Project in progress

Research is at the heart of the CRRF, with more than 50 ongoing research projects funded by several large provincial agencies as well as industry and academic funds.

The CRRF has also numerous collaborators inside and outside of Canada. A list of these collaboration and research projects is available in the annual reports in the Publications section of the website.

In addition, the CRRF is hosting the Réseau Québécois en reproduction (RQR) financed by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies (FRQNT). The RQR is a group of about 100 researchers and 250 students working in the field of reproductive biology coming from from seven universities: Université Laval, McGill University, Université de Montréal, Université de Sherbrooke, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Université du Québec à Montréal and the INRS. RQR researchers are also from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, OVO Clinic, Fertilys, Conception and Boviteq.

Material ressources of the CRRF

  • Computer room (network)
  • Culture room
  • CRRA farm
  • Dark room
  • Electrophoresis room
  • Equipment room
  • FACS and lightcycler room
  • Fluorescence microscopy room with numerical camera and confocal microscope
  • Laboratory of individual researchers
  • Meeting room
  • Microscopy room
  • Radiobiology room

Techniques

  • Autoradiograph
  • Cell culture
  • Densitometric analysis
  • Embryonic microinjection
  • FACS
  • Genetic and managing of transgenic mice
  • In vitro production techniques and embryonic micromanipulation
  • Microscopy
  • Molecular biology techiniques
  • Radio-immunologic dosing
  • Tissue culture