Leading Montreal Neurobiologist Receives Barbara Turnbull Award For Spinal Cord Research

December 2, 2006 – 10:07 pm | posted in Genetics, Neurology / Neuroscience

The Barbara Turnbull Foundation, NeuroScience Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) award the 2006 Barbara Turnbull Award for Spinal Cord Research to Dr. Pierre Drapeau at the Universite de Montreal. Dr. Drapeau is receiving this award for his work studying the development of the spinal cord using the zebrafish embryo, a unique and leading model for vertebrate development and genetics.

This award is one of the highest distinctions for spinal cord research in Canada.

WHAT : Presentation of the 2006 Barbara Turnbull Award for Spinal Cord Research

WHO: Dr. Pierre Drapeau, 2006 recipient of the Barbara Turnbull Award for Spinal Cord Research and Director of the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Universite de Montreal.
Dr. Pierre Chartrand, Vice-President - Research, CIHR
Dr. Pierre Boyle, Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Universite de Montreal
Dr. Remi Quirion, Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
Ms. Barbara Turnbull, Journalist and Director, Barbara Turnbull Foundation for Spinal Cord Research
Ms. Inez Jabalpurwala, President, NeuroScience Canada
Mr. Jacques Turgeon, Vice-Rector - Research, Universite de Montreal

WHEN: Friday, December 1, 2006.

WHERE: Jean-Coutu Pavilion Mezzanine
Universite de Montreal
2940, Chemin de Polytechnique (Montreal, Quebec)

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