Marion Boyer’s Early Career Blog

Marion Boyer’s Early Career Blog

Marion Boyer is a fourth‑year PhD candidate at the CERVO Brain Research Centre, Université Laval and 2025 recipient of the Collaborative Research Training Award. Her work explores the molecular mechanisms that drive neuromuscular junction denervation in ALS and why nerve–muscle connections progressively fail. Through an NMD4C Collaborative Research Training Award, she completed hands‑on motoneuron training at The Neuro, strengthening CERVO–McGill collaborations—an experience she reflects on in her early‑career blog.

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Dr. Jeremy Slayter’s Early Career Blog

Dr. Jeremy Slayter’s Early Career Blog

Dr. Jeremy Slayter is a Collaborative Research Training Award Recipient (2025). He is currently completing his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and is enrolled in the clinician investigator program, completing a Master’s of Medical Research, at Dalhousie University. His research primarily focuses on clinical measurement of quality of life, function, and other domains of life in neuromuscular diseases to be integrated into research and clinics.

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2026 BSTC Application Form

2026 BSTC Application Form

The NMD4C Basic Science Trainee Committee (BSTC) was established to represent the interests of trainees within the network. The BSTC will serve as a platform for trainees to contribute to the development and suggest improvements for NMD4C early career training programs and activities. Our aim is to foster a supportive community among trainees and promote…

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Dr. Emilie Groulx-Boivin’s Early Career Blog

Dr. Emilie Groulx-Boivin’s Early Career Blog

Dr. Emilie Groulx-Boivin is a Collaborative Research Training Award Recipient (2025). She is currently a third-year pediatric neurology resident at the Montreal Children’s Hospital and is concurrently pursuing a Master of Science in the Integrated Program in Neuroscience at McGill. Her research focuses on structural and functional brain imaging in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

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