Welcome to the Neurophysics research program website,
the first in Canada at the interface between Neurosciences,
Materials Sciences and Photonics.

Progress in our understanding of neurons and their operation critically depends on our ability to improve our resolution of dynamic molecular mechanisms and on the availability of appropriate tools for real-time studies in live cells. The solution resides in using the latest advances in the fields of Photonics and Material Sciences to develop new biomedical characterization tools that will be minimally invasive.To this aim, we established an active interdisciplinary collaboration between physicists, engineers and neuroscientists from three research centers and two universities: the Centre de recherche Université Laval Robert-Giffard (CRULRG, Neurosciences), the Centre d'Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL, Photonics) at Laval University and the Center for the Physics of Materials (CPM, Materials Science) at McGill University.

The goal of the Neurophysics program is to provide expertise in Neuroscience research to highly qualified personnel from the fields of photonics and material sciences. This will create a new generation of scientists proficient in a wide variety of fields. These men and women will then be able to develop new tools derived from the fields of Physics and Chemistry and apply them to the understanding of Neurobiological questions, including the study of normal and pathological brain tissue.Candidates interested in pursuing a graduate or post-doctoral degree in our Training Program are invited to contact us and will find additional information here.