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...
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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...
Congratulations to Simon for finishing his Master's thesis!
Simon Rowat is our most recent lab graduate. During his Master's degree, he made important contributions to our ongoing projects related...
The Dorval Lab receives funding from the CFI JELF to characterize biologically-derived materials.
The Dorval Lab recently received funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)...
Discover how we engineered biofilms to repair textiles in our latest article!
In our article recently published in Scientific Reports, we describe the self-repairing ability of biofilm-textile composites. Read the...
Congratulations to Angie Cai, our latest lab graduate!
Angie submitted her final MSc thesis and completed her degree! Congratulations!
Biomolecules and perovskites - see how they can be integrated in our latest review!
Our latest review article was published in the journal Nanoscale, as part of the special collection "Nanoscale Journal's Emerging...
We welcome Julia Maria de Medeiros Danta as postdoc in our group!
Julia will work on projects related to bioelectronics, and will apply our knowledge in biotechnology to enhance some of our processes....
Our article on the mineralization of bacterial collagen is now published!
We have mineralized bacterial collagen produced from E. coli to fabricate biomineral composites with different functions. This work is...
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