Welcome to the 24th AMBGC!

Conference Details

We are excited to announce that the 24th edition of the Annual McGill Biomedical Graduate Conference (AMBGC) is returning as an in-person conference this spring. An award-winning conference for students by students, AMBGC is a full-day event that provides graduate students engaged in biomedical research across Montreal the opportunity to present and discuss their work in a rigorous but encouraging environment.

Date: Tuesday, March 19th, 2024

Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. A cocktail hour will take place after the conference.

Location: The Omni Hotel, downtwon Montréal (1050 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2R6) (close to Peel Metro)

Cost: FREE!

Prizes: Up to $300 in cash prizes for the best poster and oral presentations!

The conference will be held in English.

Keynote Speaker

We are delighted to invite Dr. Marcia Haigis to the Omni Hotel to deliver the 2024 keynote address!

Dr. Marcia Haigis is a biochemist and mitochondria enthusiast and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Cell Biology at the Harvard Medical School. Her lab focuses on understanding the roles of mitochondria in human health and age-related diseases such as cancer. To achieve these goals, her lab employs a multidisciplinary approach bringing together biochemical, cellular and mouse modeling experiments. 

Dr. Marcia Haigis obtained her Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 2002 from University of Wisconsin and pursued her postdoctoral studies on mitochondria metabolism at MIT. Recently, Dr. Marcia Haigis was awarded the 2023 Samsung Ho-Am Prize in Medicine for her work in discovering the importance of ammonia in the acceleration of cancer proliferation and growth.

Dr. Haigis was a leader in mapping out the Mitochondrial Sirtuin Network which is available on her lab’s website. The principles of her findings in cancer immunology and cell metabolism are now being applied to many different cancers and cell types. Dr. Marcia Haigis’s research continues to ask how mitochondria’s processes can be hijacked and used in cancer and disease. 

AMBGC Raffle

EMGSS is always looking for ways to promote health and wellness within our community. As graduate students, we often overlook taking care of ourselves (which takes different forms). We partnered with different Montréal businesses to offer McGill Biomedical Graduate students an opportunity to participate in a raffle where they can win prizes that promote health and wellness. Whether you like to blow off steam at a boxing class, relax with a massage, thermal spa or some yoga classes, step out of your comfort zone and try workout classes or even pretend summer is here by playing some golf, EMGSS has got you covered! Enter the AMBGC Raffle ($10 for 3 entries) for a chance to win one of 11 amazing prizes! Winners will be chosen during the AMBGC Award Ceremony on March 19th so buy your ticket before then! Profits will cover AMBGC costs. These are the prizes to be won:

  • 2 vouchers for a VR experience @ Zero Latency VR

  • 10-class package for yoga classes @ Modo Yoga

  • 5-class package + boxing wraps @ Boxxing Studio

  • 50$ gift card @ Le GOLF CLUB (virtual golf)

  • 1-month unlimited functional workout classes @ Essentrics Studio

  • 2 vouchers for Escape Room experience @ Vortex MTL

  • 2 Private training sessions @ Nxt Generation Athletic Center / Nxt Gen PHYSIO

  • 2-hour session of virtual golf @ St-Henri’s Nxt Gen Athletic Center / Nxt Gen PHYSIO

  • 1-hour massage therapy @ Nxt Gen Athletic Center / Nxt Gen PHYSIO

  • 2 individual Thermal Spa Experiences @ Scandinave Spa in Old Montreal

Raffle rules

  • Must be a McGill graduate student in a biomedical field

  • Enter your name & email in the e-transfer comment to emgss.pgss@mail.mcgill.ca

  • Winners can choose their prizes (1st place winner will select first, and so on)

  • Cannot win more than one prize

  • Deadline to enter: Noon, Tuesday March 19th 2024

  • Enter the raffle through e-transfer

  • 1 entry = $5, 2 entries = $7, 3 entries = $10

The 24th AMBGC is made possible thanks to the generous support from our sponsors

“History is who we are and why we are the way we are” - David McCullough

We are living in a time in history where we have to examine the violence several communities have faced throughout their lives. The Experimental Medicine Graduate Students’ Society (EMGSS), as part of McGill University, acknowledges that the land where our Annual McGill Biomedical Graduate Conference (AMBGC) happens, is the traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka. The Kanien'kehá:ka Nation is a founding nation of the Haudenosaunee/People of the Longhouse (Iroquois) Confederacy which is also comprised of the Seneca, Tuscarora, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Oneida Nations. EMGSS honours, respects and recognizes these Nations. We encourage everyone to understand the history of this land. For more information visit the McGill Indigenous Initiatives website.

«L'histoire définit qui nous sommes et pourquoi nous sommes comment nous sommes» - David McCullough.

Nous voulons reconnaître que l’Université McGill est située en territoire autochtone, lequel n’a jamais été cédé. Nous reconnaissons la nation Kanien'kehá: ka comme gardienne des terres et des eaux sur lesquelles nous nous réunissons virtuellemement aujourd'hui. Tiohtiá:ke (Montréal) est historiquement connu comme un lieu de rassemblement pour de nombreuses Premières Nations, et aujourd'hui, une population autochtone diversifiée, ainsi que d'autres peuples, y résident. La Nation Kanien'kehá: ka est une nation fondatrice de la Confédération Haudenosaunee / Iroquois qui comprend également les nations Seneca, Tuscarora, Cayuga, Onondaga et Oneida. C’est dans le respect des liens avec le passé, le présent et l'avenir que nous reconnaissons les relations continues entre les peuples autochtones et autres personnes de la communauté montréalaise. Nous encourageons tout participant présent à mieux connaître l'histoire de cette terre. Pour plus d'informations, visitez le site Web des initiatives autochtones de McGill.