Michelle completed an undergraduate degree at the Université de Montréal in Biochemistry and a Masters degree at the University of Calgary in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology followed by several semesters in computer engineering before discovering Bioinformatics. Following this revelation, she undertook a PhD in Bioinformatics at McGill University in Montreal under the co-supervision of Mike Hallett and David Thomas, studying the prediction and characterization of protein localization in the cell. She then moved to Geoff Barton's group at the University of Dundee in Scotland for her postdoc. Amongst her research interests during this time, she investigated the prediction of protein-protein interactions in human and the localization of proteins in the nucleolus. She also got intiated into the marvelous world of RNA (and particularly snoRNAs) by members of the Lamond group, working on snoRNAs regulating splicing and an evolutionary relationship between snoRNAs and miRNAs.
Laurence graduated from Bishop's University in Biochemistry. She began her master's degree in the summer of 2018 in the laboratory of Sherif Abou Elela codirected with Michelle Scott. Her project is about understanding the role and mechanism of overexpressed snoRNAs in high-grade ovarian cancer to discover biomarkers as earlier diagnostic tools for this very aggressive cancer.
Étienne obtained a bachelor's degree in molecular and cellular biology from Université de Sherbrooke in December 2019. During that time, he completed his T2 internship in Michelle Scott's lab in fall 2018 and returned during the subsequent winter and fall semesters to do research credits. He has now started his PhD degree in the lab, with an addition of Pierre-Étienne Jacques as his co-supervisor. His project centers around the characterization of the human snoRNome.
As indicated by his profile picture, Étienne loves climbing up and skiing down mountains!
Kristina graduated from McGill University in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and biology. During her last year of undergrad, she completed a 6-months internship at the Scott lab studying the yeast transcriptome. Kristina returned to the lab in September 2021 and started her Master’s degree. Her project is on the investigation of the diversity of functions guided by human snoRNAs. Outside of the lab, Kristina is busy learning French!
Serine received her undergraduate degree in health biochemistry. During her internship, she was interested in the metabolic disorder of lipids and biochemical alterations in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Fragile X Syndrome (FXS). Having a growing interest in clinical biochemistry, mathematics and programming, this led her to begin her Masters in Biochemistry in the fall of 2020 in the laboratory of Dre. Artuela Çaku, co-supervised by professor Michelle Scott. Her project focuses on the discovery of differentially expressed genes in ASD and FXS involved in the cholesterol metabolic pathway in order to predict autism in subgroups of individuals using bioinformatics tools.
Outside of work, Sérine has several varied passions, such as gaming, piano, guitar and classical music.
After completing a bachelor's degree in cellular biology, Jean shifted his focus to bioinformatics, earning a master's degree at Université Paris-Saclay. During this time, he specialized in transcriptomics with a six-month internship in Michelle Scott's group in 2020. Since January 2021, he has been co-supervised by Professor Michelle Scott and Dr. Hugues Allard-Chamard, working on understanding treatment responses in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. His research involves utilizing single-cell RNAseq data alongside longitudinal clinical information. In addition to his research, Jean has a keen interest in machine learning and the FAIR principles (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) in bioinformatics analysis.
Outside of work, he enjoys cooking and playing board games.
Third year student in biochemistry at Bishop's University. Andrea is currently doing an internship in Michelle Scott and Sherif Abou Elela's lab on a snoRNA splicing effect in different cancer cell lines.
Alphonse Birane Thiaw completed a master's degree in bioinformatics with analysis and modeling data specialization at the University of Clermont Auvergne. He also graduated from Cheikh anta Diop University in Dakar with a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in parasitology. His research project aims to predict H/ACA snoRNAs using machine learning.
Morgane obtained a double degree in Computer Science (Master at the University of Nice and at the University of Milano-Bicocca). In her second year of the master's degree, during her internship, she discovered bioinformatics and fell in love with this field. She is currently doing her PhD in the laboratory of Prof. Michelle Scott. Her project concerns a predictor of C/D snoRNA interactions in eukaryotes, the objectives being to extend it to other species and to host this predictor in a web server developed for it.
After two years of preparatory classes in Biology in France near Paris, Baudouin went to ENSAT in Toulouse, a school of agronomic engineer where he made his way to bioinformatics and data analysis. Internships oriented him towards human health and cancer research on RNAs. In 2023, he joined the Scott Lab team for his PhD project to work on the rRNA modifications and the expression of snoRNAs in ovarian cancer.
Louis-Philippe obtained a bachelor's degree in microbiology from the University of Sherbrooke. Towards the end of his undergraduate studies, he discovered bioinformatics and decided to pursue his interest in this field in graduate school. In fall 2023, he begins his master's degree with of Pres Michelle Scott and Karine Choquet as his supervisors. His project aims to determine whether the expression of snoRNAs is regulated during neurogenesis and influences the alternative splicing of their host transcripts.
