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| The Meakins-Christie Laboratories are one of the premiere centers for research on respiratory diseases in the world. The overall research theme is the pathobiology of pulmonary disease with a particular focus on the role of inflammation. A multidisciplinary and collaborative approach is used to study the basic mechanisms of asthma, COPD and pulmonary fibrosis through the parallel study of human cells and tissues coupled to appropriate animal models. Research is facilitated by the availability of a variety of core facilities. The Research Directors are an equal mix of PhD and MD scientists, ensuring the clinical orientation of research questions and increasing the likelihood that translational research will emerge from the more fundamental areas of investigation.
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The Meakins-Christie Laboratories serve as an important training ground for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and Meakins-Christie alumni are found throughout the world, including North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australasia. There are weekly seminars, work-in-progress sessions, a journal club, and a variety of activities, as well as social functions organized by the students & fellows association (SPiRE). Various McGill courses are also given at the Meakins-Christie Laboratories, which are located on St. Urbain Street, next to the Montreal Chest Institute.
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Congratulations to Jim Martin for receiving a 3-year grant from Cystic Fibrosis Canada.
(11 Mar, 2013)
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Congratulations to the following students, who received Meakins Recognition Prizes for their publications in 2012: Amir Massoud (Sup: Bruce Mazer; JACI), Trevor Beaudoin (Sup: Simon Rousseau; J Infect Dis) Karim Shalaby (Sup: Jim Martin; J Immunol), and Alexandra Paun (Sup: Christina Haston; Radiother Oncol). (20 Feb, 2013) |
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Russ Hepple (Mechanisms of motor unit protection by exercise training in aging muscle) and Jim Martin (Novel roles for cysteinyl leukotrienes in oxidant induced airway injury from chlorine; ranked 2nd in Resp Committee; coinvestigator Bill Powell) both received operating grants from the CIHR. (31 Jan, 2013) |
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Congratulations to Sarah McCuaig on being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University (see article in the McGill Reporter). Sarah has been working as an undergraduate student with Jim Martin for the past year and a half. (7 Dec, 2012) |
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The winners for their presentations at the MUHC-RI Respiratory Axis Res Day were:
MSc: Michele Schaeffer (Sup, Dennis Jensen); PhD: Amir Massoud (Sup, Bruce Mazer); PDF: Fanny Tzelepis (Sup: Maziar Divangahi); Clin Fel: Ilan Azuelos (Sup Basil Petrof). Congratulations to all!
(4 July, 2012) |
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MCL researchers ranked 2nd, 3rd & 4th by CIHR Resp Systems Committee. Congratulations to Simon Rousseau (2nd; Role of epithelium-derived IL-33 in driving lung inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis patients), Carolyn Baglole (3rd; Molecular regulation of cigarette smoke-induced pulmonary disease by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor) and Basil Petrof (4th; Ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction). Sabah Hussain was ranked 7th by the Movement & Exercise committee (Sepsis-induced skeletal muscle dysfunction: Role of autophagy) (14 June, 2012) |
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