Some Castagner Lab members at the Departmental Holiday Party in the presence of Dr. Grinch. Happy holidays to everyone!

Congrats to Rebecca and Reilly for their presentation prizes!

Congratulations to Catherine for being awarded a Doctoral Training Scholarships from the Fond de Recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS)! This award supports her continuing work on prebiotic glycans for cancer immunotherapy under the co-supervision of Drs. Corinne Maurice and Bastien Castagner. We are on a roll!

You are on or near the McGill campus this summer? You can contribute to science in unusual ways! We are looking for volunteers to understand the Human gut microbiome!

Link for registration:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNL1UQOPvgXjBH3FE4vVufczNJaGq3OOr6x3-u8Ycs86j49g/viewform
For more info:
http://www.mauricelab.ca/

Congratulations to Arianna, Seyed, and Liam who all got scholarships from CHIR and NSERC to support their exciting research on innovative therapeutics for C. difficile infection and cancer!

Congratulation to Reilly Pidgeon for getting a well-deserved CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarships doctoral award to continue his amazing work on polyphenols and the human gut microbiota!

Postdoc Position: The Castagner Lab at McGill University in Montreal is looking for a postdoc with carbohydrate or bio-organic chemistry experience for an exciting drug discovery projet in the area of cancer. Applicants should have a PhD in chemistry and synthesis experience, ideally in carbohydrate, inositol, or nucleic acids. Please submit your CV with a cover letter to Dr. Bastien Castagner (bastien.castagner@mcgill.ca)

Planned Start  Date & End Date:  May 1st, 2023- April 30th, 2024 (with the possibility of renewal)

Congratulations to Catherine for being awarded a Canada Graduate Scholarship from CIHR! This award supports her work on prebiotic glycans for cancer immunotherapy.

Postdoc Position: The Castagner Lab at McGill University in Montreal is looking for a postdoc with bio-organic chemistry experience for a CIHR-funded project involving the design and synthesis polyanionic molecules for the inhibition of scavenger receptors in collaboration with Dr. Paul Kubes (see Zindel et al., Science 2021, 371, eabe0595). Applicant should have a PhD in chemistry and synthesis experience, ideally in carbohydrate, or nucleic acids. Please submit your CV with a cover letter to Dr. Bastien Castagner (bastien.castagner@mcgill.ca)

Planned Start  Date & End Date:  May 1st, 2023- April 30th, 2024 (with the possibility of renewal)

Congratulations to Elaine Xing for getting a Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s scholarship from CIHR! This award supports her work that aims to contribute to the understanding of glycan metabolism by the human gut microbiota.