Prof. Sylvain Meloche is a principal investigator at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) at the University of Montreal. After doctoral studies in molecular pharmacology at the University of Montreal, he completed a postdoctoral internship in immunology at the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, and then a second in biochemistry at the University of Nice in France. In 1992, he began his teaching career and established his research activities at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Center. Now he is also a professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal.