Michel Meunier, Polytechnique Montréal

Research

1101 Human Health 1102 Biomedical Engineering 1901 Biomedical Technology Age-Related Macular Degeneration Plasmonic Nanoparticles 2006 Biomaterials Corneal Endothelial Dystrophies Femtosecond Laser

Latest papers

Innovation Headroom for a Highly Accurate PD-L1 Companion Diagnostic in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.
PharmacoEconomics · 2025
Influence of photothermal and plasma-mediated nano-processes on fluence thresholds for ultrafast laser-induced cavitation around gold nanoparticles.
Nanoscale advances · 2023 · senior author
Single Pulse Nanosecond Laser-Stimulated Targeted Delivery of Anti-Cancer Drugs from Hybrid Lipid Nanoparticles Containing 5 nm Gold Nanoparticles.
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2023 · senior author

All 18 publications

Latest funding

METALLIC NANOPARTICLE-MEDIATED ULTRAFAST LASER NANOPROCESSES FOR NANOMEDICINE APPLICATIONS
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$48,000
Multiplexed and quantitative immunolabelling for cancer diagnostics using gold-silver alloy nanoprobes
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$185,000
Nanoparticle-mediated laser optoporation of CRISPR gene editing enzymes
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$250,000

All 73 grants and awards

18 publications.

01

Innovation Headroom for a Highly Accurate PD-L1 Companion Diagnostic in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.

Akinsoji T, Dragojlovic N, Darviot C, Meunier M, Harrison M, Lynd LD

PharmacoEconomics2025

DOI: 10.1007/s40273-025-01512-0 PMID: 40540171

02

Influence of photothermal and plasma-mediated nano-processes on fluence thresholds for ultrafast laser-induced cavitation around gold nanoparticles.

Agiotis L, De Lille VT, Meunier M

Nanoscale advances2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1039/d3na00743j PMID: 38059026

03

Single Pulse Nanosecond Laser-Stimulated Targeted Delivery of Anti-Cancer Drugs from Hybrid Lipid Nanoparticles Containing 5 nm Gold Nanoparticles.

Uzel A, Agiotis L, Baron A, Zhigaltsev IV, Cullis PR, Hasanzadeh Kafshgari M, Meunier M

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305591 PMID: 37936336

04

Multiplexed Plasmonic Nano-Labeling for Bioimaging of Cytological Stained Samples.

Marcoux-Valiquette P, Darviot C, Wang L, Grosset AA, Hasanzadeh Kafshgari M, Birela M, Patskovsky S, Trudel D, Meunier M

Cancers2021Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/cancers13143509 PMID: 34298724

05

Optical power limiter in the femtosecond filamentation regime.

Agiotis L, Meunier M

Scientific reports2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93683-x PMID: 34253771

06

Antibody-Functionalized Gold Nanostar-Mediated On-Resonance Picosecond Laser Optoporation for Targeted Delivery of RNA Therapeutics.

Hasanzadeh Kafshgari M, Agiotis L, Largillière I, Patskovsky S, Meunier M

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/smll.202007577 PMID: 33783106

07

Laser-induced plasmon-mediated treatment of retinoblastoma in viscous vitreous phantom.

Darviot C, Hardy P, Meunier M

Journal of biophotonics2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201900193 PMID: 31297950

08

A needle-like optofluidic probe enables targeted intracellular delivery by confining light-nanoparticle interaction on single cell.

Doppenberg A, Meunier M, Boutopoulos C

Nanoscale2018

DOI: 10.1039/c8nr03895c PMID: 30457139

09

In Vivo Laser-Mediated Retinal Ganglion Cell Optoporation Using KV1.1 Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles.

Wilson AM, Mazzaferri J, Bergeron É, Patskovsky S, Marcoux-Valiquette P, Costantino S, Sapieha P, Meunier M

Nano letters2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02896 PMID: 30285455

10

Neuropilin-1 expression in adipose tissue macrophages protects against obesity and metabolic syndrome.

Wilson AM, Shao Z, Grenier V, Mawambo G, Daudelin JF, Dejda A, Pilon F, Popovic N, Boulet S, Parinot C, Oubaha M, Labrecque N, de Guire V, Laplante M, Lettre G, Sennlaub F, Joyal JS, Meunier M, Sapieha P

Science immunology2018

DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aan4626 PMID: 29549139

METALLIC NANOPARTICLE-MEDIATED ULTRAFAST LASER NANOPROCESSES FOR NANOMEDICINE APPLICATIONS

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Meunier, Michel

Keywords: plasmonics; ultrafast laser; nanotechnology; nanosurgery; plasmonic nanostructures; biophysics; drug delivery; physical simulations; multiphysics modeling; metallic nanocrystals

$48,000

Multiplexed and quantitative immunolabelling for cancer diagnostics using gold-silver alloy nanoprobes

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Idea to Innovation

Principal investigators: Meunier, Michel M

$185,000

Nanoparticle-mediated laser optoporation of CRISPR gene editing enzymes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Meunier, Michel

$250,000

PERSONALIZED COVID-19 DIAGNOSTICS WITH IMMUNOPLASMONIC MICROSCOPY _x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Meunier, Michel

$50,000

High-speed and high-throughput label-free, primer-free COVID-19 saliva test using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy_x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Leblond, Frederic

$50,000

Selective laser-mediated gene therapy for ocular diseases

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Meunier, Michel

$374,183

FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS OF PLASMONICS AND ULTRAFAST LASERS IN THERANOSTIC NANOMEDECINE

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Meunier, Michel

$246,000

Improving the reliability of cytology diagnosis with immunoplasmonic multiplex labeling

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Meunier, Michel

$301,500

Selective laser-mediated gene therapy for ocular diseases

Nominated PICIHR2017Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Meunier, Michel; Côté, Christian-Yves; Brunette, Isabelle; Costantino, Santiago; Sapieha, Przemyslaw (Mike) S

Keywords: 1101 Human Health; 1102 Biomedical Engineering; 1901 Biomedical Technology; 2006 Biomaterials; Age-Related Macular Degeneration; Corneal Endothelial Dystrophies; Femtosecond Laser; Gene Therapy; Gold Nanoparticles; Laser Transfection

$369,433

Improving the reliability of cytology diagnosis with immunoplasmonic multiplex labeling.

Nominated PICIHR2017Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Meunier, Michel; Verhaegen, Marc; Cheriet, Farida; Trudel, Dominique

Keywords: Biomedical Technology 1901; Cytology; Human Health 1101; Imaging; Immunolabeling; Medical And Health Sciences 1211; Pathology 6401; Plasmonic Nanoparticles

$301,500

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: 1101 Human Health Dear Professor Meunier, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Innovation Headroom for a Highly Accurate PD-L1 Companion Diagnostic in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "METALLIC NANOPARTICLE-MEDIATED ULTRAFAST LASER NANOPROCESSES FOR NANOMEDICINE APPLICATIONS" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Michel Meunier

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Innovation Headroom for a Highly Accurate PD-L1 Companion Diagnostic in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.

Influence of photothermal and plasma-mediated nano-processes on fluence thresholds for ultrafast laser-induced cavitation around gold nanoparticles.

Single Pulse Nanosecond Laser-Stimulated Targeted Delivery of Anti-Cancer Drugs from Hybrid Lipid Nanoparticles Containing 5&#xa0;nm Gold Nanoparticles.

Multiplexed Plasmonic Nano-Labeling for Bioimaging of Cytological Stained Samples.

Optical power limiter in the femtosecond filamentation regime.

Antibody-Functionalized Gold Nanostar-Mediated On-Resonance Picosecond Laser Optoporation for Targeted Delivery of RNA Therapeutics.

Laser-induced plasmon-mediated treatment of retinoblastoma in viscous vitreous phantom.

A needle-like optofluidic probe enables targeted intracellular delivery by confining light-nanoparticle interaction on single cell.

In Vivo Laser-Mediated Retinal Ganglion Cell Optoporation Using KV1.1 Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles.

Neuropilin-1 expression in adipose tissue macrophages protects against obesity and metabolic syndrome.

METALLIC NANOPARTICLE-MEDIATED ULTRAFAST LASER NANOPROCESSES FOR NANOMEDICINE APPLICATIONS

Multiplexed and quantitative immunolabelling for cancer diagnostics using gold-silver alloy nanoprobes

Nanoparticle-mediated laser optoporation of CRISPR gene editing enzymes

PERSONALIZED COVID-19 DIAGNOSTICS WITH IMMUNOPLASMONIC MICROSCOPY _x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_

High-speed and high-throughput label-free, primer-free COVID-19 saliva test using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy_x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_

Selective laser-mediated gene therapy for ocular diseases

FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS OF PLASMONICS AND ULTRAFAST LASERS IN THERANOSTIC NANOMEDECINE

Improving the reliability of cytology diagnosis with immunoplasmonic multiplex labeling

Selective laser-mediated gene therapy for ocular diseases

Improving the reliability of cytology diagnosis with immunoplasmonic multiplex labeling.

Frequent collaborators

Przemyslaw Sapieha

Christos Boutopoulos

Przemyslaw Sapieha

Jean-Sébastien Joyal

Nathalie Labrecque

Mark Harrison

Jean-Jacques Lebrun

Dominique Trudel

Dominique Trudel

Santiago Costantino

Malika Oubaha

Santiago Costantino

Chen Wang

Guillaume Lettre

Mathieu Laplante

Single Pulse Nanosecond Laser-Stimulated Targeted Delivery of Anti-Cancer Drugs from Hybrid Lipid Nanoparticles Containing 5 nm Gold Nanoparticles.