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 Medical 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 2023 - Our incoming graduate student Aura Tamez Gonzalez was awarded an Entrance Award from the IPN program as well as an International Fee Differential Award.
  • June 2023 - Alibek was awarded an HBHL doctoral studentship award! Congratulations to Alibek.
  • May 2023 - Our paper entitled “RNA sequencing of pooled samples effectively identifies differentially expressed genes” was just accepted at Biology. Congratulations to Claire, who was the first author on this manuscript.
  • May 2023 - Rebecca Li competed in the National Science and Technology fair in Alberta. She was given a Silver Award of Excellence and also received multiple offers of scholarships to attend University at different institutions. Great work Rebecca!
  • May 2023 - Our paper entitled “Endosomal trafficking protein TBC-2 is required for the longevity of long-lived mitochondrial mutants” was just accepted for publication at Frontiers in Aging. Congratulations to the authors: Annika, Hazel, Zenith, Abdel and Claire.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   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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