2026-2027 Weekly Meakins and RECRU Faculty Meetings
During these weekly meetings, Meakins, RECRU, and RESP Program Faculty present their grant proposals, research progress and manuscripts.
Time: Fridays at 12:00 PM unless otherwise advertised
Location: EM3.2225 (CTB) or 3D.01 (CORE) and Zoom
For Student Presentations, please see Meakins Student WIP (Mondays @ 9am) and RECRU Student WIP (Fridays @ 1pm)
| DATE | PRESENTER | TITLE OF PRESENTATION |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ||
| August 21, 2026 | CIHR Presentation – OPEN | |
| August 28, 2026 | Anne-Marie Lauzon Darcy Wagner | CIHR Presentation Title: Resolving the airway smooth muscle relaxation impairment in asthma Title: Identification of pro-fibrotic versus pro-regenerative YAP/TAZ transcriptional complexes in lung epithelial cells |
| September 4, 2026 | Bruce Mazer Simon Rousseau | CIHR Presentation Title: Autoclaved peanuts versus standard peanuts as a treatment for peanut-allergy; A phase 2 Vanguard trial Title: Who should we act on? A decision tool for incidental bronchiectasis found on lung-cancer screening |
| September 11, 2026 | NO MEETING – CIHR grant deadline | |
| September 18, 2026 | OPEN SLOT | |
| September 25, 2026 | NO MEETING – 7th International Conference on Innate Immune Memory | |
| October 2, 2026 | James Martin | TBC |
| October 9, 2026 | Jun Ding | TBC |
| October 16, 2026 | Bryan Ross | TBC |
| October 23, 2026 | Basil Petrof | TBC |
| October 30, 2026 | Jonathon Campbell | TBC |
| November 6, 2026 | Eva Kaufmann | TBC |
| November 13, 2026 | Sushmita Pamidi | TBC |
| November 20, 2026 | Open | TBC |
| November 27, 2026 | Benjamin Smith | TBC |
| December 4, 2026 | Deborah Assayag | TBC |
| December 11, 2026 | RI-MUHC-wide Research Day (TBC) | |
| December 18, 2026 | HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! | |
| 2027 | ||
| January 8, 2027 | Dao Nguyen | TBC |
| January 15, 2027 | Kevin Schwartzman | TBC |
| January 22, 2027 | Maziar Divangahi | TBC |
| January 29, 2027 | Arnold Kristof | TBC |
| February 5, 2027 | CIHR Grant Presentation – OPEN SLOT | |
| February 12, 2027 | CIHR Grant Presentation – OPEN SLOT | |
| February 19, 2027 | CIHR Grant Presentation – OPEN SLOT | |
| February 26, 2027 | CIHR Grant Presentation – OPEN SLOT | |
| March 1-5, 2027 | CIHR DEADLINE & MCGILL SPRING BREAK | |
| March 12, 2027 | Faiz Ahmad Khan | TBC |
| March 19, 2027 | Elizabeth Fixman | TBC |
| March 26, 2027 | NO MEETING – Easter | |
| April 2, 2027 | Nicole Ezer | TBC |
| April 9, 2027 | NO MEETING – CANADIAN RESPIRATORY CONFERENCE | |
| April 16, 2027 | Dennis Jensen | TBC |
| April 23, 2027 | RESPIRATORY RESEARCH DAY (TBC) | |
| April 30, 2027 | Carolyn Baglole | TBC |
| May 7, 2027 | Nermin Diab | TBC |
| May 14, 2027 | NO MEETING – ATS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE | |
| May 21, 2027 | Salman Qureshi | TBC |
| May 28, 2027 | Anne-Marie Lauzon | TBC |
| June 4, 2027 | Tania Janaudis-Ferreira | TBC |
| June 11, 2027 | Sabah Hussain | TBC |