Assistant Professor at @IUCPQ & Faculty of Pharmacy, Laval University. 🇨🇦 Canada Research Chair in Metabolism & Sleep Neurobiology. #neurometabolism
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Joined December 2020
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🚨 new paper from the lab 🚨 exploring how the #sleep promoting neuropeptide #galanin regulates the activity of #wake active histaminergic neurons in the #hypothalamus.
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#Neuroscience Section Meeting tonight at #ObesityWeek from 5:30 in room A315-316. Join us for some blitz talks & networking opportunities. #OW2025
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@ThomasAlexLutz @neuroadipo Darleen Sandavol @Shinsaintno13 Kristine McDermott
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Comment un médicament contre l'épilepsie fait perdre du poids: l'effet du topiramate, contenu dans le Qsymia, sur le cerveau
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Topiramate is effective in reducing bodyweight alone or as part of a combination therapy, but whether it can act on metabolic brain circuits was unknown. Here we report that Topiramate inhibits NPY/AgRP neurons in a slice model.
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More interestingly, the mechanisms by which it does so differ from that of commonly used GLP-1R agonists. Our results suggest that the ability of Topiramate to induce weight loss may be due to its actions on these metabolic neurons @Olivier_Lavoie1 @AlexandrCaron @thewilliamslab
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Happy to share our @NeuroCellPress Spotlight on Dr. Brüning’s latest @CellCellPress paper uncovering PNOC/NPY neurons as new players in the leptin orchestra! 🧠🍽️@Olivier_Lavoie1 @Nat_Mich @IUCPQ
Read here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHqA…
Original paper: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
As always, our Lab enjoyed attending #CAN2025 & #Neurometabolic Club last week 🧠 including a quick stop in to @TonyKTLam lab @UofT. Looking forward to next years meeting in Montréal 🇨🇦
✨SRSF Career Development Award applications are now open! ✨These awards serve as a great steppingstone towards independence for postdoctoral #sleep researchers 🔬🧬 sleepresearchsociety.org/fou…
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The SCiN team and I are proud to present our lineup for the 3rd Neurometabolism Seminars!✨️
Share, register and get ready for an exciting summer of learning about the latest advances in neurometabolism! 🧠🔥🍔
📢The Neurometabolism Seminars return for the upcoming summer and we are thrilled to announce our speakers’ lineup!👩🔬🧑🔬
The seminars will take place every Thursday at 11:00 EST, online, from May 29th to July 31st.
To register, please complete this form: forms.gle/JGexQ2cstwuLP9dz9
#ObesityWeek abstract submissions are now open - until April 7th! obesityweek.org/abstracts/ab…
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The @ObesitySociety Neuroscience Section has been hard at work over the past 2 years!
I am excited to share our previous webinars focused on obesity research, funding strategies, and science communication. Join us to learn from leading experts in academia, industry, and more!
We have lost a pioneer in the field of #sleep. Murray’s work has influenced not only the practice of sleep medicine but also sleep research & the commercialisation of basic science. He will be greatly missed. Farewell Murray.
We begin the year with sombre news. Our esteemed founder Dr. Murray Johns passed away on Thursday 2nd January.
Dr. Johns was an exceptional man. His immense contributions are summarised in the linked blog post.
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You can now add the website for our 2026 congress in Japan to your bookmarks 💻. And also the conference dates (July 26-29, 2026) to your calendars 📆
@bsneuroendo @sneuroendo @paneuroendo congre.co.jp/icn2026/index.h…
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A new study has uncovered a key mechanism by which #sleep enhances neuronal and behavioral performance, potentially changing our fundamental understanding of how sleep boosts brainpower. ow.ly/2VAE50Ue4cc #brain #cognition
What a turn out at the #Neuroscience section talks at #OW2024 🤩. Fantastic to present our new Topiramate data to this audience. @ObesityWeek
what a stellar line up of speakers!!
Delighted of welcoming top obesity experts for the 1st edition of the 'Denis Richard International Symposium'! S1-From Bench to Bedside will be chaired by @thecheelab, S2-The Hunger Games by @Nat_Mich, S3-One Size Does Not Fit All by @MorinMariePhil1! #SoldOut @IUCPQ
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⌛Submit your poster abstract for #ASCS2025 by Oct. 27! Sleep and circadian science researchers are invited to submit their abstracts for a chance to present during our dedicated poster sessions. Review the abstract submission guidelines and apply here: ow.ly/PcfI50TwkmJ
What a gorgeous welcome to this beautiful location for the #SNE2024 meeting. @sneuroendo
✨Very grateful to be one of the lucky ones receiving positive funding news from @CIHR_IRSC today! ✨ A big thanks to everyone who supported me and contributed to or reviewed this grant 🙏🏼