Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe
Associate professor @ U. de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Mother of 1
Microbial ecologist using -omics, bioinformatics, & biostats to study host-microbe interactions in plants and humans
I speak French, English, Spanish, and Catalan
laforestlab.com
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Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications: Applicant names, profiles, demographics Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores - Reposted by Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe[Not loaded yet]
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- Reposted by Prof. Isabelle Laforest-LapointeThis work thanks to a fantastic group of grad students, including @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social @antoinepelletier.bsky.social @s-gauthier.bsky.social, 3 @usherbrooke.bsky.social undergrad coop students and collaborators Rosaëlle Perreault and @ilafores.bsky.social
- Reposted by Prof. Isabelle Laforest-LapointeNow out in @newphyt.bsky.social from @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social. We investigated the link between induction of chloroplastic ROS and the production of SA in defense and its suppression by effectors, as well as the importance of ABA in this phenomenon nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Everything Evolves: Why Young Scientists Should Read Beyond the Literature As scientists, we are trained to read papers, and lots of them. We learn to scan abstracts, dissect methods, and critique results. Yet sometimes, stepping outside the narrow corridors of peer-reviewed literature can offer a…
- Offre de MSc avec @pbbeauregard.bsky.social Mirella Aoun et moi #agriculture #durable #écologie #microbienne Open MSc position #sustainable #agriculture #microbial #ecology Un partenariat entre Bishop's University & @usherbrooke.bsky.social C'est le temps d'appliquer! 🕐🤩 Time to apply! 🕐🤩
- Our latest study led by Sophie Boutin (from @usherbrooke.bsky.social) just dropped in Scientific Rep. @natureportfolio.nature.com We explored how site & time shape bacterial communities on apple tree leaves & flowers A🍎🌿🧵1/7 🔗 rdcu.be/ewlVc #Microbiome #Phyllosphere #PlantScience #Agroecology
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- Last Day of #CSEE2025 We are launching our 🦠Ecology & Evolution Symposium with a talk by @monaparizadeh.bsky.social from Calgary Early-Life Gut Microbiome Dynamics in Rural Infants: Microbial Succession and Environmental Impacts #MicrobialEcology @csee-scee.bsky.social @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
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- 1st: Presidential award🎙️given by @elenabennett.bsky.social @mcgillumedia.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 🔑It is important to👀conservation through the « People with Nature »🔎to make decisions about res. manage. 🌳🐝 Relationships are at the ❤️ of ecosystems #CSEE2025 @csee-scee.bsky.social @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
- #CSEE2025 @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social We are finally almost there! On y est presque! Congrats to all the organization team in Sherbrooke, Fanie, Marco, Guillaume, Carolyne, Matthew, Dany, et al putting in the final 💅 Bravo à toute l’équipe de Sherbrooke qui travaille fort!
- Less than 1 week to @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social in Sherbrooke! Hope to see you there! The Lac des nations promenade is a wonderful spot for a stroll a run or just to relax! www.visitezsherbrooke.ca/Fichiers/340...
- Best workshop you can ever follow
- Reposted by Prof. Isabelle Laforest-LapointeWe had a last minute cancellation for STAMPS -- a phenomenal course on microbiome data analysis. Woods Hole, MA, July 14-24 2025. If you or *anyone* you know is interested to attend, please email Titus &/or me... and we'll do what we can!!! Thx for sharing widely! 🤞❤️
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- Reposted by Prof. Isabelle Laforest-LapointeISME congratulates @ilafores.bsky.social from @usherbrooke.bsky.social as the winner of the Alma Dal Co Award, recognizing her as an exceptional early-career scholar who has made important contributions to microbial ecology. isme-microbes.org/winner-of-th... #MicrobialEcology #microbes #isme20
- Finally on my way to #CSM2025 in MTL! Although I missed much of the conference this year, I am happy to see the postdoc symp. and the applied & env micro session See you 🎉🧫🔬🦠 @pbbeauregard.bsky.social @jpcote.bsky.social @whelanfj.bsky.social @fabricejpierre.bsky.social @vincentburrus.bsky.social
