User:Gabriel Marceau

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Regular mail (aka slow mail)

CHU Sainte-Justine Laboratory of pediatric liver diseases, Dr Fernando Alvarez 3175 chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine Montreal, Québec Canada, H3T 1C5 (514) 345-4834 e-mail gabriel_marceau AT yahoo DOT ca links Academia.edu BiomedExperts LinkedIn

General Interests

 * Virology
 * Antigenic mimicry
 * Immune Evasion
 * Neurovirology
 * Immunology
 * Neuroimmunology
 * History (particularly science)

Techniques

 * Histology
 * Cryostat ultra thin sections
 * Hematoxylin and eosin staining
 * Luxol fast blue staining
 * Immunohistochemistry labelling  antibodies / DAB
 * Molecular biology
 * Molecular cloning
 * Protein production in bacteria
 * Protein purification (antibodies)
 * Immunology
 * Flow cytometry
 * ELISA
 * Proliferation assays
 * Virology
 * Amplification
 * Plaque forming assay titration
 * Detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
 * Cell culture (primary and cell lines)
 * Mouse spleen cells
 * Liver infiltrating lymph nodes
 * Purification and culture of mouse T lymphocytes
 * Spleen
 * Lymph nodes
 * Liver
 * Central nervous system
 * Animal experimentation
 * Mouse

Protocols

 * Cell counting/hemacytometer
 * Hemacytometer

Diplomas

 * Ph.D. Virology and immunology, INRS - Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Canada, 2003-2010
 * M.Sc. Microbiology and immunology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, 2001-2003
 * B.Sc. Molecular biology and biotechnology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada, 1997-2001

Scholarships

 * Travel Award, NeuroInflammation Training Program (IRSC/FRSQ), 2008
 * Travel Award, Fondation Armand-Frappier, 2007
 * Travel Award, NeuroInflammation Training Program (IRSC/FRSQ), 2007
 * Award, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, 2007-2008
 * Travel Award, NeuroInflammation Training Program (IRSC/FRSQ), 2006
 * Award, Fondation Armand-Frappier / RBC Groupe Financier, 2005-2006
 * Award, NeuroInflammation Training Program (IRSC/FRSQ), 2004-2006
 * Award, Fondation Armand-Frappier / RBC Groupe Financier, 2004-2005
 * Award, Fondation Armand-Frappier / RBC Groupe Financier, 2003-2004
 * Award, Département microbiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal, 2002

Papers

 * 1) Jacomy2010 pmid=20642316
 * 2) Marceau2005 pmid=16037945
 * 3) Vitozzi2004 pmid=15497455
 * 4) Beland2004 pmid=14987745

Books/Sections
Francine Lambert, Hélène Jacomy, Gabriel Marceau, Pierre J. Talbot. Chapter 8: Titration of human coronaviruses, HCoV-229E and HCoV-OC43, by an Indirect Immunoperoxidase Assay.
 * 1) Lambert2008 isbn=978-1-58829-867-6

Master's thesis

 * Gabriel Marceau. 2003. [Infection by hepatitis C virus and autoantibodies against cytochrome P450IID6: role of molecular mimicry]-French. Université de Montréal.

Doctoral thesis

 * Gabriel Marceau. 2010. [Transient immunosuppression in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis]-French. INRS - Institut Armand-Frappier.

Talks

 * Igal Ifergan, Hania Kebir, Gabriel Marceau, Monique Bernard, Pierre Talbot, Nathalie Arbour and Alexandre Prat. VLA-4-Dependent Recruitment of Effector Memory CD8+ T Lymphocytes into the Central Nervous System. FOCIS2009 June 11-14, 2009. San Francisco, CA, USA. Clin Immunol, 131: S11 (S1), 2009.
 * Gabriel Marceau and Pierre Talbot. Immunomodulation by a neurovirulent coronavirus. 57th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Microbiologists June 17-20, 2007. Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
 * Gabriel Marceau et Pierre Talbot. [Immunomodulation by a neurovirulent coronavirus]-French. May 18, 2006. Colloque – Dialogues entre le système nerveux central et le système immunitaire. 74ème Congrès de l’ACFAS: Le savoir trame de la modernité du 15 au 19 mai 2006. Université McGill, Montréal, Canada.
 * Gabriel Marceau and Pierre Talbot. Immunomodulation by a neurovirulent murine coronavirus. Mai 12, 2006. 1st Annual Neuroinflammation Symposium. Douglas Hospital, Montréal, Canada.
 * Gabriel Marceau, Pascal Lapierre, Hugo Soudeyns et Fernando Alvarez. [Infection by hepatitis C virus and autoantibodies against cytochrome P450IID6: role of molecular mimicry]-French. November 6-8, 2003. Congrès INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier 2003. Manoir du Lac Delage, Stoneham, Canada.
 * Kathie Béland, Pascal Lapierre, Gabriel Marceau and Fernando Alvarez. Anti-LC1 autoantibodies in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. October 2-5, 2003. North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 16th Annual meeting. Hotel Fairmont Queen Elisabeth, Montréal, Canada. JPGN, 37: 393 (A211), 2003.
 * Gabriel Marceau, Pascal Lapierre, Hugo Soudeyns et Fernando Alvarez. [Infection by hepatitis C virus and autoantibodies against cytochrome P450IID6: role of molecular mimicry]-French. June 6, 2003. XVIIIème congrès annuel de la recherche des étudiants gradués et post-gradués. Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Ste-Justine, Montréal, Canada.

Posters

 * Gabriel Marceau, Hélène Jacomy, Marc Desforges, Claude Daniel and Pierre J. Talbot. Transient immunosuppression by a neurovirulent coronavirus in an animal model of multiple sclerosis. June 22-27, 2008. XIth International Nidovirus Symposium. St. Catherine’s College Oxford, UK.
 * Gabriel Marceau and Pierre J. Talbot. Immunomodulation by a neurovirulent murine coronavirus. December 7-10 2007. EndMS.ca. Fairmont Banffsprings, Banff, Canada.
 * Gabriel Marceau and Pierre Talbot. Immunomodulation by a neurovirulent murine coronavirus. May 11-12, 2007. 2nd Annual Neuroinflammation Symposium. Château Bromont, Bromont, Canada.
 * Gabriel Marceau and Pierre Talbot. Immunomodulation by a neurovirulent murine coronavirus. June 9-12, 2006. Canadian Society for Immunology 2006 Annual Meeting. The Westin Nova Scotian Hotel, Halifax, Canada.
 * Gabriel Marceau et Pierre J. Talbot. [Caracterisation of autoimmunity induced by the murine coronavirus in a model of demyelination of the central nervous system]-French. November 3-5, 2005. 4ème Congrès Armand-Frappier. Auberge du Lac-à-l’Eau-Claire, Canada.
 * Pascal Lapierre, Gabriel Marceau, Hugo Soudeyns and Fernando Alvarez. Autoantibodies in Hepatitis C Chronic Infection: A Case of Molecular Mimicry? July 18-23, 2004. 12th International Congress of Immunology. Palais des Congrès, Montréal, Canada. Clin. Invest. Med., 27: 91A (M6.83), 2004.
 * Gabriel Marceau, Pascal Lapierre, Hugo Soudeyns and Fernando Alvarez. (Poster of distinction) Hepatitis C virus chronic infection with anti-cytochrome P450IID6 autoantibodies : implication of molecular mimicry. October 2-5, 2003. North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 16th Annual meeting. Hotel Fairmont Queen Elisabeth, Montréal, Canada. JPGN, 37: 380 (A160), 2003.
 * Gabriel Marceau, Pascal Lapierre, Hugo Soudeyns et Fernando Alvarez. [Infection par le virus de l’hépatite C et autoanticorps dirigés contre le cytochrome P450IID6 : rôle du mimétisme moléculaire]-French. January 22, 2003. Congrès des stagiaires de recherche en santé de la Faculté de médecine, du CHUM et des Centres hospitaliers et instituts affiliés à l’Université de Montréal. Palais des Congrès, Montréal, Canada. Médecine Sciences, 19: S40 (A220), 2003.

Student Affairs
Present Past (AGEIAF INRS - Institut Armand-Frappier)
 * None
 * Student Representative, Documentation Services Committee
 * Student Representative, Virology and Immunology Program Committee
 * Student Representative, Biosecurity Committee

Scientific Associations

 * American Society for Virology
 * Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS)
 * Canadian Cytometry Association
 * Canadian Society for Immunology
 * Canadian Society for Microbiologists
 * International Society of NeuroImmunology
 * International Society for NeuroVirology

Other Associations

 * Amnesty International
 * Care Canada
 * Développement et Paix
 * Equiterre
 * The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem - Priory of Canada

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