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...
Our article on protein-capped perovskite nanocrystals is online!
In this article, we report the synthesis of protein-capped perovskite nanocrystals in water. Proteins allow these nanocrystals to be...
Prof. Dorval Courchesne receives a 2022 Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D award!
Prof. Dorval Courchesne was selected as one of six 2022 Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D scholars. Her award (in the Engineering category)...
Our collaborative article on protein-conductive polymer composites is now published!
In this article, we present how we blended amyloid protein fibers with the conductive polymer PEDOT:PSS to fabricate self-healing thin...
Congratulations to undergraduate students of the Dorval Lab for their summer scholarships!
Jennifer is the recipient of a SURE/NSERC USRA award, Graham of a SURE/EUL award, and Xinxin of SURE, CREATE SEED and McISCE awards for...
Congratulations to Amy for completing her Master's degree!
During her MEng degree, Amy made contributions to our recombinant collagen project! Congratulations to Amy on completing her project and...





