Address

Université Laval
Pavillon Charles-Eugène-Marchand
1030, avenue de la Médecine
Local 3155 (Bureau)
Québec (Québec), G1V 0A6, Canada

Zacharie Morneau

Undergraduate research intern under NSERC internship, Summer 2020

Laval University – Institute of integrative biology and systems (IBIS)

I am a first-year biochemistry student at Laval University who si very much interested in synthetic biology. This intricate field interests me because I find it extremely fascinating and because I believe it can help with many problems we face as a species today like sustainable energy, cost-efficient drug production and fighting pollution and climate change. I chose to work here this summer to first get a glimpse of what research is really like and to become acquainted with synthetic biology. This summer, I will be make comparative lipidomic studies in oleaginous yeasts like Yarrowia lipolytica and will study also possible avenues of genome editing to enhance and control its lipid production.

Education

  1. 2019-

    BSc in Biochemistry

    Laval University – Faculty of Science and Engineering, Québec (Qc), Canada
  2. 2017-2019

    Diplôme d'études collégiales (DEC)

    CEGEP Champlain St. Lawrence

Awards

  • 2020
    Undergraduate student research awards
    NSERC
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