Karine Turcotte, MD, PhD

Karine Turcotte, MD, PhD
 1st year Hematopathology fellow

Education  
2012-2018 Residency in Anatomic pathology: Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
2007-2012 Doctorate in Medicine (MD): Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
2006-2007 Infectious Disease Research Center, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
2000-2006 PhD: Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
1997-2000 BS: Microbiology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
1996-1997 Undergraduate courses in English and Biology, Bishop's University, Lennoxville, QC, Canada
Honors and Awards  
2006-2007 Fellowship Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
2005-2006 Doctoral Award, Ruth and Alex Dworkin, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
2002-2005 Doctoral Research Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
2004 Presidential Student Award (1st price), Society of Leukocyte Biology, 37th Annual Meeting
2004 Poster Award (1st prize), Canadian Genetic Disease network, 13th Annual Meeting
2001-2002 Master's Training Award, Fonds de Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ)

  
Publications
Jalaguier P, Turcotte K, Danylo A, Cantin R, Tremblay MJ. Efficient production of HIV-1 virus-like particles from a mammalian expression vector requires the N-terminal capsid domain. PLoS ONE 2011, 6: e28314

Roy MF, Riendeau N, Bédard C, Hélie P, Min-Oo G, Turcotte K, Gros P, Canonne-Hergaux F, Malo D. Pyruvate kinase deficiency confers susceptibility to Salmonella typhimurium infection in mice. J. Exp. Med. 2007, 204:2949-2961

Turcotte K, Gauthier S, Malo D, Tam M, Stevenson MM, Gros P.  Icsbp1/IRF-8 is required for innate and adaptive immune responses against intracellular pathogens. J. Immunol. 2007, 179:2467-2476

Turcotte K, Loredo-Osti JC, Fortin P, Schurr E, Morgan K, Gros P. Complex genetic control of susceptibility to Mycobacterium bovis (Bacille Calmette-Guérin) infection in wild-derived Mus spretus Genes Immun. 2006, 7:684-687

Turcotte K, Gauthier S, Tuite A, Mullick A, Malo D, Gros P. A mutation in the Icsbp/IRF-8 gene causes susceptibility to infection and a CML-like syndrome in BXH-2 mice. J. Exp. Med. 2005, 201:881-890

Turcotte K, Gauthier S, Mitsos LM, Shustik C, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA, Fournet JC, Jolicoeur P, Gros P. Genetic control of myeloproliferation in BXH-2 mice. Blood 2004, 103:2343-2350