Congratulations to the team and we thank the Canadian Kidney Foundation for supporting our latest research project!
Title of the project: " Caspase-3 invalidation for protection of renal blood vessels and prevention of renal failure after transplantation."

Congratulations to Louis Vanpeperstraete, who has been awarded a Research scholarship in kidney transplantation by the Fondation du CHUM. 

Congratulations to Hyunyun Kim whose article entitled "Microvascular autophagy and caspase-3 activation are central regulators of renal fibrosis after ischemia-reperfusion." was published in the journal JCI Insight. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.201945

Congratulations to Louis Vanpeperstraete for his abstract entitled: " The complement system is regulating microvascular damage after renal ischemia-reperfusion injury and aging" selected as Top Oral Presentation at the 2026 Canadian Society of Transplantation Annual Scientific Meeting.

Francis Migneault has been awarded the Award of Excellence for Research Professionals by the Fonds de recherche du Québec in recognition of his contributions to research in nephrology and transplantation.

Congratulations to Louis Vanpeperstraete, winner of the Young Researchers Award at the 3rd Complement Symposium in Montreal!

Congratulations to Marie-Pier Lalonde, who won the award for Best Poster Presentation (2nd place) at the 31st Scientific Day of the Molecular Biology Programs of the Université de Montréal.

Congratulations to Imane Kaci for her Research Training Award granted by the Canadian Society of Transplantation

Congratulations to Francis Migneault, who has been awarded the Atlas Award for Excellence in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the advancement and visibility of the Immunopathology research area at the CRCHUM.