Award winner, Fonds Nature et technologies
Josué Jautzy, PhD student in isotope geochemistry at Institut national de recherche scientifique
Winning article: Century-Long Source Apportionment of PAHs in Athabasca Oil Sands Region Lakes Using Diagnostic Ratios and Compound-Specific Carbon Isotope Signatures
Published in Environmental Science & Technology, 47(12), 6155–6163, 2013.
Award winner, Fonds Santé
Ruifeng Cao, Postdoctoral fellow in Biochemistry at McGill University
Winning article: Translational control of entrainment and synchrony of the suprachiasmatic circadian clock by mTOR/4E-BP1 signaling
Published in Neuron, vol. 79, no 4, 2013, p. 712-724.
Award winner, Fonds Société et culture
Nicholas Giguère, PhD student in literature and communications at Université de Sherbrooke
Winning publication: Le paratexte comme lieu de sociabilité : la collection “Les Poètes du Jour” (1963-1975) des Éditions du Jour
Published in Québec Studies, 05, 17-32, 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