Welcome to the Van Raamsdonk lab website

We are interested in the biology of aging, biological resilience and the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disease. Using a Geroscience approach, we study the biology and genetics of aging and resilience and apply that knowledge to develop novel treatments for neurodegenerative disease. Our work primarily uses the worm C. elegans as a model organism and we are very interested in the mitochondria.

We are part of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill as well as the Metabolic Disorders and Complications (MeDiC) program and Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience (BRaIN) program at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC).

Latest Lab News

  • September 2026 – Somya Bhandari joined the lab for her doctoral studies. Welcome Somya!
  • August 2026 - Our paper “Multiple molecular pathways to longevity with opposing gene expression programs defining distinct aging strategies in Caenorhabditis elegans” was published in eLife. Congratulations to first authors Zenith, Effy and Aura and contributing authors Grant, Sonya and Ulrich.
  • June 2026 - Our collaborative paper with Vadim Gladyshev’s lab was published in Nature. The paper is titled: Universal transcriptomic hallmarks of mammalian ageing and mortality. Congratulations to contributing author Alibek.January 2026 – Jeremy was promoted to Full Professor.
  • January 2026 – Alibek successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations Dr. Moldakozhayev! Alibek will be starting a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard. Good luck Alibek.                                              See more lab news here

Contact Us

Address:

McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
1001 Decarie Boulevard,
Montreal, Qc, H4A 3J1

Phone:

+1 (514) 934 1934 ext. 76157

E-mail:

jeremy.vanraamsdonk@mcgill.ca

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