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Michel Cayouette

@michelcayouette.bsky.social
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Neurobiologist studying retinal development and regeneration. @IRCM @UdeMontreal @McGill U. Proud dad of an amazing transgender boy. LGBTQ+ ally. orcid.org/0000-0003-4655-9048

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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m atheist but the pope is very wise here.
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you are a postdoc looking for opportunities to present your latest results, apply to our Early-Career Scientists Seminar Series (ECS3) to get invited to our Institute, all expenses paid. A unique opportunity! Apply here: www.ircm.qc.ca/en/ecs3
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Excited to share my first Editorial article as Editor-in-chief of Neuroscience Insights @sagepub.com Please consider sending us your paper for consideration in the journal. I am dedicated to make Neuroscience Insights a solid venue for excellent science. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There is still time to submit an abstract to present a poster at the Stem Cells, Development and Cancer meeting in Lyon Oct. 1-2, 2026! Check out the fantastic program here: event.fourwaves.com/scdc2026
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Kristen Kwan @blockintheback.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
📣 The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences @utah.edu is recruiting! We seek researchers addressing exciting questions in vision science using innovative approaches. Join our community @moraneyecenter.bsky.social! Repost and contact me with questions! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/206...
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Congrats to my wonderful colleagues!!
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
If you are interested in the genetics of ocular development, consider joining us at this meeting, which promises to be really exciting!
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Someone should tell Trump: Canada holds 369 million hectares of forest. 93% of the areas that burned in 2023 was lightning-ignited, in remote boreal areas hard to reach. Raking the floor doesn't stop a lightning strike in the taiga.
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Talk about a good spot for poster session!!
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Pleased to share that I have accepted the role of editor-in-chief at Neuroscience Insights @neuroinsights.bsky.social, a journal of @sagepub.com. Have a look at the journal website journals.sagepub.com/home/EXN to learn more. We are interested in solid papers in all areas of neuroscience.
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Bob Johnston @bobbyjeyeguy.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Thanks so much to Michael and Michel (M&M?) for this awesome summary that makes our work look "epic"!!
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Our Commentary on the very nice recent paper from the @bobbyjeyeguy.bsky.social lab is finally out. A nice way to get a quick summary before diving into the full paper! Hope you like it. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Excited to participate in this meeting. Promises to be a very interesting event, consider joining us!!
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Many great points made in thi article. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The problem with Canada’s plan to buy scientific prestige
The government’s plans to poach 100 US researchers might make good economic sense. But what about the existing community?
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
12 hour jet lags suck!
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Carol Schuurmans @carolschuurmans.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Join us in Toronto, July 13–16 for the International Conference on Neurogenesis and Repair. Featuring keynote Dr. Jeffrey Macklis (Harvard), 13 short‑talk slots, poster sessions, and many trainee travel awards Details + registration: event.fourwaves.com/neurogenesis... Hope to see you there!
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Neurogenesis and Repair 2026
Join Neurogenesis and Repair 2026, July 13-16, 2026. Learn more on Fourwaves.
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Had a wonderful visit at Taipei Medical University and Academia Sinica in Taïwan! Thank you to Jian-Ying Chuang and Chi-Hon Lee for hosting me and everyone who took time out of their schedule to meet with me and discuss their science!
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Watching normal NHL games after this will be bof…😳
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Great win Canada! But next game maybe start playing in the first period, this would greatly help my heart rate...
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
This just made my day...
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John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Registration is OPEN for the 2026 Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology!!! #scdb26 @flybase.bsky.social @zfinmod.bsky.social @alliancegenome.bsky.social @insdb.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @geneticssociety.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
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Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) @ircm.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Impossible d’imaginer Science POP sans nos bénévoles! Ce sont eux qui, en offrant temps et énergie, rendent possible l’organisation de ce concours de vulgarisation scientifique hors du commun. Un énorme merci pour leur précieux soutien! 📆 Finale provinciale: les 17 et 18 avril 2026 lnkd.in/eW24Hewr
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This is actually one of the biggest all time questions in biology. How do cells control their size? How do they know how big they are? How is that process regulated?
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Happy to announce that our latest paper is now out! Have you ever wondered how neural tissues control their size? In this paper, we show that cell division orientation is critical in both the cortex and retina. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Oriented cell divisions induce basal progenitors and regulate neural expansion across tissues and species
A fundamental role for division orientation in progenitor output driving cortical and retinal growth is revealed.
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Nikos Konstantinides @nkonst4.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
If you’re a young PI (or senior postdoc) heading to FENS, this one’s for you! It’ll be a lot of fun—and honestly, I can’t think of a better moment in one’s career to have a strong peer network.
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Thepurplelilac Science Crochet Shop @thepurplelilac.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Attended a great talk by Dr. Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social 🧠 He showed how retinal progenitor cells use "spindle orientation" to decide their fate between expanding the pool vs creating specific neurons. It's how the retina controls its own size 👁️ #visionscience
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
CIHR notifying me today that I must file a final grant report before 30th September 2033… Is this some kind of joke?
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Stunning
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
LOL! Try to avoid catching methyl groups floating around…
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I was honored this week to receive the Marcel Piché prize. But a prize is never a one person achievement. Thanks to everyone who made an impact in my career (too many to name all). And check out the nice video! www.instagram.com/reel/DR4YwVp...
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Cool stuff, congrats!
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Just a heads up: I just got a phishing attempt pretending to be from the #VisualSystemDevelopment #GRC. It looked pretty convincing at first glance, so be careful!
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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Dear #Neuroscience researchers, I am Guest Editing an issue in @devdynamics.bsky.social on NEURAL MIGRATION. Due date: March 31, 2026. Great opportunity to showcase your findings on neural migration. #DevBio Please reskeet 🙏 anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1097...
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Developmental Dynamics
<em>Developmental Dynamics</em> is a developmental biology journal publishing novel discoveries that advance our understanding in development, morphology, evolution, and disease.
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The Neuron Family @theneuronfamily.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
We are so happy to have had our book launch at the vision sciences research day in Montreal! 👀 🧠 😄 📚 Photo 📸 by Katapub Thank you! ✨ @reseauvision.bsky.social @michelcayouette.bsky.social
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Our latest paper is out! While the circadian photoentrainment circuit has been extensively studied, the mechanisms regulating its development remain poorly understood. Here we show that retinal Müller glia play a key role in this process. Check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Retinal glia regulate development of the circadian photoentrainment circuit
Circadian photoentrainment depends on intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), which convey environmental light information to th…
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
You are a postdoc looking for an opportunity to present your latest work and discuss with leaders in the field? Apply to the early career scientists seminar series @ircm.bsky.social ! If selected, we pay for your expenses to come spend a day with us and give a seminar! www.ircm.qc.ca/en/news-deta...
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Call for applications: A fifth edition for the Early-Career Scientist Seminar Series
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
I’m sure this guy is great, not the point, but to think the solution to Canadian scoence is to attract a few dozen scientists from abroad is complete nonsense. There are just as good scientists here. The problem is chronic underfunding. But this does not make headlines www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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Canada’s brain gain: A scientific migration amid U.S turmoil
More than 600 scientists – about half from the U.S. – ‘raise their hands’ as they compete for positions at a Canadian Hospital.
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
It was a wonderful visit, so much strong vision science going on at Wash U ophthalmology! Thanks again for hosting me!! ophthalmology.wustl.edu/notable-beeb...
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Cayouette delivers 2025 Beebe Lecture on retinal development and regeneration | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Michel Cayouette, PhD, presents “Retinal Development and Regeneration” for the 2025 Beebe Lectureship at WashU’s Vision Science Seminar.
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Enjoy the long weekend everyone! #galgo #fall #thanksgiving #canada
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
It was a pleasure to have you at the research day! Congratulations again on a fantastic project!
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Check this out! So nice!
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jf-cotelab.bsky.social @jf-cotelab.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Collaboration with @ircm.bsky.social colleagues: Cayouette lab (Awais Javed and @michelcayouette.bsky.social), Malleshaiah lab (Loïck Joumier and Mohan Malleshaiah), Yacine Kherdjimil, leader of the "Disease modelling and Gene Editing" platform, and Konstantin Ketchoumian. @umontreal-en.bsky.social
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Congratulations!!
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
On my way to Wash U to give the David Beebe lecture in ophthalmology. Particularly honored as I remember Dr. Beebe giving me words of encouragement after the very first talk I gave in an international conference as a student. I remember his kindness very well!
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Oh look at this!! Beautiful, and it will be out just in time for your Xmas shopping. Great gift idea for kids, a coloring book about vision!!! 🤩
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Muriel Perron @murielperron.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Fantastic workshop !!!! Thank you again Seth and Michel !!!
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NordenLab @nordenlab.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Such a fantastic workshop indeed! Great group of people, fantastic science all around, deep discussions lab meeting style and a lot of fun in a beautiful environment! Thanks Michel and Seth for pulling this off!!!
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
It’s the end of a wonderful workshop on Vision Restoration : Insights from Development at Fondation des Treilles, France. Stay tuned for a perspective paper on what was discussed and presented during this amazing week of science!
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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Accepted 🎉🥳
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