Executive Committee
The mandate of the Executive Committee is to support and advise the director of CERMO-FC on the development and outreach strategy. It is responsible for ensuring that the academic values upheld by UQAM in terms of research and creation are respected, as well as approving the annual planning, budget forecasts and annual activity report of CERMO-FC. The management committee meets once or twice a year, at the times and places determined by the latter.
Nicolas Pilon PhD
CERMO-FC director
Lekha Sleno PhD
CERMO-FC Co-Director
Normand Seguin PhD
UQAM
Philippe Campeau M.D.
CHU Ste-Justine
Denis Garceau PhD
Ex-Bellus Health
Vincent Mooser PhD
McGill
Courtois Foundation
Grand Défi Pierre Lavoie Foundation
Quebec Coalition of Orphan Diseases (RQMO)
Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee is responsible for advising the direction of CERMO-FC on the scientific program as well as the prioritization of research projects and access to technology platforms. The Scientific Committee is also responsible for recruiting members of the evaluation committees for various competitions of the center for scholarships and grants. Under the chairmanship of the director, the Scientific Committee shall meet at least six times a year, at times and places determined by it.
Nicolas Pilon PhD
Mouse models generation and phenotyping platform director
Lekha Sleno PhD
Metabolomics and proteomics platform director
Claire Bénard PhD
Cellular analysis and imaging platform director
Steve Bourgault PhD
Biophysics and biomolecular screening platform director
Steven Kembel PhD
Genomics platform director
Abdoulaye Baniré Diallo PhD
Bioinformatics platform director
Advisory Committee
The mandate of the advisory committee is to make recommendations to CERMO-FC on major strategic and scientific directions. Chaired by the director, the advisory committee meets once a year at a time and place determined by the director.
Kessen Patten PhD
INRS representative
Patrick Narbonne PhD
UQTR representative
Éric Samarut PhD, MBA
UdeM Representative
Catherine Laprise PhD
Representative of other institutions
Student committee
The student committee’s mandate is to establish a communication link between student members and CERMO-FC management. He participates in the organization of the center’s activities and sits at meetings of the scientific committee.
Tania Guillemette, MSc
Committee co-Chair
Guillaume Desmarais-Fyfe, MSc
Committee co-Chair
Océane Robert, BSc
Ivan Valette, MSc
Marin Pascal, MSc
Anna Caridys Ramírez Suárez, MSc
Saana Tork, PhD