Event

Symposium: Honoring the legacy of Jerry Pelletier

Friday, May 3, 2024 08:30to17:15
Faculty Club 3450 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E5, CA

In memory of Jerry Pelletier, PhD, a dear colleague, friend and brilliant scientist, a symposium is being organized to honor his legacy.

Dr Pelletier, a Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Departments of Biochemistry and Oncology, and a member of the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, stood as one of Canada’s top molecular biologists and an international expert in RNA biology and therapeutics. His contributions were instrumental in the development of D2R.

Join us in celebrating Dr. Pelletier’s life on May 3, 2024.

Time

Speakers Institute

8:30-8:40

Thomas Duchaine McGill
8:40-8:50  Martha Crago McGill

8:50-9:30 

Nahum Sonenberg McGill

9:30-10:10 

David Housman MIT

10:10-10:25 

coffee break  

10:25-11:05 

Philippe Gros McGill

11:05-11:45 

Isaac Edery  Rutgers Univ

11:45-12:25 

Robert Schneider  NYU

12:25-13:25 

lunch break  

13:25-14:05 

John Porco  Boston Univ

14:05-14:45 

Masad Damha  McGill

14:45-15:25 

Ola Larsson  Karolinska Institutet

15:25-15:40 

coffee break  

15:40-16:20 

Scott Lowe  MSKCC

16:20-17:00 

Josie Ursini-Siegel  McGill
17:00-17:10  Morag Park  McGill
17:15-18:15  Social hour  

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