, Fonds Santé
Sonia Jego, PhD student in psychiatry at Douglas Mental Health University institute
Winning article: Optogenetic identification of a rapid eye movement sleep modulatory circuit in the hypothalamus
Published in: Nature neuroscience, 16, 1637-1643, 2013.
Award winner, Fonds Société et culture
Muhammad Mohiuddin, PhD student in management at Université Laval
Published in: The Journal of Applied Business Research, 29, 4, 2013.
In addition to promoting careers in research, the competition aims to recognize the exceptional research contributions of college and university students, postdoctoral fellows and members of professional bodies who are enrolled in advanced research training programs in the areas covered by the three Fonds de recherche du Québec.
Every month, each Fund will award $1000 to a student researcher.
Dr. Quirion sends his congratulations to the winners.
Source :
Benoit Sévigny
Director of Communications and knowledge mobilization
Fonds de recherche du Québec
514 864-1619
benoit.sevigny@frq.gouv.qc.ca