Eight NSERC Discovery Grants awarded to RQR members
Congratulations to the RQR members who received 2026 NSERC Discovery Grants!
The Discovery Grants Program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) supports the development and maintenance of a diversified base of high-quality research in the natural sciences and engineering at Canadian universities, fosters research excellence, and promotes a stimulating environment for research training.
- Vilceu Bordignon (McGill University) for the project “Genome integrity and embryo cell programming”
- Alexandre Boyer (Université de Montréal) for the project “Regulation of the development, maintenance and functions of the adrenal cortex”
- Lia Gomes Paim (Université de Montréal) for the project “Molecular regulation of microtubule subpopulations within the mitotic spindle.”
- Bernhard Payer (Université de Montréal) for the project “Elucidating Epigenetic Reprogramming Mechanisms During Cell State Conversions”
- Rajae Talbi (Université de Montréal) for the project “Investigating a novel oxytocin-kisspeptin neuroendocrine pathway in the metabolic regulation of fertility.”
- Gustavo Zamberlam (Université de Montréal) for the project “Elucidating novel intraovarian signaling mechanisms to optimize the utilization of the ovarian reserve in dairy cattle”
- Karine Dufresne (Université du Québec à Montréal) for the project “Mechanisms of microbial interactions within a host model mimicking the vaginal tract”
- Étienne Audet-Walsh (Université Laval) for the project “Understanding the metabolic reprogramming that supports lactation”