Biography

• PhD, Experimental Medicine, McGill University
• MSc, Biochemistry, University of Montreal
• BSc, Biochemistry, McGill University

• Stem cells
• Proteinuria
• Podocytes

Awards and Distinctions

• 2009: Invited Judge for Canadian Stem Cell Network Annual General Meeting
• 2007, 2008: Student Travel-Training Awards from Canadian Stem Cell Network
• 2007-2010: FRQS doctoral scholarship
• 2003: Canadian MPS Society pre-doctoral scholarship
• 1998: Governor General’s Medal for Academic Excellence

Publications

• Bifsha P, Yang J, Fisher RA, Drouin J. Rgs6 is Required for Adult Maintenance of Dopaminergic Neurons in the Ventral Substantia Nigra. PLoS Genet. 2014 Dec 11;10(12):e1004863. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004863.
• Kelvin C Luk, Vladimir Rymar, Pepijn van den Munckhof, Panojot Bifsha, Jacques Drouin, Abbas F Sadikot, The transcription factor Pitx3 is expressed selectively in midbrain dopaminergic neurons susceptible to neurodegenerative stress, Journal of Neurochemistry, 2013 Jan 19. doi: 10.1111/jnc.12160 (2011 IF: 4.061)
• P. Bifsha, K. Landry, M. Ashmarina, V. Seyrantepe, C. Quiniou, S. Chemtob, Y. Xu, R. Gravel, R. Sladek, A. Pshezhetsky, Altered patterns of gene expression in the cells from patients with lysosomal storage disorders suggest impairment of the ubiquitin pathway, Cell Death and Differentiation, 14(3):511-23, 2007 (2011 IF: 8.849)