Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe
@ilafores.bsky.social
Associate professor @ U. de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Mother of 1
Microbial ecologist using -omics, bioinformatics, & biostats to study host-microbe interactions in plants and humans
I speak French, English, Spanish, and Catalan
laforestlab.com
Mother of 1
Microbial ecologist using -omics, bioinformatics, & biostats to study host-microbe interactions in plants and humans
I speak French, English, Spanish, and Catalan
laforestlab.com
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Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Reposted by Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe
A really cool experience I was fortunate enough to participate in during our exchange with the @creaf.cat in Catalonia, Spain.
www.creaf.cat/en/articles/...
@cef-cfr.bsky.social @biologieuqam.bsky.social @ilafores.bsky.social @morganeurli.bsky.social @carlyziter.bsky.social @ovillemaire.bsky.social
www.creaf.cat/en/articles/...
@cef-cfr.bsky.social @biologieuqam.bsky.social @ilafores.bsky.social @morganeurli.bsky.social @carlyziter.bsky.social @ovillemaire.bsky.social
The challenge of negotiating: put yourself to the test with a role-playing simulation
A scientific delegation from Quebec visits CREAF to take part in a role-playing simulation exploring how science, politics, and society negotiate an energy project.
www.creaf.cat
October 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A really cool experience I was fortunate enough to participate in during our exchange with the @creaf.cat in Catalonia, Spain.
www.creaf.cat/en/articles/...
@cef-cfr.bsky.social @biologieuqam.bsky.social @ilafores.bsky.social @morganeurli.bsky.social @carlyziter.bsky.social @ovillemaire.bsky.social
www.creaf.cat/en/articles/...
@cef-cfr.bsky.social @biologieuqam.bsky.social @ilafores.bsky.social @morganeurli.bsky.social @carlyziter.bsky.social @ovillemaire.bsky.social
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🌱 Join us tomorrow for the seminar by Isabel Laforest-Lapointe (@ilafores.bsky.social) from the Sherbrooke University
👀 Don't miss it!
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/rnnzyjrwez
👀 Don't miss it!
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/rnnzyjrwez
October 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🌱 Join us tomorrow for the seminar by Isabel Laforest-Lapointe (@ilafores.bsky.social) from the Sherbrooke University
👀 Don't miss it!
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/rnnzyjrwez
👀 Don't miss it!
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/rnnzyjrwez
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This work thanks to a fantastic group of grad students, including @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social @antoinepelletier.bsky.social @s-gauthier.bsky.social, 3 @usherbrooke.bsky.social undergrad coop students and collaborators Rosaëlle Perreault and @ilafores.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This work thanks to a fantastic group of grad students, including @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social @antoinepelletier.bsky.social @s-gauthier.bsky.social, 3 @usherbrooke.bsky.social undergrad coop students and collaborators Rosaëlle Perreault and @ilafores.bsky.social
Reposted by Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe
Now out in @newphyt.bsky.social from @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social. We investigated the link between induction of chloroplastic ROS and the production of SA in defense and its suppression by effectors, as well as the importance of ABA in this phenomenon
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Now out in @newphyt.bsky.social from @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social. We investigated the link between induction of chloroplastic ROS and the production of SA in defense and its suppression by effectors, as well as the importance of ABA in this phenomenon
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Everything Evolves: Why Young Scientists Should Read Beyond the Literature
As scientists, we are trained to read papers, and lots of them. We learn to scan abstracts, dissect methods, and critique results. Yet sometimes, stepping outside the narrow corridors of peer-reviewed literature can offer a…
As scientists, we are trained to read papers, and lots of them. We learn to scan abstracts, dissect methods, and critique results. Yet sometimes, stepping outside the narrow corridors of peer-reviewed literature can offer a…
Everything Evolves: Why Young Scientists Should Read Beyond the Literature
As scientists, we are trained to read papers, and lots of them. We learn to scan abstracts, dissect methods, and critique results. Yet sometimes, stepping outside the narrow corridors of peer-reviewed literature can offer a much-needed breath of intellectual fresh air. That’s exactly what I found in Everything Evolves, the latest book by my colleague at UdeS: Mark Vellend.
isabellelaforestlapointe.wordpress.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Everything Evolves: Why Young Scientists Should Read Beyond the Literature
As scientists, we are trained to read papers, and lots of them. We learn to scan abstracts, dissect methods, and critique results. Yet sometimes, stepping outside the narrow corridors of peer-reviewed literature can offer a…
As scientists, we are trained to read papers, and lots of them. We learn to scan abstracts, dissect methods, and critique results. Yet sometimes, stepping outside the narrow corridors of peer-reviewed literature can offer a…
Offre de MSc avec @pbbeauregard.bsky.social Mirella Aoun et moi #agriculture #durable #écologie #microbienne
Open MSc position #sustainable #agriculture #microbial #ecology
Un partenariat entre Bishop's University & @usherbrooke.bsky.social
C'est le temps d'appliquer! 🕐🤩
Time to apply! 🕐🤩
Open MSc position #sustainable #agriculture #microbial #ecology
Un partenariat entre Bishop's University & @usherbrooke.bsky.social
C'est le temps d'appliquer! 🕐🤩
Time to apply! 🕐🤩
July 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Offre de MSc avec @pbbeauregard.bsky.social Mirella Aoun et moi #agriculture #durable #écologie #microbienne
Open MSc position #sustainable #agriculture #microbial #ecology
Un partenariat entre Bishop's University & @usherbrooke.bsky.social
C'est le temps d'appliquer! 🕐🤩
Time to apply! 🕐🤩
Open MSc position #sustainable #agriculture #microbial #ecology
Un partenariat entre Bishop's University & @usherbrooke.bsky.social
C'est le temps d'appliquer! 🕐🤩
Time to apply! 🕐🤩
Our latest study led by Sophie Boutin (from @usherbrooke.bsky.social) just dropped in Scientific Rep. @natureportfolio.nature.com
We explored how site & time shape bacterial communities on apple tree leaves & flowers
A🍎🌿🧵1/7
🔗 rdcu.be/ewlVc
#Microbiome
#Phyllosphere
#PlantScience
#Agroecology
We explored how site & time shape bacterial communities on apple tree leaves & flowers
A🍎🌿🧵1/7
🔗 rdcu.be/ewlVc
#Microbiome
#Phyllosphere
#PlantScience
#Agroecology
Reproducing plant microbiome research reveals site and time as key drivers of apple tree phyllosphere bacterial communities
Scientific Reports - Reproducing plant microbiome research reveals site and time as key drivers of apple tree phyllosphere bacterial communities
rdcu.be
July 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Our latest study led by Sophie Boutin (from @usherbrooke.bsky.social) just dropped in Scientific Rep. @natureportfolio.nature.com
We explored how site & time shape bacterial communities on apple tree leaves & flowers
A🍎🌿🧵1/7
🔗 rdcu.be/ewlVc
#Microbiome
#Phyllosphere
#PlantScience
#Agroecology
We explored how site & time shape bacterial communities on apple tree leaves & flowers
A🍎🌿🧵1/7
🔗 rdcu.be/ewlVc
#Microbiome
#Phyllosphere
#PlantScience
#Agroecology
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A pleasure to have time and space to share data that can anchor these conversations in the evidence. Thanks to organizers for the invitation.
Starting day 2 with a 💥
President's Award for Societal Engagement by @widowweb.bsky.social
"I don’t think of you as Black” and other Misconceptions about Equity, Merit & Systems Change
📸Full house!
#CSEE2025 @csee-scee.bsky.social @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
President's Award for Societal Engagement by @widowweb.bsky.social
"I don’t think of you as Black” and other Misconceptions about Equity, Merit & Systems Change
📸Full house!
#CSEE2025 @csee-scee.bsky.social @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A pleasure to have time and space to share data that can anchor these conversations in the evidence. Thanks to organizers for the invitation.
Reposted by Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe
Another great @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social in the books! My 10th, and it just keeps getting better. Special thanks to @ilafores.bsky.social and Jérémy Fraysse for organizing a great symposium with so many fabulous colleagues! #CSEE2025
July 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Another great @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social in the books! My 10th, and it just keeps getting better. Special thanks to @ilafores.bsky.social and Jérémy Fraysse for organizing a great symposium with so many fabulous colleagues! #CSEE2025
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🍃Please/svp attend the 2025 AGM/AGA de la SCÉÉ at Lac Mégantic-Memphrémagog at 17h00.
💡Come see what your Society is up to and keep our business moving forward.
Venez voir ce que votre Société fait et faire avancer notre entreprise.
See you soon! à bientôt!
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
💡Come see what your Society is up to and keep our business moving forward.
Venez voir ce que votre Société fait et faire avancer notre entreprise.
See you soon! à bientôt!
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🍃Please/svp attend the 2025 AGM/AGA de la SCÉÉ at Lac Mégantic-Memphrémagog at 17h00.
💡Come see what your Society is up to and keep our business moving forward.
Venez voir ce que votre Société fait et faire avancer notre entreprise.
See you soon! à bientôt!
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
💡Come see what your Society is up to and keep our business moving forward.
Venez voir ce que votre Société fait et faire avancer notre entreprise.
See you soon! à bientôt!
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
Last Day of #CSEE2025
We are launching our 🦠Ecology & Evolution Symposium with a talk by @monaparizadeh.bsky.social from Calgary
Early-Life Gut Microbiome Dynamics in Rural Infants: Microbial Succession and Environmental Impacts
#MicrobialEcology
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
We are launching our 🦠Ecology & Evolution Symposium with a talk by @monaparizadeh.bsky.social from Calgary
Early-Life Gut Microbiome Dynamics in Rural Infants: Microbial Succession and Environmental Impacts
#MicrobialEcology
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Last Day of #CSEE2025
We are launching our 🦠Ecology & Evolution Symposium with a talk by @monaparizadeh.bsky.social from Calgary
Early-Life Gut Microbiome Dynamics in Rural Infants: Microbial Succession and Environmental Impacts
#MicrobialEcology
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
We are launching our 🦠Ecology & Evolution Symposium with a talk by @monaparizadeh.bsky.social from Calgary
Early-Life Gut Microbiome Dynamics in Rural Infants: Microbial Succession and Environmental Impacts
#MicrobialEcology
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Maydianne Andrade reçoit le prix du président de la @csee-scee.bsky.social pour l’engagement sociétal et nous offre une présentation sur l’équité et le mérite
Maydianne Andrade received the President’s Award for Societal Engagement and offers a plenary about merit and equity
Maydianne Andrade received the President’s Award for Societal Engagement and offers a plenary about merit and equity
July 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Maydianne Andrade reçoit le prix du président de la @csee-scee.bsky.social pour l’engagement sociétal et nous offre une présentation sur l’équité et le mérite
Maydianne Andrade received the President’s Award for Societal Engagement and offers a plenary about merit and equity
Maydianne Andrade received the President’s Award for Societal Engagement and offers a plenary about merit and equity
1st: Presidential award🎙️given by @elenabennett.bsky.social @mcgillumedia.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
🔑It is important to👀conservation through the « People with Nature »🔎to make decisions about res. manage. 🌳🐝
Relationships are at the ❤️ of ecosystems
#CSEE2025 @csee-scee.bsky.social @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
🔑It is important to👀conservation through the « People with Nature »🔎to make decisions about res. manage. 🌳🐝
Relationships are at the ❤️ of ecosystems
#CSEE2025 @csee-scee.bsky.social @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
1st: Presidential award🎙️given by @elenabennett.bsky.social @mcgillumedia.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
🔑It is important to👀conservation through the « People with Nature »🔎to make decisions about res. manage. 🌳🐝
Relationships are at the ❤️ of ecosystems
#CSEE2025 @csee-scee.bsky.social @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
🔑It is important to👀conservation through the « People with Nature »🔎to make decisions about res. manage. 🌳🐝
Relationships are at the ❤️ of ecosystems
#CSEE2025 @csee-scee.bsky.social @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
#CSEE2025 @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social
We are finally almost there!
On y est presque!
Congrats to all the organization team in Sherbrooke, Fanie, Marco, Guillaume, Carolyne, Matthew, Dany, et al putting in the final 💅
Bravo à toute l’équipe de Sherbrooke qui travaille fort!
We are finally almost there!
On y est presque!
Congrats to all the organization team in Sherbrooke, Fanie, Marco, Guillaume, Carolyne, Matthew, Dany, et al putting in the final 💅
Bravo à toute l’équipe de Sherbrooke qui travaille fort!
July 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
#CSEE2025 @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social
We are finally almost there!
On y est presque!
Congrats to all the organization team in Sherbrooke, Fanie, Marco, Guillaume, Carolyne, Matthew, Dany, et al putting in the final 💅
Bravo à toute l’équipe de Sherbrooke qui travaille fort!
We are finally almost there!
On y est presque!
Congrats to all the organization team in Sherbrooke, Fanie, Marco, Guillaume, Carolyne, Matthew, Dany, et al putting in the final 💅
Bravo à toute l’équipe de Sherbrooke qui travaille fort!
Less than 1 week to @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social in Sherbrooke! Hope to see you there!
The Lac des nations promenade is a wonderful spot for a stroll a run or just to relax!
www.visitezsherbrooke.ca/Fichiers/340...
The Lac des nations promenade is a wonderful spot for a stroll a run or just to relax!
www.visitezsherbrooke.ca/Fichiers/340...
June 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Less than 1 week to @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social in Sherbrooke! Hope to see you there!
The Lac des nations promenade is a wonderful spot for a stroll a run or just to relax!
www.visitezsherbrooke.ca/Fichiers/340...
The Lac des nations promenade is a wonderful spot for a stroll a run or just to relax!
www.visitezsherbrooke.ca/Fichiers/340...
Best workshop you can ever follow
We had a last minute cancellation for STAMPS -- a phenomenal course on microbiome data analysis. Woods Hole, MA, July 14-24 2025.
If you or *anyone* you know is interested to attend, please email Titus &/or me... and we'll do what we can!!!
Thx for sharing widely! 🤞❤️
If you or *anyone* you know is interested to attend, please email Titus &/or me... and we'll do what we can!!!
Thx for sharing widely! 🤞❤️
Hi folks, we had a last minute cancellation at MBL STAMPS, the microbiome data analysis course in Woods Hole that runs from July 14th to July 24th. We can provide housing space for a woman. If you or anyone you know is interested, pls drop me an e-mail at ctbrown@ucdavis.edu. Thx!
June 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Best workshop you can ever follow
Reposted by Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe
We had a last minute cancellation for STAMPS -- a phenomenal course on microbiome data analysis. Woods Hole, MA, July 14-24 2025.
If you or *anyone* you know is interested to attend, please email Titus &/or me... and we'll do what we can!!!
Thx for sharing widely! 🤞❤️
If you or *anyone* you know is interested to attend, please email Titus &/or me... and we'll do what we can!!!
Thx for sharing widely! 🤞❤️
Hi folks, we had a last minute cancellation at MBL STAMPS, the microbiome data analysis course in Woods Hole that runs from July 14th to July 24th. We can provide housing space for a woman. If you or anyone you know is interested, pls drop me an e-mail at ctbrown@ucdavis.edu. Thx!
June 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
We had a last minute cancellation for STAMPS -- a phenomenal course on microbiome data analysis. Woods Hole, MA, July 14-24 2025.
If you or *anyone* you know is interested to attend, please email Titus &/or me... and we'll do what we can!!!
Thx for sharing widely! 🤞❤️
If you or *anyone* you know is interested to attend, please email Titus &/or me... and we'll do what we can!!!
Thx for sharing widely! 🤞❤️
Reposted by Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe
Warm congratulations @ilafores.bsky.social 👏👏
ISME congratulates @ilafores.bsky.social from @usherbrooke.bsky.social as the winner of the Alma Dal Co Award, recognizing her as an exceptional early-career scholar who has made important contributions to microbial ecology.
isme-microbes.org/winner-of-th...
#MicrobialEcology #microbes #isme20
isme-microbes.org/winner-of-th...
#MicrobialEcology #microbes #isme20
June 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Warm congratulations @ilafores.bsky.social 👏👏
Reposted by Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe
ISME congratulates @ilafores.bsky.social from @usherbrooke.bsky.social as the winner of the Alma Dal Co Award, recognizing her as an exceptional early-career scholar who has made important contributions to microbial ecology.
isme-microbes.org/winner-of-th...
#MicrobialEcology #microbes #isme20
isme-microbes.org/winner-of-th...
#MicrobialEcology #microbes #isme20
June 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
ISME congratulates @ilafores.bsky.social from @usherbrooke.bsky.social as the winner of the Alma Dal Co Award, recognizing her as an exceptional early-career scholar who has made important contributions to microbial ecology.
isme-microbes.org/winner-of-th...
#MicrobialEcology #microbes #isme20
isme-microbes.org/winner-of-th...
#MicrobialEcology #microbes #isme20
Finally on my way to #CSM2025 in MTL!
Although I missed much of the conference this year, I am happy to see the postdoc symp. and the applied & env micro session
See you 🎉🧫🔬🦠 @pbbeauregard.bsky.social @jpcote.bsky.social @whelanfj.bsky.social @fabricejpierre.bsky.social @vincentburrus.bsky.social
Although I missed much of the conference this year, I am happy to see the postdoc symp. and the applied & env micro session
See you 🎉🧫🔬🦠 @pbbeauregard.bsky.social @jpcote.bsky.social @whelanfj.bsky.social @fabricejpierre.bsky.social @vincentburrus.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Finally on my way to #CSM2025 in MTL!
Although I missed much of the conference this year, I am happy to see the postdoc symp. and the applied & env micro session
See you 🎉🧫🔬🦠 @pbbeauregard.bsky.social @jpcote.bsky.social @whelanfj.bsky.social @fabricejpierre.bsky.social @vincentburrus.bsky.social
Although I missed much of the conference this year, I am happy to see the postdoc symp. and the applied & env micro session
See you 🎉🧫🔬🦠 @pbbeauregard.bsky.social @jpcote.bsky.social @whelanfj.bsky.social @fabricejpierre.bsky.social @vincentburrus.bsky.social
Reposted by Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe
This feud isn't entertainment!
It's an embarrassment!
And a distraction from the real harm this administration is doing!
Stay focused.
It's an embarrassment!
And a distraction from the real harm this administration is doing!
Stay focused.
June 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This feud isn't entertainment!
It's an embarrassment!
And a distraction from the real harm this administration is doing!
Stay focused.
It's an embarrassment!
And a distraction from the real harm this administration is doing!
Stay focused.