Quantitative Life Sciences Career Fair

Congratulations to Dre. Stephanie Weber & Dr Robert Sladek, from the Centre de Recherche de Biologie Structurale and the Research Institute, and the Quantitative Life Sciences Student Association, recipients of a $2,000 Tremplin Ambassador Award to support the Quantitative Life Sciences Career Fair  — to match students’ unique skill set with the labour demands of innovative research-driven companies in North America.

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Optimize your scientific presence on LinkedIn

Congratulations to Dre. Fanny Toussaint and the CHHD trainee committee from the Research Institute, recipient of a $2,000 Tremplin Ambassador Award to support the workshop Optimize your scientific presence on LinkedIn  — to show trainees how to strategically use LinkedIn to highlight their research, optimize their profiles, and expand their networks. It offered practical tips to turn LinkedIn into a powerful tool for scientific communication and collaboration.

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McGill Cancer Translational Research Podcast Series

Congratulations to Dr. Gerald Batist, Kathryn Bozek, Sarah Ghezelbash, Mirta Dumancic, Migmar
Tsamchoe, Farida Zakariya, Maryam Rahbaran, Andia Moshari, Anantpreet Kaur Sood, Shyam Vijayan Menon, and Jennifer Choi from the Lady Davis Institute, recipients of a $2,000 Tremplin Ambassador Award to support the launching of a podcast series featuring interviews with people who had success in spinning off to commercialize their innovation or in translating their research — an initiative that address the professional growth needs, empowering research trainees to pursue careers in the innovation ecosystem.

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Early PhD Student Training in Machine Learning

Congratulations to Dr Abhinav Sharma and George Perlman from the Research Institute of MUHC, recipient of a $2,000 Tremplin Ambassador Award to join Stanford School of Engineering’s online Machine Learning course XCS2293 — a training program aimed at developing research skills including artificial intelligence and programming, and empowering trainees in self-development and sense of community. 

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Cancer Translational Research Horizons

Congratulations to Dr. Miriam Santos Dutra from the Lady Davis Institute, recipient of a $2,000 Tremplin Ambassador Award to support the Cancer Translational Research Horizons — a one-day conference, that assembles trainees, undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and key stakeholders from pharmaceuticals, medical technology, digital health, and academia to display their promising innovations to companies and researchers interested in commercialization or collaboration.

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