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Congraulations to Dalia, Zahra, Daniel and Bita for the acceptance of their article for publication in Scientific Reports!
July 23, 2020
In this article, entitled "Fabrication of Fluorescent pH-Responsive Protein-Textile Composites", we report the design of a textile-supported pH sensor based on engineered fluorescent protein fibers. The sensor can be used to monitor the pH of sweat or other fluids over time and in a reversible manner.
Congratulations to Daniel for sucessfully defending his PhD proposal!
June 05, 2020
Prof. Dorval Courchesne receives the 2020 Christophe Pierre Award for Research Excellence (Early career)!
May 19, 2020
This award recognizes early excellence and potential for future pre-eminence in research by academic staff in the Faculty of Engineering at McGill University.
Congratulations to Sophia and Oliver for the acceptance of their critical review article in The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering!
May 06, 2020
Our article, entitled "Challenges in Engineering Conductive Protein Fibers: Disentangling the Knowledge" will be published in The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering as part of a special issue on Emerging Leaders in Chemical Engineering and Science. The article reviews the challenges, limitations and future possibilities for engineering conductive protein materials. It also emphasizes the effects of various experimental parameters on the characterization of these biological conductors, and the need for standardized methods and collaborations to strengthen this emerging research field.
Congratulations to Jiawei for completing his MEng degree this semester!
May 01, 2020
Big congratulations to Zahra, Dalia and Masoud who were awarded FRQNT Doctoral Research Scholarships today!
April 30, 2020
Our lab is physically closed, but our group is still active remotely!
April 30, 2020
We are welcoming two new members in the group in May: Welcome to Angie Cai, new MEng student and recipient of a MEUSMA award! We also welcome Amy Chow, joining the group for her MEng research project!
Congratulations to Oliver, Gregory and James, who are recipients of SURE/NSERC USRA research awards for the summer 2020!
Happy New Year, and welcome to the new members of our group!
January 02, 2020
This semester, we are welcoming a new MEng student, Catrina Huyer. New undergraduate researchers will also join our team!
Congratulations to Saadia for completing her MEng thesis!
December 15, 2019
The Dorval Lab was awarded a Mitacs Accelerate Cluster award with its partner Lululemon Athletica! Congratulations to all Mitacs interns involved!
November 07, 2019
Congratulations to Dalia for defending her PhD proposal! Well done!
November 01, 2019
Congratulations to Masoud who successfully defended his PhD proposal!
September 16, 2019
The Dorval Lab receives its third CMC Microsystems MNT Financial Assistance Award!
September 16, 2019
Congratulations to the team working on the electrode fabrication!
The Dorval and Cicoira groups receive a joint CREPEC Project Intégrateur grant!
September 12, 2019
This support will be used for a collaborative project!
Welcome to Aastha Goyal and Liam Curtis, both joining the group for undergraduate projects this semester!
September 03, 2019
Congratulations to Oliver for winning the Best Poster Award in the Biotechnology category during the SURE poster session!
August 20, 2019

The group hosted high school students for a lab tour and demo as part of the SHAD summer program!
July 15, 2019
Welcome to Suri Feng and Johan Alberti, joining the group for a summer internship!
June 15, 2019
Suri and Johan are working on a joint project with the Cicoira group at Polytechnique Montréal.

Congratulations to Sophia for being awarded a prize "Volet Excelle Science du concours Chapeau, les filles!"!
May 10, 2019
Sophia received this prize for her interest and accomplishments in science and engineering, and for her motivation to inspire other young women to pursue studies and careers in these fields.
Welcome to Daniel Modafferi who is starting his PhD in our group!
May 06, 2019
Daniel is the recipient of an FRQNT Doctoral Research Scholarship and a Vadasz Scholar MEDA award - Congratulations!
Welcome to new Summer students joining our group this month, and congratulations to all undergraduate students with SURE and NSERC USRA awards!
May 01, 2019
We welcome Alexander Bevacqua (NSERC USRA), Ziqi Zheng (CHEE 494) and Elia Benchekroun-Jolicoeur (CHEE 494). We also congratulate three current lab members who received Summer research awards: Oliver Xie (NSERC USRA), Armita Amini (NSERC USRA), and Sophia Roy (SURE and EUL)!
The Dorval Lab receives its second CMC Microsystems MNT Financial Assistance Award!
April 12, 2019
Congratulations to the team working on the fabrication of patterned electrodes.

It has been a year since our first experiments in our new lab space! Happy lab anniversary!
April 09, 2019
Mario successfully defended his PhD proposal today - Well done!
April 02, 2019
Saadia and Dalia are presenting their research at the Poly-McGill-Laval Chemical Engineering Research Day!
March 20, 2019
Welcome to students joining our group this semester!
January 07, 2019
We welcome a new MEng student, Raed Gharbi, who is the recipient of MEUSMA and EUL awards - Congratulations!
We also welcome new undergraduate students for research projects, Yangshixing Li, Cathy Zhou and Sophia Roy!

Congratulations to Zahra who successfully defended her PhD proposal today!
December 13, 2018

Congratulations to Dalia who completed her MScA internship, and finished with an excellent research presentation!
November 29, 2018
Dalia is also starting her PhD in our group in January and is the recipient of a MEDA award. Congratulations!
The Dorval Lab receives a CMC Microsystems MNT Financial Assistance Award!
November 12, 2018
The group will use this award to develop protocols to fabricate patterned electrodes, which will serve for characterizing biomaterials.
We welcome a postdoctoral researcher to our group, Dr. Bita Janfeshan!
September 13, 2018
Bita will work on the development of bio-sensing textiles, with our industrial partner Myant Inc. Welcome!
Welcome to our new graduate students, Masoud Aminzare, Mario Alfonso Arenas Garcia and Jiawei Yan!
September 03, 2018
Mario and Masoud are beginning their PhD, and Jiawei is joining for a MEng project. Mario is the recipient of a CONACYT award, and Masoud of a MEDA award - Congratulations to both!
Welcome to students joining our group for undergraduate research projects!
September 03, 2018
This semester, we welcome Scott Jiang, Xiaodan Zhu and Jonathan Ong!
Oliver won the prize for the best oral presentation at the 3rd Biomaterials Research Day! Congratulations!
May 01, 2018
Oliver presented his work on conductive protein nanofibers.
Welcome to our new Summer students!
May 01, 2018
Alexander Lambert, Armita Amini and Nolwenn Cousineau are joining our group for SURE research projects. We also welcome Alexandra Jacobson for a research internship.

We now have a newly renovated lab space ready for experimental work!
March 08, 2018
View pictures of our facilities here.
We welcome Nidhi Kamath in the Dorval Lab!
January 25, 2018
Nidhi is joining our group for a six-month internship. Welcome!
Happy New Year, and Welcome to Zahra Abdali, Saadia Wasim and Jessica Tian!
January 08, 2018
Zahra is beginning her Ph.D., and Saadia her M.Eng. degree, both in Chemical Engineering. Zahra is the recipient of a MEDA award, and Saadia of an EUL scholarship - Congratulations!
Jessica is joining the group for an undergraduate research project. Welcome to the Dorval Lab!

We are setting up the lab!
December 19, 2017
The group cleaned up and organized the lab space today! It is slowly becoming functional.
The group is posing in front of our new centrifuge.
From left to right: Dalia, Honghan, Noémie and Oliver.

Prof. Dorval Courchesne will be giving a talk at the Montréal Student Chapter of the Canadian Biomaterials Society on October 12th!
October 04, 2017
Talk title: Fabricating functional self-assembling protein-based materials
Where: CRCHUM R05.220
When: October 12, 4-7 pm
We welcome Esther Xu to the Dorval Lab!
September 13, 2017
Esther is starting an undergraduate research project in our group. Welcome!
We welcome Honghan Zhu to the Dorval Lab!
September 05, 2017
Honghan is joining the Dorval Lab for an undergraduate research project! Welcome!
Welcome to the first Dorval Lab members, Oliver Xie and Dalia Saldanha!
August 30, 2017
Oliver is starting an undergraduate research project in the Dorval Lab, and Dalia will be doing an internship as part of her Master degree in Biotechnology. Welcome!
Welcome to our new website!
November 01, 2016
The laboratory will officially open at McGill during the Summer of 2017.
Contact Prof. Dorval Courchesne if you are interested in joining our group.