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Alex Caron

@caronlab.bsky.social

Canada Research Chair in NeuroMetabolic Pharmacology | Associate Professor @Université Laval | Obesity/Type2Diabetes/Metabolism Researcher @IUCPQ 🇨🇦🧠🔬 www.neurometabolism.com

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Great to see Bernie's work being recognized by
@apspublications.bsky.social! Thank you!

05.12.2025 19:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Démystifions l'obésité, ensemble Joignez-vous à nous pour un événement éclairant où nous aborderons les mythes et les idées reçues entourant l’obésité (sur place et virtuel)

Coming up Wednesday! Our public event "Demystifying obesity, together - a discussion between scientists and citizens" (presented in French) already has 220 registrations. Free, with an expert panel at IUCPQ or online. Registration: www.eventbrite.ca/e/billets-de...

16.11.2025 13:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The 2nd Denis Richard International Symposium on Obesity is this week in Quebec City! Excited to gather leading experts to discuss obesity science across four sessions: 1) Highway to Hunger, 2) Metabolism in Sync, 3) Genetic Codes & Surgical Roads, and 4) Beyond BMI, Beyond Willpower.

16.11.2025 13:25 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Maladie du foie gras: le dysfonctionnement d'un récepteur cellulaire serait en cause Ce récepteur intervient dans la communication entre le cerveau et les cellules du foie

Maladie du foie gras: le dysfonctionnement d'un récepteur cellulaire serait en cause

21.10.2025 14:57 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Depuis 10 jours, je suis le nouveau président du CRCQ, une organisation qui fait la promotion de la recherche et de la relève biomédicale au Québec. J'annonce donc que le 67e congrès du CRCQ aura lieu du 7 au 9 octobre 2026, au Manoir St-Sauveur. À mettre à vos agendas! #CRCQ

21.10.2025 20:53 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

5/40 (12.5%) on mine. 4/37 (10.8%) on one of my colleague’s. We are not going in the right direction for sure.

17.07.2025 20:41 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Excited to share our @cp-neuron.bsky.social ‪‪Spotlight on Dr. Jens Brüning’s latest paper in @cellpress.bsky.social , highlighting PNOC/NPY neurons as new players in the leptin orchestra 🧠🍽️

Read it here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHqA3BtfH...

Original article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

18.06.2025 15:06 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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We are excited to welcome ‪@claudiovillanueva.bsky.social‬ (UCLA) next Wednesday for the 7th conference of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries at IUCPQ!

13.06.2025 18:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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We are excited to host Dr. Alfonso Abizaid from @carleton.ca next Wednesday for the 6th talk of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of IUCPQ!

01.05.2025 09:31 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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We are excited to host Dr. Tony Lam from @bbdc-uoft.bsky.social for the 5th conference of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of IUCPQ!

08.04.2025 19:12 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Please to host Dr. Vincent Poitout from @crchum.bsky.social next Wednesday for the 4th conference of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of IUCPQ!

14.03.2025 17:14 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Very proud of Dr. Anisia Silva who successfully defended her PhD thesis on the role of liver ADRA1B in mediating the effects of the sympathetic nervous system on hepatic metabolism.

journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

16.01.2025 11:59 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We are kicking off the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of
IUCPQ next Tuesday, with Dr. Christopher Rose from @crchum.bsky.social @umontreal-en.bsky.social to discuss #HepaticEncephalopathy 🧠

07.01.2025 18:00 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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We are delighted to welcome Gareth Lim from CRCHUM for our 13th and last conference of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of IUCPQ next Tuesday, Dec 17!

12.12.2024 12:59 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The call for abstracts for poster presentations is now open for the 2025 Canadian Neuroscience meeting in Toronto, May 21-24, 2025 can-acn.org/meeting-2025...

25.11.2024 17:44 — 👍 19    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 0
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Liver Metabolism <p>The <em>American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism</em> publishes original, mechanistic studies on the physiology of endocrine and metabolic systems. Physiological, cellular, and m...

AJP–Endocrinology and Metabolism
Call for Papers: Liver Metabolism
Guest Editors: Associate Editor Jonathan Schertzer & Alexandre Caron
More info here: ow.ly/Rgyc50TlmUk

25.11.2024 11:17 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec - Université Laval on LinkedIn: Dr Denis Richard, directeur de notre centre de recherche pendant 23 ans et… Dr Denis Richard, directeur de notre centre de recherche pendant 23 ans et chercheur, avait eu l&#39;initiative d’organiser un symposium annuel regroupant diverses…

I can now confirm that the ‘Denis Richard International Symposium in Obesity’ will come back next year in Quebec City!

21.11.2024 17:29 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

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