We are delighted to congratulate consortium member Prof. André Charette, who has been awarded the Compagnon de Lavoisier distinction, the highest honour bestowed by the Ordre des Chimistes du Québec. A leading figure in modern synthetic chemistry, Prof. Charette has made exceptional contributions to stereoselective synthesis, pioneered advances in green chemistry and continuous-flow synthesis, and…
We are delighted to congratulate consortium member Dr. David S. Wishart, who has received the 2025 Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, the country’s highest distinction in scientific research, awarded by NSERC. A pioneer in metabolomics, Dr. Wishart’s research is reshaping how we understand, detect, and treat disease. His commitment to making…
Our first Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place on October 20–21, 2025, at Mila, the Quebec AI Institute, and brought together more than 80 participants from academia, industry, and government. Over two days, attendees shared updates on research led by our principal investigators, explored new ideas during a lively poster session, and connected informally at…
Université de Montréal and the ECaPPH hub welcomed international delegates from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the World Health Organization (WHO) as part of the CEPI/WHO Medical Countermeasures Funders Forum. The visit brought together PandemicStop-AI, all CBRF-funded projects under ECaPPH’s umbrella, as well as Mila, D2R, and IVADO. Together, they showcased their contributions to Quebec’s pandemic…
We are excited to welcome four new professors to our consortium: Alex Hernandez-Garcia, Sarath Chandar, Sébastien Lemieux, and Michal Koziarski. Their expertise spans computational biology, deep learning, bioinformatics, and systems biology–all crucial fields that will strengthen our efforts in AI-accelerated antimicrobial resistance research. Alex Hernandez-Garcia (Université de Montréal / Mila) specializes in developing computational methods…
PandemicStop-AI recently welcomed Maxime Blanchette-Joncas, Member of Parliament, for a visit to two consortium laboratories led by Yves Brun and Anne Marinier, at the Université de Montréal. Mr. Blanchette-Joncas serves as Vice-Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research and as the Bloc Québécois spokesperson for innovation and science. His visit…
Five PandemicStop-AI labs, led by Yves Brun, Anne Marinier, Audrey Durand, Flavie Lavoie-Cardinal and Alex Hernandez-Garcia, recently hosted a delegation from the Pasteur Institute and the University of Würzburg at the Université de Montréal. Over four days, researchers exchanged insights on AI and antimicrobial resistance, with presentations including machine learning–guided bacterial image analysis, GFlowNets for…
PandemicStop-AI is thrilled to serve on the organizing committee of the Antimicrobial Resistance Québec (AMRQ) network and contribute to help federate AMR efforts in Quebec. AMRQ was co-founded and is led by PandemicStop-AI member Prof. Dao Nguyen (McGill) alongside Prof. Marc Ouellette (Laval). Our consortium helped design the vision and content of the first AMRQ…
Our consortium officially launched its activities with a kick-off meeting on April 4, 2025, at Mila, the Quebec AI Institute. The event brought together more than 80 participants from academia, the public sector and industry for a full day of presentations and discussions. The program featured talks by our principal investigators and consortium partners, highlighting…
