CQMF News

 

13.05.12
Conference: professor Jonathan Wilker

Department of Chemistry and School of Materials Engineering Purdue University


Biomaterials at the beach : Characterization and synthetic mimics of mussel and oyster adhesives

UQAM - May 15 2012, 11h, CB R 450
Université de Sherbrooke - May 16 2012, 15h30, D1-2165
Université Laval - May 17 2012, 11h00, VCH-3850

Download the abstract

03.02.11
Michel Pézolet and Michèle Auger will be featured on SRC "Découverte" TV program.

This Sunday February 6th at 18h30, CQMF researchers Michel Pézolet and Michèle Auger will be featured on the program Découverte on Radio-Canada television. They will be discussing silk spider as a functional material in a report called « Le mystère de Nephila ».

17.01.11
To keep you informed : Newsletter number 1 - January 2011

Download our Newsletter number 1 (English version coming soon)

17.01.11
Pr. Benoît Marsan's research selected by Québec Sciences amongst their Top 10 discoveries of the year

Québec Sciences magazine has selected in their 2010 Top ten discoveries of the year the work of Benoit Marsan on the amelioration of Grätzel type solar cells.

These researches, inspired by photosynthesis, pave the way for flexible, more efficient and cheaper solar cells.

Read the article and vote for the public's choice:
http://www.quebecscience.qc.ca/Du-soleil-en-pile

An other Benoît Marsan interview::
http://www.uqam.ca/entrevues/entrevue.php?id=852

10.12.10
Job offer :

Xerox Canadian Research Center is looking for candidates to fulfill a position in organic/polymer chemistry.

Read the job posting

30.11.10
Pr. Mario Leclerc in the program "Le Code Chastenay"

Watch the video ''L'encre Solaire: un panneau solaire liquide qu'on peut imprimer sur un T-shirt''

22.11.10
Job offer:

The departement of Physical engineering at Polytechnique is looking for faculties

Read the job posting

14.10.10
A great succes for CQMF Annual Conference

On October 7, we were over 125 persons at the Orford Arts Centre to attend CQMF Annual Conference. Professors, students, postdocs, research professionals got together for a day of conferences and poster presentations.

Our guest speakers, including Joël Moreau (director of École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier), really enjoyed the conference. They emphasized the excellence of our research and CQMF dynamism.


14.09.10

Annual Conference: download information sheets

Poster
Preliminary schedule
Inscription sheet - fill out and email to cqmf@usherbrooke.ca
Directions and accomodations - rooms are available at the Orford Arts Centre

02.09.10
Invitation for CQMF 3rd Annual Conference
- October 7 at the Orford Arts Centre

It is on the magnificent site of the Orford Arts Centre, on October 7, that CQMF Annual Conference will be held.
Renown speakers from Montpellier have accepted our invitation and will join us for the day.

All CQMF members are also invited to attend CQMF General Annual Assembly that will be held on this occasion.

More information soon about register procedure and on-site accomodation possibilities.

11.05.10
Job offer at Hydro-Québec in Varennes

Hydro-Québec is looking for a candidate with a masters degree in chemistry for a researcher position in materials science.
The deadline to apply for this job is May 24, 2010.

Read the job posting.

23.02.10
Scholarships for international training : it's still time !

It is still time to present candidates to the FQRNT, the program will end by the end of March.
CQMF will accept applications untill March 15.
This program is an excellent funding opportunity for international training.
The training has to start before February 28th, 2011

Download the information sheet (some conditions have been modified)

Our students that have obtained a scholarship for an international training are:

Sylvain Bussières (Salesse, ULaval), 5 000$, 2 months in Bordeaux
Laurence Piché (Claverie, UQAM), 5 000$, 2 months in Toulouse
Maude Lechasseur (Bélanger, UQAM), 10 000$, 4 months in Nantes
Andrée Gravel (Marcotte, UQAM), 6 250 $, 2 1/2 months in Bordeaux
Emmanuel Lépine (Riedl, ULaval), 10 000$, 4 months in Nancy
Lisa Lamouline (Soldera et Zysman-Colman, UdeSherbrooke), 9 000 $, 3 1/2 months in Strasbourg
Mohsen Hamidipour (Larachi, ULaval), 5000 $, 2 months in Lille

05.02.10
CQMF 3rd Annual Conference: October 7, 2010

Sherbrooke University will host the 2010 edition of CQMF Annual Conference on October 7.
It will be held in conjunction with the Sherbrooke-Montpellier days, a great opportunity for discussions with our french collaborators.

09.11.02
For our students: A job at Xerox Canada, Mississauga ?

Read the job posting .

09.10.23
CQMF competition: 4 scolarships for international training

CQMF is expecting your applications in order to select 4 candidates that will be presented to the FQRNT for the international training program. With this program, FQRNT supports the international mobility of the masters and PhD students that are members of its strategic clusters.

A student can receive up to 2 500$ per month (max. 15 000$) for an international training (from 2 to 12 months) on a research subject included in the scientific program of CQMF and in one of the eligible countries.

Application to the CQMF deadline: Novembre 22, 2009

Download the information sheet

09.10.19
CQMF annual Conference is in 3 days !

Download the final program

09.09.23
This is the preliminary program for October 22 Conference

09:15
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10:00  
Jean-Marie Lehn - Plenary lecture
10:15
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12:30
  Seminars
12:30
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13:15
 
Lunch - on site
13:15
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15:15
 
Posters* with coffee and dessert
15:15
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17:15
 
Seminars
17:15
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18:30
 
Annual general meeting and healthy snack

 

 

 



Best posters awards: the authors of the two best posters will receive 250$.

 

09.09.16
CQMF Annual General Meeting

will be held at UQAM, October 22 PM.

09.09.16
CQMF annual Conference registration

This year, UQAM will host our annual Conference that will be held on October 22 and will begin with the plenary lecture of Jean-Marie Lehn (Nobel price in Chemistry 1987).
Students are invited to present a poster.
Registration until September 28


09.07.22
A research theme on energy is added to CQMF scientific program

Since last April, 13 new members have joined CQMF. Indeed, FQRNT has accepted to support us in our initiative to widen the initial scope of CQMF with the addition of a research theme on energy.
Welcome to the new members !

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