Spring 2023​​​

• Nassim, Charity, Yousra and Xiaozheng will be presenting at the 28th American Peptide Society Meeting !

• 1 member joined the lab !

• Bill, Xiaozheng and Charity will be presenting at the 2023 Canadian Society of Chemistry Meeting !

• Congratulations to Juan for winning a CGCC undergraduate fellowship !

• Congratulations to undergraduate students Sarah and Justin for winning an NSERC fellowship !

• Congratulations to junior college student Juan, who will pursue his undergraduate study in chemistry at McGill University !

• 4 members joined the lab !

Winter 2023

• Congratulations to Kajumee for passing her comprehensive !

• Check out Xiaozheng, Antoine and Bill's publication on tetrasubstituted benzotriazepinone adopting β-Turn conformation without stereogenic carbon center in The Journal of Organic Chemistry (DOI : 10.1021/acs.joc.3c00113) !

• Check out this media coverage on our Anti-amyloid macrocyclic peptides from Israel21C “Treatment for very early Alzheimer’s under development" https://www.israel21c.org/treatment-for-very-early-alzheimers-under-development/

• Check out this media coverage on our Anti-amyloid macrocyclic peptides from Pscyhologs "A study found new hope for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease" https://www.psychologs.com/article/a-study-found-new-hope-for-the-treatment-of-alzheimers-disease

• Check out this media coverage on our Anti-amyloid macrocyclic peptides from Science Daily  "Promising treatment for Alzheimer's disease” https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230206104118.htm

• Our manuscript on "Aza-Residue Modulation of Cyclic D,L-α-Peptide Nanotube Assembly with Enhanced Anti-Amyloidogenic Activity" has been published in J. Med. Chem. (DOI : 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c02049) !

• Congratulations to Minh Tao for successfully defending her thesis !

• Congratulations to alumni Yann Brouillette for winning the Beaumier Award for High School/CÉGEP Chemistry Teachers ! Check out : https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/news/uncategorized/happy-chemist-yann-brouillette-wins-national-award-for-excellence-in-teaching-chemistry/?fbclid=IwAR3nnjjqFSLh0Ok84Yo0yF2wU7fHTVSOVhfsi0kA0f1nU5Yk2IY0Wm4VOx0

• Ali, Darince, Xiaozheng and Nassim will be presenting at the Journée Carrière 2023. Bill will be at the networking event for students & professors !

• Our manuscript, "The Molecular Marvels of Hulk and She-Hulk" is among "The Content you Liked Best of 2022" in ChemistryViews (DOI :10.1002/chemv.202200012)! Check out : https://www.chemistryviews.org/the-content-you-liked-best-in-2022/ !

Autumn-Winter 2023

• Our manuscript on Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease has been published in PNAS (DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2210766119) !

• Congratulations to Minh Tao for successfully defending her thesis !

• Congratulations to Charity for receiving the Grand'Maison Award for medicinal chemistry !

• Check out this publication on Pharmacodynamic characterization of rytvela has been published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (DOI : 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.10.007) !

• Our manuscript on Synthesis of 5- and 7-hydroxy indolizidin-2-one has been published in Molecules (DOI : 10.1002/psc.3455) !

• Ali will be presenting at the 1st Meeting of the International Society for Bioactive Peptides (ISBAP) and The 15th International Symposium on VIP, PACAP !

• Our manuscript on Prostaglandin F2α and angiotensin II type 1 receptors has been published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (DOI : 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102294) !

• Congratulations to Nassim for winning the best poster award at the 1st Omega Chem Symposium!

• Congratulations to Chitra for passing her comprehensive !

• Bill, Minh Tao & Nassim will be presenting at the 36th European Peptide Society Meeting !

Summer 2022

• Congratulations to Charity for passing her comprehensive !

• Congratulations to Koti for successfully defending his thesis !

• Check out Bill's editorial published in Biomedicine (DOI : 10.3390/biomedicines10082037) !

• 1 member joined the lab, welcome !

• Bill, Xiaozheng and Nassim will be presenting at the 27th American Peptide Society Meeting !

• Check out our Mini-review on N-Amino-imidazol-2-one published in synthesis (DOI : 10.1055/s-0040-1719862) !

• Check out our chapter on Ring-closing metathesis/transannular cyclization published in Peptide and Peptidomimetic Therapeutics (DOI : 10.1016/B978-0-12-820141-1.00029-7) !