Full Professor
Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval
Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Dr. Éric Boilard, Ph.D., is Full Professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases and
Immunity at Université Laval, and a researcher at the Centre de Recherche du CHU de
Québec. He is also co-founder and co-director of the Arthritis Research Center at
Université Laval.
He obtained his doctorate in Microbiology at Université Laval (2003) and pursued
postdoctoral trainings at the Université de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis (2003-2006) and at
Harvard University at the Brigham and Women's Hospital (2006-2010). It was during his
studies at Harvard that Dr. Boilard shed light on the role of platelet-derived extracellular
vesicles in rheumatoid arthritis (Boilard et al. Science 2010).
His work aims to better understand the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases and to
improve the development of new therapies through the development of biomarkers. For
his work, he is considering the extracellular vesicles produced by immune cells using
advanced technologies. He carries out his research in the clinic through the precious
involvement of patients and with the help of mouse models of disease.
SSC 23.12 - Megakaryocytes as a source of extracellular vesicles in an immune response
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
17:50 – 18:05 ICT