Henry Beral
Henry Beral is a doctoral student at the IRBV in the laboratory of Jacques Brisson. His thesis aims to study the effectiveness in cold climates of a phytotechnology for the sustainable management of runoff water: bioretention cells. A mesosome experiment as well as two full-scale projects located in Trois-Rivières and Montreal will determine whether: How the choice of plant species influences the efficiency of the system, the impact of de-icing salts on the efficiency of the system, as well as the characterization of the microorganisms inhabiting this ecosystem. You will also find him at the botanical illustration workshops, but also at the SESUM AGs, because he is also your union representative.
Joëlle Lafond
Joëlle Lafond is a doctoral candidate in Biological Sciences at the MIL Campus. There, she studies the reproduction of clonal fish at various levels, cytological, genetic and epigenetic in the laboratory of Bernard Angers. This thesis project allows her to focus on both sexual and asexual reproduction, in addition to dealing with polyploidy and hybridization of closely related species.
Rolando Trejo
Rolando, graduated in Mexico in restoration of forest ecosystems (1st cycle) and hydro-sciences (master), is currently completing his 3rd year of doctorate at the IRBV in plant ecology in the laboratory of Jacques Brisson and Pierre-Luc Chagnon. His doctoral project aims to determine the role of taxonomic and functional diversity in the blocking of undesirable species, within the framework of active revegetation of a soil exposed in electrical rights-of-way. He is also interested in the role of microorganisms associated with herbaceous plant communities on biotic resistance to unwanted species. If you don't see him at the IRBV, then he is surely on the ground carrying out surveys or in one of the many National Parks of Quebec exploring new ecosystems.
Isabel Lanthier
Isabel Lanthier is a master's student in the laboratories of Sandra Ann Binning and Bernard Angers. She is interested in the genetics of populations of black spot disease trematodes in freshwater fish. Parasites are as elegant and marvelous for her as the most beautiful sunsets in the Charlevoix mountains and just as surprising as the novels of Réjean Ducharme. In a fictitious life, she would like to develop a miniaturization technology that would allow her to live among snails or become a Starfleet science officer to design a trematodian engine that, channeling symbiotic energy, would propel a ship through parasitic networks into the universe.
Constance Le Gloanec
Constance Le Gloanec is a PhD student in Daniel Kierzkowski’s laboratory, at the Plant Science Research Institute. She’s interested in the lateral organs development in the Arabidopsis thaliana model species. By using confocal microscopy and 3D image analysis, she aims to understand growth patterns underlying the different shapes observable in nature.
Maryane Gradito
Maryane Gradito is a 3rd year undergraduate student in biological sciences. She was an IRBV intern in Simon Joly's laboratory and her project focused on heliotropism in white trillium to determine whether flower orientation influences fitness. She will continue her graduate studies for a master's degree in Sandra Ann Binning's laboratory in co-supervision with Frédérique Dubois. Her project will focus on parasite manipulation on hosts and the behavior of infected fish.
