Explain Your Research is a unique showcase where students from RQR member teams take on an exciting challenge: presenting their research project to different audiences, from the youngest to the most advanced.
Five levels of complexity are offered, each adapted to a specific age group or level of education: 5-year-old children, elementary school students, high school students, undergraduate students, and graduate students.
Tap the arrows on each side to navigate between the different levels. Tap the upper right corner to go fullscreen.
CELLULAR TRAFFIC LIGHTS
Cells grown in the lab sometimes need special signals to grow at the right speed. Mizanur Rahman Sharker, MSc student in Anthony Estienne’s lab at Université de Montréal, is exploring how a natural protein called SDF1 helps guide this process.
FERTILITY SIGNALS
Did you know that special proteins in the ovary can influence women’s ability to have children? Florine Grudet, PhD student in Derek Boerboom’s lab at Université de Montréal, studies the SLIT/ROBO pathway to reveal how it may affect female fertility.
GENES AND FERTILITY
Did you know that tiny mistakes in our genes can prevent women from having babies or cause repeated miscarriages? Jalal Vallian Broojeni, PhD student in Rima Slim’s lab at McGill University, investigates the genetic puzzle behind infertility.