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Eric Fournier

“Even negative results go down easy when they're presented in a nice figure.”

5 years experience as a research assistant
3 years experience as a software developer
Experience in genetics, genomics and epigenetics
Publications:
1. The adenosine salvage pathway as an alternative to mitochondrial production of ATP in maturing mammalian oocytes.
  Scantland S, Tessaro I, Macabelli CH, Macaulay AD, Cagnone G, Fournier É, Luciano AM, Robert C.
  Biol Reprod. 2014 Sep;91(3):75. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.120931. Epub 2014 Jul 30.
2. Sexual dimorphism in developmental programming of the bovine preimplantation embryo caused by colony-stimulating factor 2.
  Dobbs KB, Gagné D, Fournier E, Dufort I, Robert C, Block J, Sirard MA, Bonilla L, Ealy AD, Loureiro B, Hansen PJ.
  Biol Reprod. 2014 Sep;91(3):80. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.121087. Epub 2014 Jul 30.
3. Combining resources to obtain a comprehensive survey of the bovine embryo transcriptome through deep sequencing and microarrays.
  Robert C, Nieminen J, Dufort I, Gagné D, Grant JR, Cagnone G, Plourde D, Nivet AL, Fournier É, Paquet É, Blazejczyk M, Rigault P, Juge N, Sirard MA.
  Mol Reprod Dev. 2011 Sep;78(9):651-64. doi: 10.1002/mrd.21364. Epub 2011 Aug 2.
4. The gametic synapse: RNA transfer to the bovine oocyte.
  Macaulay AD, Gilbert I, Caballero J, Barreto R, Fournier E, Tossou P, Sirard MA, Clarke HJ, Khandjian ÉW, Richard FJ, Hyttel P, Robert C.
  Biol Reprod. 2014 Oct;91(4):90. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.119867. Epub 2014 Aug 20.
5. Discovery, identification and sequence analysis of RNAs selected for very short or long poly A tail in immature bovine oocytes.
  Gohin M, Fournier E, Dufort I, Sirard MA.
  Mol Hum Reprod. 2014 Feb;20(2):127-38. doi: 10.1093/molehr/gat080. Epub 2013 Nov 13.
6. Impact of whole-genome amplification on the reliability of pre-transfer cattle embryo breeding value estimates.
  Shojaei Saadi HA, Vigneault C, Sargolzaei M, Gagné D, Fournier É, de Montera B, Chesnais J, Blondin P, Robert C.
  BMC Genomics. 2014 Oct 12;15:889. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-889.
7. Combined methylation mapping of 5mC and 5hmC during early embryonic stages in bovine.
  de Montera B, Fournier E, Shojaei Saadi HA, Gagné D, Laflamme I, Blondin P, Sirard MA, Robert C.
  BMC Genomics. 2013 Jun 18;14:406. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-406.
8. An integrated platform for bovine DNA methylome analysis suitable for small samples.
  Shojaei Saadi HA, O'Doherty AM, Gagné D, Fournier É, Grant JR, Sirard MA, Robert C.
  BMC Genomics. 2014 Jun 9;15:451. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-451.
9. Comprehensive cross production system assessment of the impact of in vitro microenvironment on the expression of messengers and long non-coding RNAs in the bovine blastocyst.
  Côté I, Vigneault C, Laflamme I, Laquerre J, Fournier É, Gilbert I, Scantland S, Gagné D, Blondin P, Robert C.
  Reproduction. 2011 Jul;142(1):99-112. doi: 10.1530/REP-10-0477. Epub 2011 Apr 12.
10. Exploring the function of long non-coding RNA in the development of bovine early embryos.
  Caballero J, Gilbert I, Fournier E, Gagné D, Scantland S, Macaulay A, Robert C.
  Reprod Fertil Dev. 2014 Dec;27(1):40-52. doi: 10.1071/RD14338.