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Eric Gauthier

Eric Gauthier

Director, School of Natural Sciences
School of Natural Sciences
Science, Engineering and Architecture
Full Professor, School of Natural Sciences
School of Natural Sciences
Science, Engineering and Architecture
F-422, Science Building
705.675.1151 ext 2119 egauthier@laurentian.ca

Education

  • B.Sc. Biochemistry - Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  • Ph.D. Molecular and Cellular Biology - Université Laval

On The Web

http://www.cellbiochem.ca/
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Research

My research team and I are interested in the molecular and cellular events involved in the initiation, execution and regulation of cell death in mammalian cells. We  focus on two main facets of this problem:

1) a fundamental aspect, where we investigate the intracellular signals triggered by the amino acid L-glutamine, and which lead to cell survival. This research has recently found immediate application to medicine, since glutamine is an important amino acid for the survival of several types of cancers.

2) a more applied focus, where the impact of the modulation of cell death on the behaviour of cells of biotechnological interest is investigated.