Professor
Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
Dr. Sylvie Lesage is Full Professor at the University of Montreal in the Département de microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie. In June 2021, she was appointed Scientific Director of the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center (CRHMR). Dr. Lesage obtained her doctorate at McGill University under the supervision of Dr. Patrice Hugo, where she acquired expertise in immune tolerance. She then continued her postdoctoral training with Dr. Christopher C. Goodnow in Australia, where she applied the concepts of immune tolerance to mouse models of type 1 diabetes. During her second postdoctoral training in Montreal, Dr. Lesage learned to transfer knowledge from mice to humans. She set up her research laboratory at the CRHMR, where her research team focuses on cellular immunogenetics. More specifically, her team strives to understand the dynamics of different immune cell populations related to susceptibility to complex genetic diseases. These studies will serve as a springboard for translational research aimed at restoring the immune balance to prevent the onset or slow the progression of autoimmune diseases and cancers. Her success is supported by more than 85 career publications, and her research program is funded by various organizations, including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC ), the Cancer Research Society (CRS), the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), and Diabète Québec.
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Thursday, October 26, 2023
11:00 – 12:00 EST