Have your heard the news?
May 2026
We are excited to announce that Dr. Mauro Silva has been awarded the FRQ Junior 1 Career Award. This represents a turning point for our research program at Université Laval and will help support and expand our research activities over the next four years.
March 2026
We are proud to support our team members at every stage of their journey. Congratulations to our MSc student Jean-Philippe, recipient of the "Coup de cœur du public - présentation orale", and to our PhD student Mona Masoumparast, recipient of the "Coup de cœur du public - présentation par affiche" at the Research Day RSME Axis!
September 2025
Congratulations to Mona for receiving the Desjardins Scholarship from the CHU de Québec Foundation!
April 2026
A proud milestone for the Silva Lab: our very first MSc defense! Congratulations to Jean-Philippe for delivering an outstanding presentation and defending his project with excellence and confidence. A special thank you to Dr. Aurelie R. de Rus Jacquet for kindly accepting the role of examiner and for her thoughtful questions and valuable insights throughout the evaluation. Very proud of this achievement and excited about the next steps!
February 2026
We are delighted to share that our lab has been awarded the New Investigator Research Grant from the SickKids Foundation. This support marks an important milestone for our newly established lab in Canada and will significantly accelerate the growth and impact of our research program.
July 2025
Happy to share that our lab has been funded by the Projet d'envergure (Foundation CHU de Québec) to investigate new in vitro models to understand basic mechanisms in female reproduction and PCOS.
May 2025
We are happy to share that our lab will receive support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for the next 5 years to investigate the brain-to-ovary neural communication!
March 2025
Congratulations to JP on his award! He did an amazing job in the Journée de la recherche de l'axe reproduction, santé de la mère et de l'enfant (RSME) and received the poster prize!