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Our graduate student Jade Lasiste was awarded at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2017 in Baltimo

Published: 19 May 2017

Congratulations to our graduate student Dr. Jade Lasiste from Dr. Miguel Burnier’s lab in the Department of Pathology at the Ã山ǿ¼é.  As part of the Closing Keynote Jade was awarded the "Member-in-Training (MIT) Outstanding Poster“ at the Annual Conference of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO/Alcon) on Thursday, May 11, 2017 in Baltimore.

Approximately 4000 posters were presented at the conference.  Jade’s Master thesis entitled: "Metformin Inhibits Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal transition in lens epithelial cells." was named as the best. A great achievement for the Department of Pathology and for McGil University

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