Simon Labbé

Prix et distinctions

• (2020) College of reviewers / Collège des évaluateurs des IRSC / CIHR. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR/IRSC). (Citation).
• (2016) Dean's honor for Professors and their Research Excellence. Recognition honor given by the Faculty of Medicine / Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé. Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé. (Honor).
• (2016) Dean's honor for Professors and their Research Excellence. Recognition honor given by the Faculty of Medicine / Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé. Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé. (Honor).
• (2011) Senior Scientist Scholarship from Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ) / Bourse de chercheur-boursier Senior. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS). (Prize / Award).
• (2009) Prix Pierre-et-Danielle-Bourgaux Award, Research Excellence Recognition Award given by the Faculty of Medicine / Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé. Université de Sherbrooke. (Distinction).
• (2009) Prix AGES Mention de reconnaissance pour l’excellence de l’enseignement au 1er cycle par l’Association Générale des Étudiants de Sciences de l’Université de Sherbrooke. Université de Sherbrooke. (Distinction).
• (2008) Prix AGES Mention de reconnaissance pour l’excellence de l’enseignement au 1er cycle par l’Association Générale des Étudiants de Sciences de l’Université de Sherbrooke. Université de Sherbrooke. (Distinction).
• (2008) Scientist Junior II from Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ) / Bourse de chercheur-boursier Junior II. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS). (Prize / Award).
• (2006) New Investigator Scholarship from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) / Bourse pour Nouveau Chercheur des Instituts de recherches en santé du Canada (IRSC). Canadian Institutes of Health Research. (Prize / Award).
• (2003) Junior I Scholarship from Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ) / Bourse de chercheur-boursier Junior I. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS). (Prize / Award).
• International Recognition from ExpertScape. Expertscape. (Distinction).

Financement

• Grant. (Awarded). Principal Investigator. Deciphering iron/heme homeostasis using the fission yeast model.. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Discovery grant. 290 000 $. (2020-2025)
• Grant. (Awarded). Principal Investigator. Les protéines Puf, nouveaux régulateurs du métabolisme cellulaire du fer.. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Subvention d'équipe. 240 500 $. (2020-2023)
• Grant. (Awarded). Principal Investigator. Détection rapide de COVID-19 directement d’écoulements nasaux.. Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation (MÉI). Appel à solutions à la COVID-19 - Operating. 203 200 $. (2020-2023)
• Grant. (Awarded). Co-investigator. National platform for robotized multi-viral RNA detection and strain identification.. Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). 330 932 $. (2020-2022)
• Grant. (Awarded). Co-investigator. Replacement of automated real-time PCR cluster.. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). 143 679 $. (2021-2022)
• Grant. (Awarded). Principal Investigator. Contact killing of COVID-19 by copper-based nanoparticles.. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Alliance. 50 000 $. (2020-2021)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Investigator. Deciphering heme-iron homeostasis using the fission yeast model.. (2015-2020)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Investigator. Droplet digital PCR pour la détection rapide de candidémie directement du sang avec l’information immédiate si la souche est résistante aux antifongiques.. CRCHUS - Centre de recherche du CHUS. PAFI - Financement interne pour projet innovant. 25 000 $. (2019-2020)
• Grant. (Completed). Co-investigator. Replacement for Microbial growth assay cluster.. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Tools & Instrument 1. 143 350 $. (2019-2020)
• Grant. (Completed). Co-investigator. Équipement 50TS microplate washer 8 well. CRCHUS. PERC. 10 000 $. (2019-2020)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Investigator. Key roles for metal-dependent proteins in meiotic differentiation.. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Project Grant. 100 000 $. (2017-2018)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Investigator. Études structurales et fonctionnelles d’une nouvelle classe de protéines transportant l’hème.. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Team Operating. 144 000 $. (2015-2018)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Investigator. Development of serodiagnostic biomarkers for Candidemia.. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Project Grant. 100 000 $. (2016-2017)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Investigator. New roles for copper metabolism proteins in meiotic differentiation.. (2011-2016)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Investigator. Approche translationnelle pour la détection d'hémoprotéines comme marqueurs lors de candidoses systémiques.. Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratory. Team Operating grant. 50 000 $. (2015-2016)
• Grant. (Completed). Co-investigator. High throughput protein immunolocalization analysis through virtual fluorescence imaging.. (2015-2016)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Investigator. Innovative and flexible tools for protein purification and molecule binding studies.. (2014-2016)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Investigator. Nouveau biomarqueur d'hème pour contrer les fongémies.. CRCHUS. PAFI. 25 000 $. (2015-2016)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Investigator. Molecular control of iron-sensing in yeast - Régulation de l'homéostasie du fer chez l'organisme modèle S. pombe. NSERC's Discovery Accelerator Supplements (DAS). (2010-2015)
• Grant. (Completed). Principal Investigator. Molecular control of iron-sensing in yeast.. (2010-2015)
• Grant. (Completed). Co-investigator. Development of department-wide bioinformatics solutions and their integration with experimental approaches.. (2011-2013)

Publications

Articles de revue

• *Asterisks are used for students under my supervision, whereas Beaudoin J and Jacques JF are my current and past research assistants, respectively. (2023). *Asterisks are used for the trainees and research assistants under my supervision. * Indicates HQP under my supervision. 1 1-2. (Accepted).
• Brault, A.*, Néré, R.*, Prados, J.*, Boudreault, S., Bisaillon, M., Marchand, P., Couture, P., and Labbé, S. (2022). Cellulosic copper nanoparticles and a hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectant trigger rapidinactivation of pseudoviral particles expressing the Spike protein ofSARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. Metallomics 14 1-22. (Published).
• Durand, M.*, Thibault, P., Lévesque, S., Brault, A.*, Carignan, A., Valiquette, L., Martin, P., and Labbé, S. (2022). Detection of severe acuterespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its first variants in fourplex real-timequantitative reverse transcription-PCR assays. Microbial Cell 9 1-20. (Published).
• Brault, A.*, Mbuya, B.*, and Labbé, S. (2022). Schizosaccharomyces pombeSib1, Sib2, and Sib3proteins are required for ferrichrome-mediated cross-feeding interactionbetween and. Frontiers in Microbiology 13 962853. (Published).
• Beaudoin, J.*, Normant, V.*, Brault, A.*, Henry, D. J., Bachand, F., Massé, É., Chua, G., and Labbé, S. (2021). Fission yeastRNA-binding proteins Puf2 and Puf4 are involved in repression of ferrireductaseFrp1 expression in response to iron. Molecular Microbiology 116 1361-1377. (Published).
• Normant, V.*, Brault, A.*, Avino, M., Mourer, T*., Vahsen, T*., Beaudoin, J.*, and Labbé, S. (2021). SchizosaccharomycespombeHemeprotein Tpx1interacts with cell-surface heme transporter Str3 in . Molecular Microbiology 115 699-722. (Published).
• Labbé, S, Mourer, T*, Brault, A* and Vahsen, T*. (2020). Machinery for fungal heme acquisition. Current Genetics 66 703-711. (Published).
• Yague-Sanz, C., Vanrobaeys, Y., Fernandez, R., Duval, M., Larochelle, M., Beaudoin, J.*, Berro, J., Labbé, S., Jacques, P.-É., and Bachand, F. (2020). Nutrient-dependentcontrol of RNA polymerase II elongation rate regulates specific gene expressionprograms by alternative polyadenylation. Genes & Development 34 883-897. (Published).
• Brault, A.* and Labbé, S. (2020). Schizosaccharomyces pombe.Iron deficiency leads to repression of a non-canonical methionine salvage pathway in. Molecular Microbiology 113 477-497. (Published).
• Mourer, T.*, Brault, A.*, and Labbé, S. (2019). Schizosaccharomyces pombe.Heme acquisition by Shu1 requires Nbr1 and proteins of the ESCRT complex in. Molecular Microbiology, In press, First published on-line August 23 112 1499-1518. (Published).
• Plante, S.* and Labbé, S. (2019). Schizosaccharomyces pombeSpore germination requires ferrichrome biosynthesis and the siderophore transporter Str1 in . Genetics 211 893-911. (Published).
• Beaudoin, J.*, Ioannoni, R.*, Normant, V.*, and Labbé, S. (2018). A role for the transcription factor Mca1 in activating the meiosis-specific copper transporter Mfc1. PLoS One 13 e0201861 (pp 1 - 31). (Published).
• Normant, V.*, Mourer, T.*, and Labbé, S. (2018). The major facilitator transporter Str3 is required for low-affinity heme acquisition in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Journal of Biological Chemistry 293 6349-6362. (Published).
• Plante, S.*, Normant, V.*, Ramos-Torres, K. M., and Labbé, S. (2017). Cell-surface copper transporters and superoxide dismutase 1 are essential for outgrowth during fungal spore germination. Journal of Biological Chemistry 292 11896-11914. (Published).
• Dlouhy, A. C., Beaudoin, J.*, Labbé, S., and Outten, C. E. (2017). Schizosaccharomyces pombe Grx4 regulates the transcriptional repressor Php4 via [2Fe-2S] cluster binding. Metallomics 9 1096-1105. (Published).
• Mourer, T.*, Normant, V.*, and Labbé, S. (2017). Schizosaccharomyces pombeHeme assimilation in requires cell surface-anchored protein Shu1 and vacuolar transporter Abc3. Journal of Biological Chemistry 292 4898-4912. (Published).
• Bird AJ and Labbé S. (2017). The Zap1 transcriptional activator negatively regulates translation of the RTC4 mRNA through the use of alternative 5' transcript leaders. Molecular Microbiology 106 673-677. (Published).
• Ioannoni, R.*, Brault, A.*, and Labbé, S. (2016). Cuf2 is a transcriptional co-regulator that interacts with Mei4 for timely expression of middle-phase meiotic genes. PLoS One 11 (3), e0151914. (Published).
• Brault, A.*, Rallis, C., Normant, V.*, Garant, J.M., Bahler, J., and Labbé, S. (2016). Php4 is a key player for iron economy in meiotic and sporulating cells. G3 - Genes/Genomes/Genetics 6 (10), 3015-3034. (Accepted).
• Normant, V.*, Beaudoin, J.*, and Labbé, S. (2015). An antisense RNA-mediated mechanism eliminates a meiosis-specific copper-regulated transcript in mitotic cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry 290 (37), 22622-22637. (Published).
• Brault, A.*, Mourer, T.*, and Labbé, S. (2015). Molecular basis of the regulation of iron homeostasis in fission and filamentous yeasts. IUBMB Life 67 (11), 1-15. (Published).
• Mourer, T.*, Jacques, JF*, Brault, A*, Bisaillon, M, Labbé, S. (2015). Shu1 is a cell-surface protein involved in iron acquisition from heme in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Journal of Biological Chemistry 290 10176-10190. (Published).
• Plante S.*, Ioannoni R.*, Beaudoin J.*, Labbé S. (2014). Characterization of Schizosaccharomyces pombe copper transporter proteins in meiotic and sporulating cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry 289 (14), 10168-10181. (Published).
• Khan, MGM*, Jacques, JF*, Beaudoin, J*, and Labbé, S. (2014). Characterization of the nuclear import mechanism of the CCAAT-regulatory subunit Php4. PLoS One 9 e110721 (pp 1-15). (Published).
• Jacques, JF*, Mercier, A*, Brault, A*, Mourer, T*, and Labbé, S. (2014). Fra2 is a co-regulator for Fep1 inhibition in response to iron starvation. PLoS One 9 e98959 (pp 1-12). (Published).
• Beaudoin J*, Ekici S, Daldal F, Ait-Mohand S, Guérin B, Labbé S. (2013). Copper transport and regulation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Biochemical Society Transactions 41 (6), 1679-1686. (Published).
• Labbé S , Khan MGM*, Jacques JF*. (2013). Iron uptake and regulation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Current Opinion in Microbiology 16 (6), 669-676. (Published).
• Beaudoin J*, Ioannoni R*, Mailloux S*, Plante S*, Labbé S. (2013). Transcriptional regulation of the copper transporter Mfc1 in meiotic cells. Eukaryotic Cell 12 (4), 575-590. (Published).
• Ioannoni R , Beaudoin J , Lopez-Maury L , Codlin S , Bahler J , Labbé S. (2012). Cuf2 is a novel meiosis-specific regulatory factor of meiosis maturation. PloS One 7 (4), e36338 (pp1-15). (Published).
• Ioannoni, R, Beaudoin, J, and Labbé, S. (2012). Mfc1 is a new meiosis-specific transporter. / Mfc1 est un nouveau transporteur de cuivre dédié à la méiose. Médecine Sciences Amérique (MSA) 1 1-6. (Published).
• Beaudoin, J , Ioannoni, R , Labbé, S. (2012). Mfc1 is a novel copper transporter during meiosis. Communicative & Integrative Biology 5 (2), 118-121. (Published).
• Vachon P , Mercier A , Jbel M , Labbé S. (2012). The monothiol glutaredoxin Grx4 exerts an iron-dependent inhibitory effect on Php4 function. Eukaryotic Cell 11 (6), 806-819. (Published).
• Beaudoin J , Thiele DJ , Labbé S , Puig S. (2011). Dissection of the relative contribution of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe Ctr4 and Ctr5 proteins to the copper transport and cell surface delivery functions. Microbiology 157 (Pt 4), 1021-1031. (Published).
• Jbel M , Mercier A , Labbé S. (2011). Grx4 monothiol glutaredoxin is required for iron limitation-dependent inhibition of Fep1. Eukaryotic Cell 10 (5), 629-645. (Published).
• Beaudoin J , Ioannoni R , López-Maury L , Bähler J , Ait-Mohand S , Guérin B , Dodani SC , Chang CJ , Labbé S. (2011). Mfc1 is a novel forespore membrane copper transporter in meiotic and sporulating cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry 286 (39), 34356-34372. (Published).
• Ioannoni R , Beaudoin J , Mercier A , Labbé S. (2010). Copper-dependent trafficking of the Ctr4-Ctr5 copper transporting complex. PloS One 5 (8), e11964 (pp 1-10). (Published).
• Mercier A , Labbé S. (2010). Iron-dependent remodeling of fungal metabolic pathways associated with ferrichrome biosynthesis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76 (12), 3806-3817. (Published).
• Labbé S. (2010). Simon Labbé's work on iron and copper homeostasis. World Journal of Biological Chemistry 1 (5), 196-200. (Published).
• Pouliot B , Jbel M , Mercier A , Labbé S. (2010). abc3+ encodes an iron-regulated vacuolar ABC-type transporter in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Eukaryotic Cell 9 (1), 59-73. (Published).
• Mercier A , Labbé S. (2009). Both Php4 function and subcellular localization are regulated by iron via a multistep mechanism involving the glutaredoxin Grx4 and the exportin Crm1. Journal of Biological Chemistry 284 (30), 20249-20262. (Published).
• Labbé S , Harrisson JF , Séguin C. (2009). Identification of sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins by Southwestern blotting. Methods in Molecular Biology 543 151-161. (Published).
• Jbel M , Mercier A , Pelletier B , Beaudoin J , Labbé S. (2009). Iron activates in vivo DNA binding of Schizosaccharomyces pombe transcription factor Fep1 through its amino-terminal region. Eukaryotic Cell 8 (4), 649-664. (Published).
• Peter C , Laliberté J , Beaudoin J , Labbé S. (2008). Copper distributed by Atx1 is available to copper amine oxidase 1 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Eukaryotic Cell 7 (10), 1781-1791. (Published).
• Mercier A , Watt S , Bähler J , Labbé S. (2008). Key function for the CCAAT-binding factor Php4 to regulate gene expression in response to iron deficiency in fission yeast. Eukaryotic Cell 7 (3), 493-508. (Published).
• LaRochelle O , Labbé S , Harrisson JF , Simard C , Tremblay V , St-Gelais G , Govindan MV , Séguin C. (2008). Nuclear factor-1 and metal transcription factor-1 synergistically activate the mouse metallothionein-1 gene in response to metal ions. Journal of Biological Chemistry 283 (13), 8190-8201. (Published).
• Laliberté J , Labbé S. (2008). The molecular bases for copper uptake and distribution: lessons from yeast. Médecine Sciences (M/S) 24 (3), 277-283. (Published).
• Beaudoin J , Labbé S. (2007). Crm1-mediated nuclear export of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe transcription factor Cuf1 during a shift from low to high copper concentrations. Eukaryotic Cell 6 (5), 764-775. (Published).
• Pelletier B , Mercier A , Durand M , Peter C , Jbel M , Beaudoin J , Labbé S. (2007). Expression of Candida albicans Sfu1 in fission yeast complements the loss of the iron-regulatory transcription factor Fep1 and requires Tup co-repressors. Yeast 24 (10), 883-900. (Published).
• Labbé S , Pelletier B , Mercier A. (2007). Iron homeostasis in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Biometals 20 (3-4), 523-537. (Published).
• Mercier A , Pelletier B , Labbé S. (2006). A transcription factor cascade involving Fep1 and the CCAAT-binding factor Php4 regulates gene expression in response to iron deficiency in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Eukaryotic Cell 5 (11), 1866-1881. (Published).
• Beaudoin J , Labbé S. (2006). Copper induces cytoplasmic retention of fission yeast transcription factor Cuf1. Eukaryotic Cell 5 (2), 277-292. (Published).
• Beaudoin J , Laliberté J , Labbé S. (2006). Functional dissection of Ctr4 and Ctr5 amino-terminal regions reveals motifs with redundant roles in copper transport. Microbiology 152 (Pt 1), 209-222. (Published).
• Laliberté J , Labbé S. (2006). Mechanisms of copper loading on the Schizosaccharomyces pombe copper amine oxidase 1 expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbiology 152 (Pt 9), 2819-2830. (Published).
• Pelletier B , Trott A , Morano KA , Labbé S. (2005). Functional characterization of the iron-regulatory transcription factor Fep1 from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Journal of Biological Chemistry 280 (26), 25146-25161. (Published).
• Laliberté J , Whitson LJ , Beaudoin J , Holloway SP , Hart PJ , Labbé S. (2004). The Schizosaccharomyces pombe Pccs protein functions in both copper trafficking and metal detoxification pathways. Journal of Biological Chemistry 279 (27), 28744-28755. (Published).
• Znaidi S , Pelletier B , Mukai Y , Labbé S. (2004). The Schizosaccharomyces pombe corepressor Tup11 interacts with the iron-responsive transcription factor Fep1. Journal of Biological Chemistry 279 (10), 9462-9474. (Published).
• Pelletier B , Beaudoin J , Philpott CC , Labbé S. (2003). Fep1 represses expression of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe siderophore-iron transport system. Nucleic Acids Research 31 (15), 4332-4344. (Published).
• Beaudoin J , Mercier A , Langlois R , Labbé S. (2003). The Schizosaccharomyces pombe Cuf1 is composed of functional modules from two distinct classes of copper metalloregulatory transcription factors. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278 (16), 14565-14577. (Published).
• Bellemare DR , Shaner L , Morano KA , Beaudoin J , Langlois R , Labbé S. (2002). Ctr6, a vacuolar membrane copper transporter in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Journal of Biological Chemistry 277 (48), 46676-46686. (Published).
• Pelletier B , Beaudoin J , Mukai Y , Labbé S. (2002). Fep1, an iron sensor regulating iron transporter gene expression in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Journal of Biological Chemistry 277 (25), 22950-22958. (Published).
• Bellemare DR , Sanschagrin M , Beaudoin J , Labbé S. (2001). A novel copper-regulated promoter system for expression of heterologous proteins in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Gene 273 (2), 191-198. (Published).
• Beaudoin J , Labbé S. (2001). The fission yeast copper-sensing transcription factor Cuf1 regulates the copper transporter gene expression through an Ace1/Amt1-like recognition sequence. Journal of Biological Chemistry 276 (18), 15472-15480. (Published).

Chapitres de livre

• Labbé, S., Beaudoin, J.* and Ioannoni, R.*. (2013). Copper transport in fungi. Valeria C Culotta and Robert S Scott. Metals in Cells in Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry; ISBN 978-1-119-95323-4. (163-174). United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons. (Published).
• Labbé, S, Harrisson, JF, and Séguin, C. (2009). Identification of sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins by Southwestern blotting. Moss, T and Leblanc, B. In Methods in Molecular Biology. Protein-DNA Interactions: Principles and Protocols 3rd ed. (151-161). United States of America : Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. (Published).
• Labbé, S., Beaudoin, J., Bellemare, D.R., and Pelletier, B. (2002). Regulatory responses to copper ions in fungi. Massaro, E.J.. Handbook of Copper Pharmacology and Toxicology. (571-587). United States of America : Humana Press. (Published).

Articles de conférence

• For simplicity, here, I listed only selected posters that were the most important. (2022). *Over the past 5 years (2017-22), my students have presented 65 posters and/or short talks in International, National, Provincial, and Institutional Meetings. Between 2012 and 2019, 10 of my students received prizes for their poster/talk presentations. (Accepted).
• Mbuya, B*, Brault, A.*, and Labbé, S. (2022). AfficheIdentification des bases moléculaires du piratage du fer entre deux espèces de levures. 49th édition de la Journée scientifique de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Canada, 17 juin, 2022. (Published).
• Vahsen, T.*, Brault, A*., and Labbé, S. (2022). AfficheIdentification of a novel role for the sulfiredoxin Srx1 in heme acquisition. 49th édition de la Journée scientifique de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Canada, 17 juin, 2022. (Published).
• Néré, R.*, Brault, A.*, Boudreault, S., Bisaillon, M., Marchand, P., Couture, P., and Labbé, S. (2022). AfficheLes nanoparticules de cuivre et le SaberTM abolissent le potentiel infectieux des pseudovirus exprimant la Spike du SARS-CoV-2 et du SARS-CoV. 49th édition de la Journée scientifique de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Canada, 17 juin, 2022. (Published).
• Néré, R.*, Prados, J.*, Brault, A.*, Boudreault, S., Bisaillon, M., Marchand, P., and Labbé, S. (2021). Agents virucides pour contrer les particulesvirales exprimant la protéine Spike de SARS-CoV-2. Journée Phare 2021, Orford, QC, 2 – 3 décembre, 2021 – 13ième Édition. (Published).
• Vahsen, T.* and Labbé, S. (2021). Découverte d’une fonction inédite pour la sulfirédoxine Srx1 : une nouvelle chaperonne d’hème. Journée Phare 2021, Orford, QC, 2 – 3 décembre, 2021 – 13ième Édition. (Published).
• Durand, M.*, Thibault, P., Lévesque, S., Brault, A.*, Carignan, A, Valiquette, L., Martin, P., and Labbé, S. (2021). Développement d’un essai cliniquepour le diagnostic rapide d’infections au coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 et de sespremiers variants par PCR multiplex en temps réel. Zoom - Selected for an oral presentation. 62e réunion annuelle du Club de Recherches Cliniques du Québec (CRCQ), 29 septembre au 1er octobre 2021. (Published).
• Prados, J.*, Néré, R.*, Brault, A.*, Boudreault, S., Bisaillon, M., Marchand, P., and Labbé, S. (2021). Effet virucide de nanoparticules de cuivre surdes pseudovirus exprimant la Spike de MERS-CoV. Journée Phare 2021, Orford, QC, 2 – 3 décembre, 2021 – 13ième Édition. (Published).
• Mbuya, B., Brault, A., and Labbé, S. (2021). Les sidérophores de S. pombe promeuvent la croissance de S. cerevisiae en carence de fer. Journée scientifique du 1er cycle 2021 de la Faculté de Médecine – FMSS de l’Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Canada, 17 septembre, 2021. (Published).
• Néré, R.*, Prados, J.*, Brault, A.*, Boudreault, S., Bisaillon, M., Marchand, P., Couture, P., and Labbé, S. (2021). Modèle d’étude pour l’élimination de particulesvirales modèles exprimant la protéine Spike de SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1 etMERS-CoV. Zoom - Selected for an oral presentation. 62e réunion annuelle du Club de Recherches Cliniques du Québec (CRCQ), 29 septembre au 1er octobre 2021. (Published).
• Brault, A.*, Néré, R.*, Prados, J.*, Boudreault, S., Bisaillon, M., Marchand, P., Couture, P., and Labbé, S. (2021). Présentation oraleAgents virucides afin de contrer la contaminationpar des particules virales modèles exprimant la protéine Spike, incluant cellede SARS-CoV-2. 88e Congrès de l’Association Canadienne-Française pour l’Avancement des Sciences (ACFAS). Sherbrooke, Canada, May 3-7, 2021. (Published).
• Vahsen, T.*, Brault, A.*, Normant, V.*, Beaudoin, J.*, Néré, R.*, and Labbé, S. (2021). Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Identification de nouvelles protéines participantà l’acquisition de l’hème chez l’organisme modèle. 88e Congrès de l’Association Canadienne-Française pour l’Avancement des Sciences (ACFAS). Sherbrooke, Canada, May 3-7, 2021. (Published).
• Brault, A.*, Mbuya, B.*, Plante, S.*, and Labbé, S. (2021). SchizosaccharomycespombeLa biosynthèse et sécrétion de sidérophores par permettent à d’autres levures d’envahir de nouvelles niches. 88e Congrès de l’Association Canadienne-Française pour l’Avancement des Sciences (ACFAS). Sherbrooke, Canada, May 3-7, 2021. (Published).
• Mourer, T.* and Labbé, S. (2020). SchizosaccharomycespombeÉtude du mécanisme d’acquisition de l’hème parle récepteur Shu1 chez ". Récipiendaire du du concours national -. Congrès National de la Société Française de Microbiologie (SFM). (Published).
• Larivière, M.-O.*, Brault, A.*, and Labbé, S. (2019). AfficheL’enzyme Mde1 de S. cerevisiae accompli le même travail au niveau de la troisième étape du cycle du MTA que les deux protéines Mde1 et Mta3 de S. pombe. Journée scientifique du 1er cycle 2019 de la Faculté de Médecine – FMSS de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Plante S.* and Labbé S. (2019). Implication des sidérophores au cours de la germination fongique. Symposium Simon-Pierre-Noël du Département de biochimie de l’Université de Montréal. (Published).
• Normant V* and Labbé S. (2019). Schizosaccharomyces pombeCaractérisation des protéines Str3 et Tpx1 dans l'homéostasie de l'hème chez la levure . -. Microbes. 15e Congrès National de la Société Française de Microbiologie (SFM). (Published).
• Brault A*. and Labbé S. (2019). The MTA cycle and its iron-dependent regulation. 2019 Gordon Research Conference on the Cell Biology of Metals – Organismal biology of metals and related metal complexes. (Accepted).
• Mourer, T.*, Normant, V.*, Durand, M., Grenier, C., Guay, M. P., Beaudoin, J.*, Carigan, A., Valiquette, L., Bisaillon, M., and Labbé, S. (2018). Approche translationnelle pour la détection et le traitement des candidoses systémiques. Colloque MERCK de la FMSS de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Brault, A.*, Plante, S.*, Carrier, M.-C., Massé, É., and Labbé, S. (2018). Caractérisation de la protéine à domaine hémérythrine Hry1. 47th édition de la Journée scientifique de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Mourer, T.*, Normant, V.*, Beaudoin, J.*, Durand, M., Thibault, P., Grenier, C., Guay, M.-P., Carignan, A., Valiquette, L., Bisaillon, M., and Labbé, S. (2018). Fast detection of candidemia by new immunological and DNA-based strategies. Journée Phare 2018 10ième édition. (Published).
• Mourer, T.*, Normant, V.*, Beaudoin, J.*, Grenier, C., Guay, M-P, Carignan, A., Valiquette, L., Bisaillon, M., and Labbé, S. (2018). Practical development of immunological and nucleotide-based strategies for rapid diagnosis of candidemia. 2018 FASEB - Trace elements in biology & Medicine. (Published).
• Normant, V.*, Mourer, T.*, and Labbé, S. (2018). Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Le transport de l’hème chez la levure à fission. Selected for an oral presentation at the – Journée Phare 2018 10ième édition. (Published).
• Normant, V.*, Beaudoin, J.*, Henry, D., Chua, G., and Labbé, S. (2018). SchizosaccharomycespombeRégulation post-transcriptionnelle des gènes d’acquisitiondu fer chez la levure . Journée Phare 2018. 10ième Édition. (Published).
• Normant, V.*, Mourer, T.*, and Labbé, S. (2018). Str3 protein is involved in heme transport in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. 31th Annual Canadian Student Health Research Forum. (Published).
• Mourer, T.*, Normant, V.*, Durand, M., Grenier, C., Guay, M. P., Beaudoin, J.*, Carigan, A., Valiquette, L., Bisaillon, M., and Labbé, S. (2018). Une approche combinatoire pour la détection des candidoses systémiques. 47ième Journée Scientifique de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Brault, A.*, Plante, S.*, Carrier, M.-C., Massé, É., and Labbé, S. (2018). Étude de Hry1, une nouvelle cible de Php4 contenant un domaine hémérythrine. Présentation orale à la 3ième édition du Symposium annuel de Proteomeus de la FMSS de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Mourer, T.*, Létourneau, D., Morency, L.-P., Najmanovich, R., Lavigne, P., Bisaillon, M., and Labbé, S. (2017). 2ième Prix de la Meilleure Affiche (over 65)Caractérisation biochimique du récepteur d’hème Shu1. 17e Symposium Annuel PROTEO. (Accepted).
• Mourer, T.*, Létourneau, D., Morency, L.-P., Najmanovich, R., Lavigne, P., Bisaillon, M., and Labbé, S. (2017). Identification d’antifongiques par caractérisation biochimique du récepteur d’hème Shu1. 2ième édition de la Journée scientifique du groupe Proteomeus de la FMSS de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Normant, V.*, Mourer, T.*, and Labbé, S. (2017). Identification d’un nouveau transporteur d’hème chez la levure à fission. 59e réunion annuelle du Club de Recherches Cliniques du Québec (CRCQ). (Published).
• Brault, A.*, and Labbé, S. (2017). Le "Methionine Salvage Pathway" chez la levure à fission. 2ième édition de la Journée scientifique du groupe Proteomeus de la FMSS de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Mourer, T.*, Létourneau, D., Morency, L.-P., Najmanovich, R., Lavigne, P., Bisaillon, M., and Labbé, S. (2017). Le récepteur d’hème Shu1 et sa caractérisation biochimique. 46th édition de la Journée scientifique de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Normant, V.*, Henry, D., Chua, G., and Labbé, S. (2017). Nouveaux régulateurs des ARN messagers des gènes d’acquisition du fer. Congrès Armand-Frappier 2017. (Published).
• Dlouhy, A. C., Beaudoin, J.*, Labbé, S., and Outten, C. E. (2017). S. pombe Grx4 regulates transcriptional repressor Php4 via [2Fe-2S] binding. 2017 Gordon Research Conference on the Cell Biology of Metals – Metals in physiology and disease. (Published).
• Mourer, T.*, Simard-Leboeuf, J.*, Létourneau, D., Lavigne, P., Bisaillon, M., and Labbé, S. (2017). Schizosaccharomyces pombe.Caractérisation biochimique de la protéine de surface Shu1 chez. Journée Phare 2017. 9ième édition. (Published).
• Normant, V.*, Henry, D., Chua, G., and Labbé, S. (2017). Schizosaccharomyces pombe.Caractérisation de deux protéines liant l’ARNm impliquées dans l’homéostasie du fer chez la levure. Journée Phare 2017. 9ième édition. (Published).
• Normant, V.*, Mourer, T.*, and Labbé, S. (2017). Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Caractérisation de la protéine Str3, nouveau transporteur d’hème chez la levure. 2ième édition de la Journée scientifique du groupe Proteomeus de la FMSS de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Brault, A.*, and Labbé, S. (2017). Schizosaccharomyces pombe.Le cycle du 5’-méthylthioadénosine (MTA) chez. 46th édition de la Journée scientifique de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Normant, V.*, Mourer, T.*, and Labbé, S. (2017). Schizosaccharomyces pombe.Str3 is a new protein involved in heme transport in. 17e Symposium Annuel PROTEO. (Accepted).
• Mourer, T.*, Létourneau, D., Lavigne, P., Bisaillon, M., and Labbé, S. (2017). Selected among the top 6 best posters (over 170) of the Conference.Biochemical characterization of Shu1, a protein that mediates heme acquisition. 2017 Gordon Research Conference on the Cell Biology of Metals – Metals in physiology and disease. (Accepted).
• Mourer, T.*, Normant, V.*, Beaudoin, J.*, Grenier, C., Guay, M-P, Carignan, A., Valiquette, L., Bisaillon, M., and Labbé, S. (2017). Selected for a presentation.Développement de biomarqueurs pour la détection précoce de patients candidémiques. 59e Club de Recherches Cliniques du Québec (CRCQ). (Accepted).
• Desfossés, A.*, Normant, V.*, Labbé, S. (2017). Stabilisation de la protéine Str3 à la surface cellulaire par la déubiquitinilase Ubp5. 13ième Journée scientifique du 1er cycle de la FMSS de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Normant, V.*, Mourer, T.*, and Labbé, S. (2017). Str3 is a hemoprotein involved in heme transport. 2017 Gordon Research Conference on the Cell Biology of Metals – Metals in physiology and disease. (Accepted).
• Normant, V.*, Mourer, T.*, and Labbé, S. (2017). Étude de la protéine Str3 impliquée dans l’homéostasie de l’hème chez la levure. 46th édition de la Journée scientifique de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Mourer, T.*, Morency, L-P, Bisaillon, M., and Labbé, S. (2016). 1er Prix Meilleur Poster.L’homéostasie de l’hème chez Schizosaccharomyces pombe : une ouverture vers la clinique. Journée Phare 2016. (Accepted).
• Normant, V.*, Mourer, T.*, and Labbé, S. (2016). Implication de la protéine Str3 dans l’assimilation d’hème chez la levure Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Journée Phare 2016. (Published).
• Mourer, T.*, Jacques, J.-F.*, Bisaillon M., and Labbé, S. (2016). Mécanisme d’acquisition de l’hème chez la levure à fission. 45th édition de la Journée scientifique de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Brault, A.*, Rallis, C., Bahler, J. and Labbé, S. (2016). Php4, la sous-unité fer-dépendante du complexe de régulation CCAAT nécessaire à la méiose. 1ère édition de la Journée scientifique du groupe Proteomeus de la FMSS de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Normant, V.*, Mourer, T.*, and Labbé, S. (2016). Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Caractérisation du transporteur d’hème Str3 chez la levure. 1ère édition de la Journée scientifique du groupe Proteomeus de la FMSS de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Normant, V.*, Mourer, T.*, and Labbé S. (2016). Schizosaccharomyces pombe.Rôle de la protéine Str3 dans le transport de l’hème chez la levure. 45th édition de la Journée scientifique de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Mourer, T.*, Jacques, J.F.*, Bisaillon, M., and Labbé, S. (2015). 1er Prix Meilleure Presentation orale.Shu1 and heme assimilation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Journée Phare 2015. (Published).
• Brault, A.*, Rallis, C., Bahler, J. and Labbé, S. (2015). Caractérisation de Php4, une sous-unité du complexe de régulation fer-dépendant CCAAT, dans les cellules méiotiques. 44th édition de la Journée scientifique de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Dlouhy, A. C., Labbé, S., Outten, C. E. (2015). Schizosaccharomyces pombe Grx4 forms a [2Fe-2S] cluster-bound complex with Php4 to inhibit its transcriptional function. 2015 Gordon Research Conference on the Cell Biology of Metals – Mechanisms from Microbes to Humans. (Published).
• Brault, A.*, Rallis, C., Bahler, J. and Labbé, S. (2015). Selected among the top 8 best posters (over 100) of the Conference.Characterization of the iron-responsive CCAAT-regulatory subunit Php4 in meiotic cells. 2015 Gordon Research Conference on the Cell Biology of Metals – Mechanisms from Microbes to Humans. (Published).
• Mourer, T.*, Jacques, J.F.*, Bisaillon, M., and Labbé, S. (2015). Shu1 and heme acquisition in fission yeast. 2015 Gordon Research Conference on the Cell Biology of Metals – Mechanisms from Microbes to Humans. (Published).
• Normant, V.*, Beaudoin, J.*, and Labbé, S. (2014). A novel gene is regulated in a copper- and Cuf1-dependent manner in meiotic cells. 9th International Copper Meeting – Copper in Biology. (Published).
• Khan, M.G.M.*, Jacques, J.F.*, and Labbé, S. (2014). Identification des séquences de localisation nucléaire de Php4, un facteur essentiel à la survie cellulaire en carence de fer. 43th édition de la journée scientifique de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Khan, M.G.M.*, Jacques, J.F.*, and Labbé, S. (2014). Modulation of Php4 nuclear localization. 2014 FASEB Summer Research Conference – Trace Elements in Biology and Medicine. (Published).
• Dlouhy, A., Li, H., Mapolelo, D., Zhang, B., Labbé, S., Johnson, M.K., and Outten, C.E. (2014). One of three posters selected for best poster award.Investigating the roles of monothiol glutaredoxins in cellular iron homeostasis. 2014 FASEB Summer Research Conference – Trace Elements in Biology and Medicine. (Published).
• Brault, A.* and Labbé, S. (2014). Schizosaccharomyces pombe.Caractérisation du répresseur de l’utilisation du fer Php4 en méiose chez. 43th édition de la Journée scientifique de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Plante, S.*, Ioannoni, R.*, Beaudoin, J.*, and Labbé, S. (2014). Selected for a presentation.Copper transporters during meiotic differentiation. 2014 International Smyte Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics. (Published).
• Mourer, T.*, Jacques, J.F.*, Bisaillon, M., and Labbé, S. (2014). Selected for a presentation.Shu1, a novel protein requires for iron acquisition from heme. 2014 International Smyte Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics. (Published).
• Mourer, T.*, and Labbé, S. (2014). Shu1, une nouvelle hémoprotéine. 2ième Journée de la recherche de l’Axe Inflammation-Douleur. (Published).
• Normant, V.*, Beaudoin, J.*, and Labbé, S. (2014). cum1+, un nouveau gène méiotique régulé de façon cuivre-dépendante. 2ième Journée de la recherche de l’Axe Inflammation-Douleur. (Published).
• Dlouhy, A., Labbé, S., and Outten C. (2013). An [2Fe-2S]cluster-bound complex is formed between Php4 and the monothiol glutaredoxin Grx4. 2013 Gordon Research Conference on the Cell Biology of Metals. (Published).
• Ioannoni, R.*, Beaudoin, J.*, Lanthier, A.*, and Labbé, S. (2013). Cuf2 functions in a timely controlled repression of middle genes during meiotic differentiation. 1er Symposium – Conférences Interdisciplinaires sur le Cancer. (Published).
• Dlouhy, A., Labbé, S., and Outten C. (2013). S. pombe Grx4 forms a [2Fe-2S] cluster-bound complex with Php4 to inhibit its transcriptional function. 7th International Conference on Iron-sulfur Cluster Biogenesis and Regulation - Edition 2013. (Published).
• Brault, A.*, Ioannoni, R.*, Beaudoin, J.* and Labbé, S. (2013). Saccharomyces cerevisae. Expression hétérologue de Cuf2 chez. Symposium de Biochimie de la santé 2013. (Published).
• Brault, A.* and Labbé, S. (2013). Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Caractérisation de la protéine Php4 en méiose chez. 9e Journée scientifique du 1er cycle de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Khan, M.G.M.*, and Labbé, S. (2013). Schizosaccharomyces pombeNuclear import mechanism of Php4 in the fission yeast . 42th édition de la journée scientifique de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. (Published).
• Ioannoni, R., Beaudoin, J., Lanthier, A., Lopez-Maury, L., Bahler, J., and Labbé, S. (2012). Cuf2, a novel meiosis-specific regulatory factor for meiosis maturation. 8th International Copper Meeting – Copper in Biology - Edition 2012. (Accepted).
• Plante, S., Beaudoin, J., and Labbé, S. (2012). Expression profiles of members of the copper transporter (Ctr) family during meiosis. 8th International Copper Meeting – Copper in Biology. Edition 2012. (Accepted).
• Vachon, P., Mercier, A., Jbel, M., Khan, Md G. M., and Labbé, S. (2012). Interactions between the iron-regulatory subunit Php4 and the glutaredoxin Grx4. 2012 FASEB Summer Research Conference – Trace Element Metabolism in Biology and Medicine. (Accepted).
• Ioannoni, R., Beaudoin, J., Lopez-Maury, L., Codlin, S., Bähler, J., and Labbé, S. (2011). Cuf2 functions in the timely repression of middle genes during meiotic differentiation. 6th International Fission Yeast Meeting - Edition 2011. (Accepted).
• Jbel, M., Mercier, A., and Labbé, S. (2011). Grx4 monothiol glutaredoxin acts as an inhibitory partner for the iron-dependent regulator Fep1. 6th International Fission Yeast Meeting - Edition 2011. (Accepted).
• Vachon, P., Mercier, A., Jbel, M., and Labbé, S. (2011). Iron-mediated inhibition of Php4 function requires the monothiol glutaredoxin Grx4. 6th International Fission Yeast Meeting - Edition 2011. (Accepted).
• Beaudoin, J., Ioannoni, R., López-Maury, L., Bähler, J., Ait-Mohand, S., Guérin, B., Chang, C. J., and Labbé, S. (2011). Mfc1 is a copper transporter that functions in fission yeast meiosis and sporulation. 2011 Cell Biology of Metals - Gordon Research Conference. (Accepted).
• Labbé, S., Beaudoin, J., Ioannoni, R., López-Maury, L., Bähler, J., Ait-Mohand, S., Guérin, B., Chang, C. J. (2011). Schizosaccharomyces pombe.Discovery of a novel meiosis-specific copper transporter in. 6th International Fission Yeast Meeting - Edition 2011. (Accepted).
• Ioannoni, R., Beaudoin, J., Lopez-Maury, L., Bähler, J., and Labbé, S. (2010). Cuf2, a meiosis-specific transcriptional regulator. 2010 International Copper Meeting – Copper in Biology. (Published).
• Beaudoin, J., Lopez-Maury, L., Bähler, J., and Labbé, S. (2010). Selected for a presentation.Mfc1, a meiosis-specific copper transporter. International Copper Meeting – Copper in Biology. Edition 2010. (Published).
• Ioannoni, R., Beaudoin, J., Mercier, A., and Labbé, S. (2010). Visualization of the Ctr4-Ctr5 copper transporting complex by bimolecular fluorescence complementation in fission yeast. 2010 FASEB Summer Research Conference – Trace Element Metabolism in Biology and Medicine. (Published).
• Jbel, M., Mercier, A., Pelletier, B., Beaudoin, J., and Labbé S. (2009). Iron-regulated binding of Fep1 to chromatin. 2009 Cell Biology of Metals – Metal Metabolism and Diseases - Gordon Research Conference. (Published).
• Mercier, A., and Labbé S. (2009). Php4 undergoes iron-regulated nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling in a Grx4- and Crm1- dependent manner. 2009 Cell Biology of Metals – Metal Metabolism and Diseases - Gordon Research Conference. (Published).

Autres contributions

Cours enseignés

• Génétique fondamentale et appliquée. GNT-305. (2015-11-27).
• Biologie moléculaire. BIM-501. (2015-05-05).
• Clonage moléculaire. BCM-114. (2015-01-06).
• Éléments de protéomique. BCM-610. (2015-01-06).

Gestion d'évènements

• Committee member for professor eligibility to supervise graduate students. (2020-2025) Committee to evaluate professor eligibility and competence to supervise graduate students. (Association).
• Faculty representative for PhD defense and examination. (2020-2023) Faculty representative for PhD defense and examination. (Seminar).
• Committee member for Tremplin Competition at the University of Sherbrooke. (2019-2021) Committee member for Tremplin Competition at the University of Sherbrooke. (Association).
• Member of Education Committee CCEC. (2018-2021) Member of Education Committee CCEC. (Association).
• Member of radioprotection. (2018-2020) Member of radioprotection safety. (Association).
• Member of Tenure Committee for promoting professors. (2013-2014) Evaluation of professors. (Association).

Activités de collaboration internationale

• Collaborator. Canada. Dr Michelle Scott, Université de Sherbrooke.Analysis of global gene expression by RNA-Seq analysis.
• Collaborator. Canada. Dr Éric Massé, Université de Sherbrooke. RNA methods and biochemical approaches.

Présentations

• (2021). Labbé S. ''Heme homeostasis in fungi.''. International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies – Pacifichem 2021. Symposium "Moving Metals Around". Honolulu, Hawaii. United States of America
• (2019). Labbé S., Normant V.*, and Mourer T.* ''Heme acquisition by yeasts''. 2019 Microbiology and Molecular Genetics series" at the McGovern Medical School – Health Science Center, University of Texas, Houston. Houston, United States of America
• (2018). Labbé S., Normant V.*, and Mourer T.* ''Str3 is an additional cell-surface heme acquisition protein in Schizosaccharomyces pombe''. 2018 FASEB Summer Research Conference – Trace Elements in Biology & Medicine. Granlibakken Resort, Lake Tahoe, CA, United States of America
• (2017). Labbé S., Mourer T.*, and Normant V.* ''Spotlight on Schizosaccharomyces pombe heme acquisition proteins''. 2017 Gordon Research Conference on the Cell Biology of Metals. Mount Snow, Vermont, United States of America
• (2016). Labbé S., Brault A.*, Plante S.*, and Beaudoin J.* ''Homéostasie des oligos-éléments chez les espèces fongiques.''. Symposium Annuel Proteomeus - 2016. Sherbrooke, Canada
• (2014). Labbé S, Plante S.*, Ioannoni R.*, and Beaudoin J.* ''Copper metabolism proteins in meiotic differentiation''. 9th International Copper Meeting on Copper in Biology. Vico Equense, Italy
• (2014). Labbé S., Plante S.*, Ioannoni R.*, and Beaudoin J.* ''Copper transporters during meiotic differentiation.''. 2014 International Smyte Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics. Montréal, Canada
• (2013). Labbé S., Ioannoni R.*, and Beaudoin J.* ''Découverte d’un nouveau transporteur méiotique.''. Symposium Simon-Pierre-Noël du Département de biochimie de l’Université de Montréal. Montreal, Canada
• (2013). Labbé S., Ioannoni R.*, and Beaudoin J.* ''Mfc1 function and regulation during meiosis.''. University Concordia as part of the life sciences seminar series. Montreal, Canada
• (2013). Labbé S., Ioannoni R.*, and Beaudoin J.* ''Molecular control of the meiosis-specific copper transporter Mfc1.''. 7th International Fission Yeast Meeting – Pombe 2013. EMBO Conference. London, United Kingdom
• (2013). Labbé S., Ioannoni R.*, and Beaudoin J.* ''Une nouvelle cuproprotéine requise lors de la méiose.''. Seminar series - CHUQ. Quebec, Canada
• (2013). Labbé S., Khan M.G.M.*, Jacques J.-F.* ''Iron homeostasis in the model eukaryote S. pombe.''. 2013 Gordon Research Conference on the Cell Biology of Metals. Newport, Salve Regina University, United States of America
• (2012). Regulation of meiosis-specific copper transporter gene expression. 8th International Meeting on "Copper in Biology" – Copper 12. Alghero, Island of Sardinia, Italy
• (2012). Trace element transporters and permeases. 2012 FASEB – Trace element metabolism in biology and medicine. Steamboat, United States of America
• (2011). Control of iron homeostasis in the fungus Schizosaccharomyces pombe. 2011 Meeting on Intra- and Inter Transport and Communication - IITC, Marburg, Germany. Marburg, Germany
• (2011). Molecular response to iron deficiency. Seminar Series - Department of Biology, Queen's University. Kingston, Canada
• (2010). Mfc1, a meiosis-specific copper transporter. 7th International Meeting on "Copper in Biology". Alghero, Island of Sardinia, Italy
• (2010). Visualization of the Ctr4-Ctr5 copper transporting complex by bimolecular fluorescence complementation in fission yeast. 2010 FASEB Summer Research Conference - Trace Element Metabolism in Biology & Medicine. Snowmass, United States of America
• (2009). A new mechanism for preservation of iron in eukaryotic cells. Seminar series - Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research. Montreal, Canada
• (2009). Iron deficiency response in the model eukaryote Schizosaccharomyces pombe. 59th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists – Microbial Metals: Acquisition and Utilization. Montreal, Canada
• (2008). A novel mechanism for the iron-sparing response. 2008 Annual Microbiological Society Meeting: Microbial Stress Response; prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Daejeon, Korea, North
• (2008). Guardians of metal homeostasis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. 2008 Symposium of Stress Response of Eukaryotic Microorganisms. Seoul, Korea, North
• (2007). Metals in endocytic and internal compartments. 2007 Gordon Research Conference on the Cell Biology of Metals. Newport - Salve Regina University, United States of America