August, 2024
Healthy Brains Healthy Lives
Montreal, Canada
We are delighted to announce that our master’s student Nicholas has been awarded a fellowship for the 2024-2025 Academic year. The HBHL (Healthy Brains Healthy Lives) aims to fund interdisciplinary neuroscience projects to advance discoveries and accelerate innovation. He earned this prestigious award under the category of Mechanistic Models for Neurodegenerative Disorders.
August 7, 2024
Lab’s BBQ
Montreal, Canada
On a lovely summer day, we had a lab BBQ outside. A big thank you to our amazing grill expert and all lab members who made it such a fun time!
July, 2024
Nick obtained the CRBS scholarship
Montreal, Canada
Nick obtained the CRBS (Centre de Recherche en Biologie Structurale) masters Studentship. The CRBS is a McGill organization dedicated to advancing structural biology research using biophysical equipment and techniques. He obtained this award for his research on protein amyloid fibrils.
April 18, 2024
CRBS 'Lens on Life' Winners!
Montreal, Canada
Lia Paim and Tatiana Lyalina are winners of CRBS Scientific Image Contest in the Microscopic Marvels and Biological Landscapes categories. Let’s have a look at a kaleidoscopic dance of microtubules and muddy thinking together!
We got totally eclipsed 😎. pic.twitter.com/iEFpzhPVzD
— Bechstedt Lab (@BechstedtLab) April 10, 2024
April 8, 2024
The solar eclipse in Montreal
Montreal, Canada
We totally got eclipsed!
I’m thrilled to share my latest research from the @Bechstedtlab at @McGill_ACB!
— Lia Paim (@paim_lia) February 21, 2024
Here we show that the spindle protein CKAP2 is a #microtubule growth factor in cells and contributes to accurate cell division.
Out today @PNASNews! https://t.co/0dqjK4kfMT pic.twitter.com/RhZfCQaGkR
February, 2024
It's out!
The spindle protein CKAP2 regulates microtubule dynamics and ensures faithful chromosome segregation , PNAS
Much result, many excitement!
September, 2023
DivIDE Conference
Barcelona, Spain
Incredible science in a stunning location! Shoutout to Lia Paim for doing the lab's heavy lifting- presenting a talk and poster.
August, 2023
Lab trip
The lab enjoyed great science and fantastic venues at the Northeast Motile and Contractile Systems meeting at University of Vermont
July, 2023
Funding news, the lab won the CIHR grant
We are humbled to have been granted 5 more years of funding from CIHR. Ready to continue diving into the World of Microtubules!Congratulations!
Project: Impact of CKAP2 on mitotic spindle architecture
