Paul Francois
@pfrancois.bsky.social
Professor Université de Montréal, Physics of Living Systems, Machine Learning, etc…
https://www.francoisresearch.org/
https://www.francoisresearch.org/
Ça fait presque 20 ans que je vis à Montréal je pense que c’est mon record de neige la plus précoce ! Bonhomme de neige de Novembre à suivre ?
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Ça fait presque 20 ans que je vis à Montréal je pense que c’est mon record de neige la plus précoce ! Bonhomme de neige de Novembre à suivre ?
Superbe vue depuis le belvédère ce matin, j’adore cette lumière d’automne !
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Superbe vue depuis le belvédère ce matin, j’adore cette lumière d’automne !
Congratulations to @fxpbourassa.bsky.social for his Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Biological Physics Award from the American Physical Society, following his Oustanding Doctoral Thesis award from @biophyscanada.bsky.social ! @mcgill.ca www.aps.org/funding-reco...
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Congratulations to @fxpbourassa.bsky.social for his Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Biological Physics Award from the American Physical Society, following his Oustanding Doctoral Thesis award from @biophyscanada.bsky.social ! @mcgill.ca www.aps.org/funding-reco...
Félicitations à @fxpbourassa.bsky.social pour l'obtention du prix de thèse de la division 'biological Physics' de l'American Physical Society ! Le doublé après le prix similaire de @biophyscanada.bsky.social ! @mcgill.ca www.aps.org/funding-reco...
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Félicitations à @fxpbourassa.bsky.social pour l'obtention du prix de thèse de la division 'biological Physics' de l'American Physical Society ! Le doublé après le prix similaire de @biophyscanada.bsky.social ! @mcgill.ca www.aps.org/funding-reco...
Best time of the year
October 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Best time of the year
Just realized that I defended my PhD exactly 20 years (one generation !!!) ago. Incidentally the very same day my last PhD paper was published. One month later, we flew to New York city and basically never came back (except for visits to family).
September 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Just realized that I defended my PhD exactly 20 years (one generation !!!) ago. Incidentally the very same day my last PhD paper was published. One month later, we flew to New York city and basically never came back (except for visits to family).
This sushi-shaped Japanese Music Box tells a horror story (sound on)
August 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This sushi-shaped Japanese Music Box tells a horror story (sound on)
Very happy to be in Sapporo this week to teach and give a seminar as part of the Hokkaido Summer Institute
August 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Very happy to be in Sapporo this week to teach and give a seminar as part of the Hokkaido Summer Institute
It really is a traditional ML : if you are aware of what is usually done, it is quite easy to figure out what they do, but if you are an outsider, it is like speaking in tongues. For instance if you are not familiar with the concepts of key/query/value this is impossible to understand
August 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It really is a traditional ML : if you are aware of what is usually done, it is quite easy to figure out what they do, but if you are an outsider, it is like speaking in tongues. For instance if you are not familiar with the concepts of key/query/value this is impossible to understand
So are we going back to machine learning ?
August 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
So are we going back to machine learning ?
I am genuinely curious. Is that about food ? Climate ? Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt ?
August 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I am genuinely curious. Is that about food ? Climate ? Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt ?
Retour aux sources hier. Fantastique et émouvant symposium en l’honneur du maître, Vincent Hakim !
June 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Retour aux sources hier. Fantastique et émouvant symposium en l’honneur du maître, Vincent Hakim !
Deux cathédrales en 3 jours, c’est quand même beau la France …
June 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Deux cathédrales en 3 jours, c’est quand même beau la France …
Currently in Normandy staying at my parents’, weather was apocalyptic yesterday night. The trees were strongly impacted we lost many fruits :(
June 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Currently in Normandy staying at my parents’, weather was apocalyptic yesterday night. The trees were strongly impacted we lost many fruits :(
Cette comparaison dans l’équipe.fr entre les clubs de la coupe du monde et les équipes de L1-L2 m’a fait beaucoup rire. J’ai imaginé Lionel Messi au Havre, ça aurait de la gueule !
June 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Cette comparaison dans l’équipe.fr entre les clubs de la coupe du monde et les équipes de L1-L2 m’a fait beaucoup rire. J’ai imaginé Lionel Messi au Havre, ça aurait de la gueule !
Watching Henri Orland's talk for the anniversary of IPhT Saclay, and this variation of the dog vs muffin slide made me laugh. This is sooo French ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Y-...
June 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Watching Henri Orland's talk for the anniversary of IPhT Saclay, and this variation of the dog vs muffin slide made me laugh. This is sooo French ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Y-...
Dr Francois Bourassa is now presenting his BSC Doctoral Thesis Award lecture. Congratulations Francois ! #proudmentor
May 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Dr Francois Bourassa is now presenting his BSC Doctoral Thesis Award lecture. Congratulations Francois ! #proudmentor
Fascinating talk on viral self assembly by Vinothan Manoharan. He concluded by telling that Harvard is funded by the public and serving the public. We hear and support you.
May 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Fascinating talk on viral self assembly by Vinothan Manoharan. He concluded by telling that Harvard is funded by the public and serving the public. We hear and support you.
Very lucky to have Phil Nelson speaking about the importance of fundamental research, showing a figure from a paper published in 2017 on Spike protein conformations (very important work when Covid hit…)
May 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Very lucky to have Phil Nelson speaking about the importance of fundamental research, showing a figure from a paper published in 2017 on Spike protein conformations (very important work when Covid hit…)
Very very happy to participate in the 10th Biophysical Society of Canada annual meeting ! Opening words by Cecile Fradin/ Très heureux de participer au 10e congrès de la BSC avec le
Discours Introductif de Cecile Fradin. #BSC2025
Discours Introductif de Cecile Fradin. #BSC2025
May 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Very very happy to participate in the 10th Biophysical Society of Canada annual meeting ! Opening words by Cecile Fradin/ Très heureux de participer au 10e congrès de la BSC avec le
Discours Introductif de Cecile Fradin. #BSC2025
Discours Introductif de Cecile Fradin. #BSC2025
C’est fou. Je garde ce graphe pour prochaine fois que j’entends que les Quebecois sont intolérants, ne supportent pas les gens qui ne parlent pas bien le français, etc…
April 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
C’est fou. Je garde ce graphe pour prochaine fois que j’entends que les Quebecois sont intolérants, ne supportent pas les gens qui ne parlent pas bien le français, etc…
On a similar note : I am really shocked by this NYTimes framing, like many. This is funding for public research, allocated competitively, not some kind of theft by powerful universities. Newspaper should do better to explain the reality of what is happening
April 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
On a similar note : I am really shocked by this NYTimes framing, like many. This is funding for public research, allocated competitively, not some kind of theft by powerful universities. Newspaper should do better to explain the reality of what is happening
We call this new type of immunotherapy AEBS : Antagonism-Enforced Braking System. (yes this is a bad pun on CAR ….). This is a completely new strategy to destroy solid tumours, entirely based on antagonism to brake the CAR-T cells in healthy tissue, and redirect them towards cancer cells.
April 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We call this new type of immunotherapy AEBS : Antagonism-Enforced Braking System. (yes this is a bad pun on CAR ….). This is a completely new strategy to destroy solid tumours, entirely based on antagonism to brake the CAR-T cells in healthy tissue, and redirect them towards cancer cells.
This figure recapitulates our treatments, our treatment (AEBS) is in the optimal zone : tumour is destroyed, lung is protected.
April 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This figure recapitulates our treatments, our treatment (AEBS) is in the optimal zone : tumour is destroyed, lung is protected.