Four major themes cover the research activities in Rémi Quirion's laboratory.

MGSS is studying the molecular and cellular changes taking place in the brains of individuals that become depressed and commit suicide.

Directed by Cécilia Flores, PhD, the laboratory investigates brain abnormalities at the cellular and molecular level contributing to behaviours associated with schizophrenia and addiction.

Directed by Sylvain Williams, PhD, the lab is interested in two brain structures – the hippocampus and the septum – which interact closely in order to generate critical aspects of learning and memory.

The MGSS is made up of independent investigators, research associates, graduate PhD and MSc level students, and research collaborators.

The McGill Group for Suicide Studies (MGSS) is interested in the risk factors associated with suicidal behaviour.

Brigitte L. Kieffer, PhD, is the new Scientific Director of the Douglas Institute Research Centre

Her current research interests lie in the areas of molecular genetic and personality factors that influence eating disorder symptoms and treatment outcomes.

Carl Ernst studies human behaviour and mood by identifying genes that may be involved in mental disorders.

Antoine Adamantidis, PhD, is interested in the underlying neural mechanism for wakefulness or vigilance states.