Latest news from Poitout Lab

April 2012 -- Dr. Julie Amyot's new article: "Lipopolysaccharides Impair Insulin Gene Expression in Isolated Islets of Langerhans via Too-Like Receptor-4 and NF-kB Signalling." is published ahead of print in PLoS ONE 7: e36200. doi:10:1371/journal.pone.0036200. View article in PLos ONE.

February 2012 -- Congratulations to Julie Amyot who was awarded her PhD degree on February 9th.

January 2012 -- Dr. Melkam Kebede's new article: "Glucose activates free fatty acid receptor 1 gene transcription via phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase-dependent O-GlcNAcylation." is published ahead of print in Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2012 doi:10.1073/pnas.1114350109. View Abstract in PNAS.

January 2012 -- Congratulations to Dr. Melkam Kebede for her prize of best poster during the 6th MDRC Retreat last January 27th.

January 2012 -- Congratulations to Dr. Bader Zarrouki for his prize of best poster during the 6th MDRC Retreat last January 27th.

January 2012 -- Congratulations to Valérie Bergeron, PhD Student, for her prize of best poster during the 6th MDRC Retreat last January 27th.

December 2011 -- Congratulations to Dr. Melkam Kebede for her prize of best poster by Postdoc Fellows during the 14th CRCHUM Student Congress last December 13th.

December 2011 -- Congratulations to Julie Amyot for her prize of best poster by Doctorate Students during the 14th CRCHUM Student Congress last December 13th.

December 2011 -- Meriem Semache, PhD student, received an award of excellence from the University of Montreal for her PhD studies.

November 2011 -- Valérie Bergeron, PhD student, received a second scholarship from the University of Montreal for her accelerated transition from MSc to PhD studies.

September 2011 -- Vincent Poitout was appointed Scientific Director of the CRCHUM.

September 2011 -- Julie Amyot's new article: "Binding of activating transcription factor 6 to the A5/Core of the rat insulin II gene promoter does not mediate its transcriptional repression." is published in J Mol Endocrinol. 2011 Sept 30;47(3):273-283 View Abstract in PubMed.

August 2011 -- Julie Amyot, PhD student, received an award for the end of her doctoral studies from the University of Montreal.

August 2011 -- Dr. Bader Zarrouki, Postdoctoral Fellow, received a Research Fellowship Fund from Ely Lilly Canada.