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Michel Cayouette

ResearcherUniversité de Montréal

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Michel Cayouette

Researcher

Health Sciences

Université de Montréal

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.
16 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 4 trainee awards (4 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Photoreceptors Retinal Degeneration Retina Cell Therapy Vision Regeneration Neurogenesis Temporal Patterning

Latest papers

Neuroscience Insights: Publishing Rigorous Work Through Fair Review Process.
Neuroscience insights · 2026 · first author
The hourglass of high acuity vision: Cone plasticity at the intersection of time and space shapes the foveola.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026 · senior author
Retinal glia regulate development of the circadian photoentrainment circuit.
Cell reports · 2025 · senior author

All 38 publications

Latest funding

Light as a Morphogen: Unraveling a Novel Planar Cell Polarity Pathway in Retinal Function and Disease
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,357,876
Direct reprogramming of Müller glia for retinal regeneration
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$210,000
Regenerating the nervous system through glia reprogramming
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$1,193,400

All 11 grants and awards

38 publications.

Neuroscience Insights: Publishing Rigorous Work Through Fair Review Process.

Cayouette M

Neuroscience insights2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/26331055261481948 PMID: 42643545

The hourglass of high acuity vision: Cone plasticity at the intersection of time and space shapes the foveola.

Housset M, Cayouette M

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2602950123 PMID: 41973934

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 reports2025Senior author

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

Modeling neurodegeneration in the retina and strategies for developing pan-neurodegenerative therapies.

Ward EL, Benowitz L, Brunner TM, Bu G, Cayouette M, Canto-Soler V, Dá Mesquita S, Di Polo A, DiAntonio A, Duan X, Goldberg JL, He Z, Hu Y, Liddelow SA, La Torre A, Margeta M, Quintana F, Shekhar K, Stevens B, Temple S, Venkatesh H, Welsbie D, Flanagan JG

Molecular neurodegeneration2025

DOI: 10.1186/s13024-025-00858-5 PMID: 41088409

Differentially expressed fusogens specify myocyte states to drive myogenesis.

Nahlé S, Javed A, Joumier L, Kherdjemil Y, Sitolle J, Khetchoumian K, Parekh Y, Krezel W, Malleshaiah M, Le Grand F, Cayouette M, Côté JF

Development (Cambridge, England)2025

DOI: 10.1242/dev.204771 PMID: 40959964

Timing neural development and regeneration.

Blackshaw S, Cayouette M

Current opinion in neurobiology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2025.102976 PMID: 40010202

Cadherin 4 assembles a family of color-preferring retinal circuits that respond to light offset.

Olguin AGR, Rochon PL, Theriault C, Brown T, Yao H, Cayouette M, Cook EP, Krishnaswamy A

Current biology : CB2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.02.008 PMID: 40081378

Identification of a non-canonical planar cell polarity pathway triggered by light in the developing mouse retina.

Housset M, Filion D, Cortes N, Vali H, Mandato CA, Casanova C, Cayouette M

Developmental cell2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.10.012 PMID: 39561777

Numb positively regulates Hedgehog signaling at the ciliary pocket.

Liu X, Yam PT, Schlienger S, Cai E, Zhang J, Chen WJ, Torres Gutierrez O, Jimenez Amilburu V, Ramamurthy V, Ting AY, Branon TC, Cayouette M, Gen R, Marks T, Kong JH, Charron F, Ge X

Nature communications2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47244-1 PMID: 38664376

Pten regulates endocytic trafficking of cell adhesion and Wnt signaling molecules to pattern the retina.

Touahri Y, Hanna J, Tachibana N, Okawa S, Liu H, David LA, Olender T, Vasan L, Pak A, Mehta DN, Chinchalongporn V, Balakrishnan A, Cantrup R, Dixit R, Mattar P, Saleh F, Ilnytskyy Y, Murshed M, Mains PE, Kovalchuk I, Lefebvre JL, Leong HS, Cayouette M, Wang C, Del Sol A, Brand M, Reese BE, Schuurmans C

Cell reports2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114005 PMID: 38551961

Light as a Morphogen: Unraveling a Novel Planar Cell Polarity Pathway in Retinal Function and Disease

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cayouette, Michel

Keywords: Aging; G-Protein Signaling; Photoreceptors; Phototropism; Planar Cell Polarity; Retina; Retinal Degeneration; Tissue Patterning; Vision

$1,357,876

Direct reprogramming of Müller glia for retinal regeneration

SupervisorCIHR2024CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Vilallongue, Noemie

Keywords: Cell Fate; Cell Lineage; Glia; Regeneration; Reprogramming; Retina; Transcription Factors

$210,000

Regenerating the nervous system through glia reprogramming

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cayouette, Michel

Keywords: Cell Therapy; Gene Therapy; Glial Cells; Photoreceptors; Regeneration; Repogramming; Retina; Retinal Dystrophies; Transcription Factors; Vision

$1,193,400

Uncovering the role of Podocalyxin-like protein (Podxl) in photoreceptor cell polarity and function.

SupervisorCIHR2023Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Boudreau, Samantha D

Keywords: Cellular Neurobiology; Electroretinogram; Expansion Microscopy; Molecular Biology; Mouse Model; Neuroscience; Photoreceptors; Podocalyxin-Like Protein; Polarity; Retina

$105,000

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurogenesis in the retina: towards improved cell therapies for retinal dystrophies

Nominated PICIHR2017Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Cayouette, Michel

Keywords: Asymmetric Cell Divisions; Cell Fate Specification; Cell Therapy; Neural Stem Cells; Neurogenesis; Photoreceptor; Regeneration; Retina; Retinal Degeneration; Temporal Patterning

$3,090,536

Temporal identity factors in retinal progenitors: opening new avenues for cell therapy in retinal degenerations

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cayouette, Michel

Keywords: Cell Fate; Cell Replacement; Cell Therapy; Es Cells; Grafting; Neural Progenitors; Photoreceptors; Retinal Degeneration

$990,030

Molecular mechanisms regulating temporal identity in neural progenitors

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cayouette, Michel

Keywords: Epigenetic; Gene Expression; Genome Organization; Neurogenesis; Polycomb; Temporal Patterning; Transcription Factor

$818,015

Cone opsin-mediated intrinsic photosensitivity in the mammalian retina

SupervisorCIHR2013Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Tufford, Adele R

Keywords: Approaches To Treat Blindness; Cellular Basis Of Vision; Electrophysiology; Neural Circuits; Transgenic Mice

$105,000

Mechanisms of cell-fate choice in the developing mammalian retina

Nominated PICIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Cayouette, Michel

Keywords: Asymmetric Cell Division; Cell Culture; Cell-Fate; Development; Lineage; Live Imaging

$760,785

Mechanisms of neuronal polarity formation

Nominated PICIHR2009Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Cayouette, Michel

Keywords: Axonal Outgrowth; Axonal Specification; Cell Culture; Cell Polarity; Mouse Genetics; Neuronal Differentiation

$737,970

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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Michel Cayouette

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Neuroscience Insights: Publishing Rigorous Work Through Fair Review Process.

The hourglass of high acuity vision: Cone plasticity at the intersection of time and space shapes the foveola.

Retinal glia regulate development of the circadian photoentrainment circuit.

Modeling neurodegeneration in the retina and strategies for developing pan-neurodegenerative therapies.

Differentially expressed fusogens specify myocyte states to drive myogenesis.

Timing neural development and regeneration.

Cadherin 4 assembles a family of color-preferring retinal circuits that respond to light offset.

Identification of a non-canonical planar cell polarity pathway triggered by light in the developing mouse retina.

Numb positively regulates Hedgehog signaling at the ciliary pocket.

Pten regulates endocytic trafficking of cell adhesion and Wnt signaling molecules to pattern the retina.

Frequent collaborators

Arjun Krishnaswamy

Pierre Mattar

Nathalie Lamarche-Vane

Carol Schuurmans

Rod Bremner

Chao Wang

Nicolas Cermakian

Monzur Murshed

Thomas Brown

Frederic Charron

Adriana Di Polo

Philippe Gros

Elena Torban

Christian Casanova

Helen McNeill

Jacek Majewski

Marjorie Brand