Sergio Crespo-Garcia
@SerCresGar
Assistant Professor in Vision Science at l'École d'optométrie (@UMontreal). I also do ceramics, collect insects and drink gin • He/him
Our lab is looking for postdocs and graduate students interested by doing research in Visual Neuroscience, Neurophotonics and Brain mapping at the Université de Montréal (Canada). @UMontreal. fens.org/careers/job-ma…
Very proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Brain Star Awards! can-acn.org/congratulation… with @CIHR_IRSC Très fiers d'annoncer les gagnants des prix Cerveau en tête 2024! can-acn.org/fr/bravo-aux-g… avec @IRSC_CIHR
Join us! We will be discussing about slow science in this world driven by the publish-or-perish rule.
🚨 Upcoming ATW Webinar! Can Slow Science help build better #SciencePolicy and more sustainable #ResearchCareers? Join us to explore its impact, and long-term success. 📅 May 9, 2025 | ⏰ 16:00 (CEST) 🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/iJfR3
Congratulations to @MasayukiHata7 for winning the « Prix Relève étoile Jacques-Genest « @ARVOinfo @med_umontreal @ciusss_estmtl @_BrightFocus nouvelles.umontreal.ca/article/2024/0…)
Happy to share our study demonstrating an important role for the immune system in pruning pathological neovascularization in retinopathies and potential caution for broad spectrum anti-inflammatory drugs.@MasayukiHata7, @CIHR_IRSC @ARVOinfo @aao_ophth biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Congratulations to @SerCresGar of @UMontreal - the latest winner of our $500 Early Career Scientist Grant! 🎉 Find out how he plans to spend his $500 grant & apply for our next grant here: ow.ly/e6q350ROz7A #lifescience #earlycareerscientist #sciencefunding #postdochelp
Dear network, our lab at the @umontreal is searching for motivated graduate students and postdocs. Please share, and you can email or DM me for more info! 😁#Recruiting #Hiring #RecruitingGraduateStudents #RecruitingPostDocs #RetinaCellBiology #VascularBiology #Neuroscience

🎉Congratulations to our 2023 Discovery Awardee, @SerCresGar from @umontreal, for his ground-breaking research on the therapeutic potential of folate for age-related macular degeneration. 🧬👁️ Learn more about his impactful research here: shorturl.at/uCOT7
This feels great! So excited to get this project started! Thanks @BantingResearch for your generosity and support!
Exciting news! 🎉 The Banting Research Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the 2023 Banting Discovery Awards. Each awardee is making strides in their respective fields, pushing boundaries and driving innovation. #BantingDiscovery2023 shorturl.at/kBDGM
We are happy to share our latest study by @MasayukiHata7 on how infections in early life can reprogram the innate immune system and lead to neuroinflammatory diseases such as #AMD in later life @CIHR_IRSC @_BrightFocus @med_umontreal @jclinicalinvest jci.org/articles/view/…
📣Event alert! Join us to discuss a very important topic: anti-racism in Academia. 📍Zoom 🗓️Feb 9, 9am PT/12pm ET/6pm CET (1 hour) 👥Open to all! Speakers: @PulidoBibiana1, @fungi_lover; Moderators: @ElsaHAbs, @SerCresGar mariecuriealumni.eu/events/inclusi…
Given the kick-off of 2023 is going to be hard to keep up for the rest of the year! Another fantastic work from the @psapieha lab is out at @PNASNews. Very proud of Fred and the team!!
#obesity is a major risk factor for #cancer. We are happy to share our latest study with Frédérik Fournier, Ph.D., Sergio Crespo-Garcia, Ph.D. and members of the lab where we link body adiposity to high burden of senescent cells…lnkd.in/erAmxA9S lnkd.in/eEj89_Bk
So cool to be part of this amazing project run by Masayuki Hata at the @psapieha lab and published in @ScienceMagazine! Past history of obesity triggers persistent epigenetic changes in innate immunity and exacerbates neuroinflammation science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
Mark your calendar and join my friends @ElsaHAbs and @DoraKoller in this very interesting and relevant discussion.
CW: sexual harassment 📣Event alert! Join us to discuss a very sensitive and important topic: sexual harassment in Academia. 📍Zoom 🗓️Jan 23, 9am PT/12pm ET/6pm CET 👥Open to all! Speakers: @anavidu, @PsychedelicSTS Moderators: @ElsaHAbs, @DoraKoller mariecuriealumni.eu/posts/cw-sexua…
This is worrying. In Canada, scientists are struggling with stagnant funding science.org/content/articl…
Today is our 25th annual meeting! Come talk with our student committee members @viba_d @AnneXL_Nguyen @SerCresGar & our director @MichelCayouette • Aujourd’hui se tient notre 25e réunion annuelle ! Venez nous rencontrer au @chumontreal #research #visionscience #Ophthalmology
📢 Event alert! Join us to discuss on the current Iranian movement #WomenLifeFreedom and how this fight for #WomenRights is affecting the academic world 📍Online 🗓️ Nov 30, 8PM (CET)/ 2PM (EST) / 11AM (PST) 👥 Open to non-members! mariecuriealumni.eu/events/where-d…
Today I’ve been able to present my research in front of Napoleone Ferrara, and he congratulated me!! #ICanRetireNow #WhatADream #VEGF