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Dr. Bruce D Murphy was named for a distinguished reproductive biologist, this is the Society’s highest award.

• The award recognizes a career of research and scholarly achievements in the field of reproductive biology
• For more details, visit: https://ssr.org/awards-scholarships/awards/awards2023.html

Congratulations!

His publication in the jounal FASEB (https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1096/fj.202201564R) was followed by announcements and a series of media interventions:

• Interview of Dr Serge McGraw with Jean-Benoit Legault of La Presse Canadienne: https://www.lapresse.ca/societe/sante/2023-03-09/grossesse/les-vitamines-b-attenueraient-les-mefaits-de-l-alcool.php (This article has been taken up by various French and English-speaking media)
• Radio interview, and interview at LCN Nouvelle dimanche: https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/videos/6322450123112
• Annoncement at UdeM: https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/article/2023/03/09/consommation-excessive-d-alcool-durant-la-grossesse-la-premiere-semaine-est-critique/

Congratulations!

The “Producers meeting” was held on February 1, 2023 at the St-Hyacinthe Convention Center. A total of 120 people including 100 dairy producers were present. Dr. Jocelyn Dubuc presented research content in reproduction applicable to producers. The meeting was a great success for knowledge mobilization.

The RQR, Op+Lait and CHUV supported the event.

Congratulations!

Would you like to know the impact of hydraulic fracturing on pregnancy and the fetus?

• Ghida Baalbaki, a PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Géraldine Delbes (INRS), Dr. Cathy Vaillancourt (INRS) and Dr. Elyse Caron-Beaudoin (U. Toronto) explains her work on the effect of contaminants from hydraulic fracturing on pregnancy and fetal development.
• Link to the video: Vidéo de vulgarisation du projet_activité de transfert de connaissances_Ghida BAALBAKI.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Dr. Larissa Berloffa-Belardin, Dr. Clémence Belleannée, and Dr. Sylvie Breton for the publication of a text presenting their work on: Vasectomy and the conditions conducive to inflammation

Available here: https://nouvelles.ulaval.ca/2022/09/21/la-vasectomie-pourrait-creer-des-conditions-propices-a-linflammation-bb4e68b9fa9fcf66c555e8a84d1c118a?utm_campaign=DC_ulavalnouvelles2022&utm_content=20220922&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=infolettre

Congratulations to Dr. Serge McGraw for his interview on the October 31, 2022 THIS IS EPIGENETICS podcast series.

This interview, co-hosted by Ariane Lismer and Benjamin Lebeau, focuses on Dr. McGraw’s academic background and the study of the influence of parents’ lifestyle habits on the embryonic development of their children

Available here: https://thisisepigenetics.ca/epigenetics-ceehrc-podcast

Congratulations to Dr. Jocelyn Dubuc (Université de Montréal) and Dr. Nicole Hagen (École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse) and all their collaborators for their paper resulting from a project funded by the 1st RQR competition for collaboration with the GDR Repro 3606 of France.

The article is titled: Association between prepartum nonesterified fatty acid serum concentrations and postpartum diseases in dairy cows. Published in Journal of dairy Science.

Available here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030222005525

Congratulations to Pr. Claude Robert (ULaval) who transferred the knowledge on the responsibility of fathers in prenatal alcohol exposure.
His series of media interventions are available below:

• Montreal CityNews, disponible ici: https://montreal.citynews.ca/2022/07/14/pregnancy-alcohol-men-careful-too/
• Radio Télévision Suisse, disponible ici : https://www.rts.ch/la-1ere/programmes/cqfd/13364621-les-futurs-peres-devraient-aussi-eviter-lalcool-21-09-2022.html?mediaShare=1
• Nouvelles ULaval, disponible ici :  https://nouvelles.ulaval.ca/2022/06/27/exposition-prenatale-a-lalcool-les-peres-auraient-une-part-de-responsabilite-6768650081fac9ae0d1e98149617317e
• Le droit, disponible ici : https://www.ledroit.com/2022/06/27/les-futurs-peres-doivent-aussi-faire-attention-a-lalcool-fc7f3f27e8973f65ee1d7c11983bf876?nor=true

Why biology of reproduction?

• Erfan Sharifi, PhD student in Nicolas Gévry’s Laboratory (University of Sherbrooke) shares how he shifted from materials engineering to biology of reproduction.
• He explains his project on the role of LRH-1 in folliculogenesis to tackle infertility in women.

Erfan Sharifi’s newspaper interview : From materials engineering to biology of reproduction