Anne-claude Gingras PhD

Dr. Anne-Claude Gingras is an expert in mass spectrometry-based proteomics, a technology that enable the identification and quantification of proteins from biological samples. She develops tools to better understand how proteins associate with one another to perform their activities.

She is in particular interested in understanding how signals that are received by each of the cells forming a human body are interpreted. Such signals include hormones and growth factors that can instruct the cell to grow and divide, as well as the availability of nutrients. A cell also must respond to other types of cues, and notably monitor its spatial constraints. When the cellular response to these signals is defective, pathologies such as cancers can arise. By systematically employing proteomics approaches, alongside molecular biology, cell biology and genetics techniques, Dr. Gingras is providing a better understanding of the key signalling pathways that control cell and tissue growth in normal and disease states.