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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. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4655-9048

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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Feb 5

ICYMI our latest paper is now out officially in print (is there still such thing?). And since Dev Cell @cellpress.bsky.social did not select our submission for cover, I post it here. A really cool illustration from my son Zack. www.cell.com/developmenta...

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jf-cotelab.bsky.social @jf-cotelab.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

Congratulations!!

jf-cotelab.bsky.social @jf-cotelab.bsky.social · 3d

Proud to share our new collaborative work in @dev-journal.bsky.social led by talented Ph.D. student Sarah Nahlé!

We reveal that vertebrate myogenesis involves two transcriptionally distinct myocyte states:

Mc1 (Mymk+Mymx+)
Mc2 (Mymk+)

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#myogenesis

Differentially expressed fusogens specify myocyte states to drive myogenesis

Summary: Single-cell RNA-sequencing reveals two fusion-competent muscle cell states that differentially express the fusogens myomaker and myomixer, offering new insight into how muscle cells coordinat...

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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 7d

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!

Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 24d

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!!! 🤩

The Neuron Family @theneuronfamily.bsky.social · 24d

We are currently working on the last edits of our third volume - all about the visual system!

English and French editions coming soon! 👀🧠☀️

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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Sep 7

Only missing you Anna! 😉 Hopefully next time!

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Muriel Perron @murielperron.bsky.social · Sep 6

Fantastic workshop !!!! Thank you again Seth and Michel !!!

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NordenLab @nordenlab.bsky.social · Sep 6

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 · Sep 6

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 · Aug 25

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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Aug 24

Accepted 🎉🥳

Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Aug 8

Paper resubmitted, feels so good just before a much needed vacation! One last thing tomorrow, review a paper. Then I’m off!

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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Aug 17

Show me something cool and unusual today…here you go!

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Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social · Aug 15

Summer studentship at the Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute is like... 💭

Watch to learn more about our summer student research projects and experiences! 💫

#UHN #SummerStudentResearchDay2025

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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Aug 8

See y’all! Paper reviewed, inbox empty, I’m outta here! Hope you can all enjoy some time off too!.

Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Aug 8

Paper resubmitted, feels so good just before a much needed vacation! One last thing tomorrow, review a paper. Then I’m off!

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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Aug 8

Paper resubmitted, feels so good just before a much needed vacation! One last thing tomorrow, review a paper. Then I’m off!

Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Aug 7

💔 my most sincere condolences. I have never met Frank in person, but my interactions with him here and in the old twitter have always been so positive. He struck me as a very kind and nice person. Sorry for your loss.

Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Jul 25

Hi all, we got a grant for a cool project that will follow up of our paper published a few months ago (see below). We will explore how light acts as a morphogen to instruct PCP. If you are looking for a postdoc position and interested in this topic, please reach out!

Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Feb 5

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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Jul 22

I always liked PBS, now even more.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · Jul 22

PBS News is not going anywhere.

We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.

We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.

Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Jul 18

Happy birthday!! So happy for her, she can finally be who she really is without hiding. My very best wishes.

Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Jul 17

Grateful to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for funding our project "Light as a Morphogen: Unraveling a Novel Planar Cell Polarity Pathway in Retinal Function
and Disease". M Housset in my lab will be driving this project with help from @macdonaldlab.bsky.social and others not on Bsky!

Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Jul 4

Grant application successful! More details to come, but I am very excited about this project!

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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Jul 16

Milton is our cat who pretends to chase birds…

Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Jul 13

Good luck with the move Bryan. Emotional for sure, I totally get it. Sending you strength!

Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Jul 11

Cool - quick question. Among your forbrain population, did you get retinal neurons?

Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Jul 4

Grant application successful! More details to come, but I am very excited about this project!

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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · Jul 3

They are obviously trying to hide something