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Nicolas Cermakian

ResearcherPsychiatryMcGill University

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Nicolas Cermakian

Researcher

Psychiatry

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
23 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 13 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 19 research grants (10 NSERC, 9 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2009.

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Research

Circadian Rhythms Circadian Clock Immune Response Inflammation Leishmania Parasite Vaccination Gene Expression

Latest papers

Characterization of the expression and function of schizophrenia risk gene Dtnbp1 in the suprachiasmatic nucleus.
Neuroscience · 2026 · senior author
Retinal glia regulate development of the circadian photoentrainment circuit.
Cell reports · 2025
Large-scale effects of prenatal inflammation and early life circadian disruption in mice: Implications for neurodevelopmental disorders.
Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2025 · senior author

All 68 publications

Latest funding

The circadian regulation of Leishmania infection by host and parasite clocks
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,235,475
Molecular dissection of the mammalian circadian clock: The roles of deubiquitinases in the circadian system
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$90,000
The transcriptional and epigenomic mechanisms underlying the circadian regulation of CD8 T cell response
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$1,243,125

All 23 grants and awards

68 publications.

Characterization of the expression and function of schizophrenia risk gene Dtnbp1 in the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

Maloney GE, Cloutier MÈ, Provost MJ, Srivastava LK, Cermakian N

Neuroscience2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2025.12.029 PMID: 41391739

Retinal glia regulate development of the circadian photoentrainment circuit.

Brown TW, Vilallongue N, Hales SC, Srikanta S, Rochon PL, Rangel Olguin AG, Waxman SB, Tufford A, Van Prooijen J, Krishnaswamy A, Cermakian N, Cayouette M

Cell reports2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116464 PMID: 41150857

Large-scale effects of prenatal inflammation and early life circadian disruption in mice: Implications for neurodevelopmental disorders.

Delorme TC, Arcego DM, Penichet D, O'Toole N, Huebener N, Silveira PP, Srivastava LK, Cermakian N

Brain, behavior, and immunity2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.03.023 PMID: 40118225

Early-Life Ventral Hippocampal Lesion and Circadian Disruption Result in Altered Behavior in Adult Mice in a Sex-Dependent Manner.

Bouteldja AA, Marceau LA, Srivastava LK, Cermakian N

The European journal of neuroscience2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/ejn.70134 PMID: 40356274

The Deubiquitinase USP2 Modulates Photic Entrainment of the Circadian Clock at the Level of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus.

Srikanta SB, Brown TW, Malescot A, Cloutier MÈ, Zhu L, Coutanson C, Malki M, Storch KF, Rungta R, Cayouette M, Dkhissi-Benyahya O, Cermakian N

Journal of neurochemistry2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jnc.70018 PMID: 39967311

The influence of circadian rhythms on CD8+ T cell activation upon vaccination: A mathematical modeling perspective.

Balit N, Cermakian N, Khadra A

Journal of theoretical biology2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2024.111852 PMID: 38796098

Watch your clock: it matters for immunotherapy.

Cermakian N, Labrecque N

Trends in cancer2024First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.trecan.2024.06.004 PMID: 38942640

The circadian system: A neglected player in neurodevelopmental disorders.

Bouteldja AA, Penichet D, Srivastava LK, Cermakian N

The European journal of neuroscience2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/ejn.16423 PMID: 38816965

Circadian Control of the Response of Macrophages to Plasmodium Spp.-Infected Red Blood Cells.

Carvalho Cabral P, Richard VR, Borchers CH, Olivier M, Cermakian N

ImmunoHorizons2024Senior author

DOI: 10.4049/immunohorizons.2400021 PMID: 38916585

Circadian Regulation of Leishmania Parasite Internalisation in Macrophages and Downstream Cellular Events.

Carvalho Cabral P, Stegeman SK, Olivier M, Cermakian N

Parasite immunology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/pim.13053 PMID: 38817112

The circadian regulation of Leishmania infection by host and parasite clocks

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cermakian, Nicolas

Keywords: Circadian Clock; Circadian Rhythms; Immune Response; Infection; Inflammation; Knock-Out Mouse; Leishmania; Parasite; Transcriptome; Vaccination

$1,235,475

Molecular dissection of the mammalian circadian clock: The roles of deubiquitinases in the circadian system

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cermakian, Nicolas

Keywords: cell biology; cell signalling; circadian rhythms; clock genes; deubiquitinase; gene expression; suprachiasmatic nucleus; ubiquitin

$90,000

The transcriptional and epigenomic mechanisms underlying the circadian regulation of CD8 T cell response

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cermakian, Nicolas

Keywords: Cell Signalling; Chromatin; Circadian Clock; Circadian Rhythms; Gene Expression; Genomics; Mouse Model; T Lymphocyte; Transcription Factor; Vaccination

$1,243,125

Role of circadian rhythms in bone adaptation to the mechanical environment

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Willie, Bettina M

Keywords: Bone; Circadian Rhythms; Mechanical Forces; Osteocytes

$739,910

Circadian regulation of host-pathogen interactions in vector-borne parasitic infections

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cermakian, Nicolas

Keywords: Behaviour; Chronobiology; Circadian Clock; Circadian Rhythms; Gene Expression; Immune Response; Inflammation; Leishmania; Mouse Models; Parasite

$1,005,975

The 2019 Canadian Chronobiology Conference: Biological rhythms in health and society

Nominated PICIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Cermakian, Nicolas

Keywords: Cancer; Cardiovascular And Metabolic Problems; Circadian Clock; Circadian Rhythms; Neurosciences; Photoperiodism; Psychiatric Disorders; Shift Work; Sleep

$11,250

An integrated chronobiology facility for the large-scale study of biological rhythms at the behavioural, neurocircuit and cellular levels

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Cermakian, Nicolas

$148,717

Molecular dissection of the mammalian circadian clock: The roles of the deubiquitinase USP2 in the circadian system

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cermakian, Nicolas

$234,000

Circadian disruption, cognitive deficits and schizophrenia

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cermakian, Nicolas; Srivastava, Lalit K

Keywords: Animal Model; Behaviour; Circadian Rhythms; Cognitive Deficits; Gene X Environment Interaction; Light; Risk Genes; Schizophrenia; Shift Work; Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

$849,150

Gene expression analysis of complex neurobiological processes: A PCR facility to study large sample sets and very small samples

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Cermakian, Nicolas

$140,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Nicolas Cermakian

Research

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Latest funding

Characterization of the expression and function of schizophrenia risk gene Dtnbp1 in the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

Retinal glia regulate development of the circadian photoentrainment circuit.

Large-scale effects of prenatal inflammation and early life circadian disruption in mice: Implications for neurodevelopmental disorders.

Early-Life Ventral Hippocampal Lesion and Circadian Disruption Result in Altered Behavior in Adult Mice in a Sex-Dependent Manner.

The Deubiquitinase USP2 Modulates Photic Entrainment of the Circadian Clock at the Level of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus.

The influence of circadian rhythms on CD8+ T cell activation upon vaccination: A mathematical modeling perspective.

Watch your clock: it matters for immunotherapy.

The circadian system: A neglected player in neurodevelopmental disorders.

Circadian Control of the Response of Macrophages to Plasmodium Spp.-Infected Red Blood Cells.

Circadian Regulation of Leishmania Parasite Internalisation in Macrophages and Downstream Cellular Events.

The circadian regulation of Leishmania infection by host and parasite clocks

Molecular dissection of the mammalian circadian clock: The roles of deubiquitinases in the circadian system

The transcriptional and epigenomic mechanisms underlying the circadian regulation of CD8 T cell response

Role of circadian rhythms in bone adaptation to the mechanical environment

Circadian regulation of host-pathogen interactions in vector-borne parasitic infections

The 2019 Canadian Chronobiology Conference: Biological rhythms in health and society

An integrated chronobiology facility for the large-scale study of biological rhythms at the behavioural, neurocircuit and cellular levels

Molecular dissection of the mammalian circadian clock: The roles of the deubiquitinase USP2 in the circadian system

Circadian disruption, cognitive deficits and schizophrenia

Gene expression analysis of complex neurobiological processes: A PCR facility to study large sample sets and very small samples

Frequent collaborators

Nathalie Labrecque

Martin Olivier

Martin Olivier

Kai-Florian Storch

Arjun Krishnaswamy

Sylvain Meloche

Naguib Mechawar

Argel Aguilar Valles

Jean-Pierre Routy

Salah El Mestikawy

Claire-Dominique Walker

Michel Cayouette

Jean-Pierre Routy