Welcome to new members of our group!
This summer, we are welcoming Gustavo, Israel and Andra! Gustavo is starting is PhD, Israel an internship for his MASc degree, and Andra...
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In our latest article published in Advanced Materials Interfaces, we report the fabrication of antimicrobial films made from protein fibers, with high water stability.
Congratulations to Mario, Slah, Xinxin and Julia for this work! Read the article here to learn more about the fabrication of the...
Curious about smart fabrics? Read our latest article on living heat- and pH-responsive textiles!
In our latest article was published in ACS Synthetic Biology, we described how we have engineered a heat-responsive promoter and a...
Happy New Year! The first article of the Dorval Lab of 2025 is online in ACS Applied Bio Materials! Find out how we coated threads with protein fibers to confer them with the ability to sense pH.
Read the article here . Congratulations to Dalia for this work!
Congratulations, Dr. Arenas Garcia!
Congratulations to Mario for successfully defending his PhD thesis! Mario's thesis focuses on the incorporation of nanomaterials and...
Congratulations, Dr. Aminzare!
One more Dorval Lab graduate has defended his thesis this week. Congratulations to Masoud! Well done!
Congratulations, Dr. Saldanha!
Congratulations to Dalia for successfully defending her thesis, on the topic of responsive textiles fabricated from engineered proteins...
Prof. Dorval Courchesne participated in a radio show to talk about living materials!
On September 3rd, Prof. Dorval Courchesne was invited to participate in the show "Moteur de Recherche" at Radio-Canada. She answered...
Welcome to the new members of our group, Jing, Rebecca, Weijia and Xin!
Xin is starting her PhD, and Rebecca, Weijia and Jing and starting Master's degrees in Chemical Engineering. Congratulations to Xin for...
Congratulations to Omar for successfully completing his MSc thesis!
During his Master's, Omar has advanced our protocols for synthesizing and purifying recombinant proteins inspired by nature, and he has...
Congratulations to Mario and co-authors for the publication of our article on conductive curli-MXene hydrogels and thin films!
In this manuscript, we describe how conductive MXene nanosheets can be integrated in protein fiber hydrogels, and then used to fabricate...
Interested in biological nanowires that can be employed in electronic devices? Read our review on the most adaptable types of microbial nanowires for sustainable electronics.
Prof. Dorval Courchesne co-authored this review article published in Nature Reviews Bioengineering. Read it here.
Our latest article on perovskites converted from bio-templated carbonates is now online!
Congratulations to Masoud and co-authors for their work demonstrating that proteins are powerful tools to create halide perovskites with...
Welcome to our new summer interns!
This summer, three undergraduate students are joining our group. Welcome to Beyza, Elsa and Reefah! Reefah and Elsa are the recipients...
Prof. Dorval Courchesne appears in the Québec Science Magazine!
An article about Prof. Dorval Courchesne's research was published in the March 2024 issue of Québec Science. Le portrait de Prof. Dorval...
Congratulations to Kingsley for finishing his final MSc thesis!
Kingsley made significant contributions in developping protocols for measuring the electrical conductivity of protein fibers. They will...
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