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Determining the antidepressant effect of 2-bromo-LSD (TD-0148A)

We would like to determine whether a modified version of LSD (TD-0148A), which does not induce hallucinations, has antidepressant effects that can be applied to patients with depressive disorders. We will investigate whether TD-0148A can change the physical structure of neurons, as other antidepressants do. Furthermore, we will use an animal model to determine whether TD-0148A can reverse the negative effects of chronic stress, whish is a leading cause of depression in people. These findings can represent a breakthrough in depression treatment, as TD-0148A has a better safety profile compared to LSD and other drugs that induce hallucinations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Argel Aguilar Valles

Student:

Partner:

BetterLife Pharma Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Coarse-graining using machine learning based methods

My Ph.D. research focuses on coarse-graining using machine learning-based methods and analytical theory for building physical models for multi-scale modeling. There are many reasons for performing simulations on simpler systems. In complex systems with large scales, we are concerned with the effective interactions and driving forces that emerge from the detailed descriptions of the systems. Coarse-grained models enable us to simulate complex systems by focusing on the most essential features and averaging over less important details. The recent rise of machine learning-based computational discovery provides a new philosophy for chemical, physical, and materials science. We recently proposed the use of deep learning methods and Gaussian process to build a bridge between the microscopic and macroscopic worlds for the identification of unavailable coarse-scale equations. We use data from molecular dynamics simulations (lattice-Boltzmann simulations) to approximate an unavailable macroscopic physical equation. My collaboration with Professor George Em Karniadakis, who is an expert in machine learning methods, would provide me with an excellent opportunity to learn the details of the critical techniques of machine learning methods which will be of critical importance for me and will accelerate my Ph.D. research.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mikko Karttunen

Student:

Partner:

Brown University

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Artificial Intelligence; Energy and Utilities; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Development of the McMaster Cough Monitor (MaCough)

Chronic cough is a persistent daily cough that lasts greater than eight weeks and affects 10% of the general population. It is associated with a significant burden on health and quality of life. In clinical practice, there are very limited tools in order to quantitively monitor cough. Existing products are too expensive and labor intensive, making it impractical for use in day-to-day clinical practice. This project is aimed to create a quantitative way for clinicians to be able to diagnose, assess and monitor cough more efficiently. We are developing a wearable cough monitor that will be lightweight, inexpensive and fully automated with an algorithm aimed to classify coughs from non-cough sounds. Therefore, this project will aid clinicians in diagnosing, monitoring and assessing cough more effectively to allow for better treatment and monitoring of patients. This project will give partner organizations an opportunity to continue to drive innovation and technology development in Canada as being the first fully automated cough monitor used in clinics to help diagnose patients with respiratory diseases.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Imran Satia;Qiyin Fang

Student:

Partner:

I-INC Foundation for Business Development

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Impact environnemental des activités agricoles sur la qualité de l’habitat des salamandres au mont Covey Hill

Le mont Covey Hill au Québec recense plusieurs espèces de salamandres rares et menacées. Ces amphibiens vivent dans les sols et dans l’eau pour une partie ou la totalité de leur cycle de vie, et sont donc susceptibles d’être affectés par la présence de pesticides. Le mont Covey Hill regroupe de nombreux producteurs agricoles, parmi lesquels des pomiculteurs. Les pommiers subissent chaque année de nombreux traitements pesticides. Certains de ces pesticides peuvent se retrouver dans les sols, les eaux souterraines et les eaux de surface, représentant une menace pour les salamandres. Ce projet, en collaboration avec Conservation de la Nature Canada (CNC), vise à évaluer l’impact des activités agricoles sur l’habitat des salamandres au mont Covey Hill, en étudiant le lien entre les pratiques agricoles locales actuelles et la qualité des eaux et des sols du secteur.
En ayant des données précises, fondées sur la science, CNC pourra mieux cibler les actions à prendre pour la protection des espèces en péril et évaluer l’impact des actions entreprises. Le projet bénéficiera à la communauté canadienne par l’amélioration des connaissances pour la protection des espèces en péril au niveau fédéral et qui constituent une part importante de notre biodiversité, une richesse collective.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Violaine Ponsin;David Widory

Student:

Partner:

La Société canadienne pour la conservation de la nature

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Food Security in West Broadway

The West Broadway Community Organization (WBCO) is dedicated to the social and economic development of the West Broadway neighborhood in downtown Winnipeg. Through this commitment WBCO has created a multitude of programs that address food insecurity, housing rights, community safety and wellbeing, and a sustainable environment among many other community needs. Due to COVID-19, WBCO has had to significantly adjust the programs they offer. The biggest ongoing challenge faced by WBCO due to the pandemic is the challenge of reaching certain members in the West Broadway neighborhood that are at risk of social isolation. A key role of the internship will be aiding WBCO in continually adapting to the new pandemic reality and finding innovative ways to connect the community. This project stands to address multiple community needs. My role is to assist in the workshops WBCO provides so that they can continue to reach the people that need them. This allows for community engagement, wellness, and activism for those who might not have had the prior opportunity or knowhow.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shauna MacKinnon

Student:

Partner:

West Broadway Community Organization

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

A multi-modal neuroimaging approach to characterize BuChE-specific radioligands for early and definitive diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes dementia. Effective therapies to slow or reverse progression of AD have yet to be realized clinically, owed largely to the lack of accurate diagnosis achievable by current methods. The need for early, definitive diagnosis of AD during life is imperative for disease management, and relies heavily on the improvement of brain imaging techniques. Efforts towards imaging of butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) is an attractive and viable approach for a definitive diagnostic test for AD, as the elevated expression of this enzyme is characteristically associated with pathological plaques in the AD brain exclusively and is notably absent in the non-AD brain. Treventis Corporation have developed specialized BuChE-specific radioactive tracers which are promising candidates for such AD diagnostics. The aim of this proposed research is to develop and implement a comprehensive diagnostic imaging and analysis framework for Treventis.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chris Bowen

Student:

Partner:

Treventis Corporation;IWK Health Centre

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Asper School of Business – RoofBundle

As a Business Analyst intern working with a small start up company, the project objectives are as follows:
1. Create & implement a marketing strategy for Roofbundle to attract and onboard customers onto the mobile platform.
2. Interact & engage with customers through the digital marketing platforms to better understand customer needs.
3. Design & create spreadsheets, workflows, and calculation tables for the software product being created.
4. Support & assist founder and the development team with product development.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Subbu Sivaramakrishnan;Kelly Mahoney

Student:

Partner:

RoofBundle

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

MITACS – BSI – Vancouver Island Brewing

The proposed project is to asses the market opportunities that face Vancouver Island Brewing, and the target markets associates with the opportunities. Visual marketing materials will be created for a new product launch that cater to the desired target markets in anticipation of growing brand awareness and reach. By having the intern in this role VI Brewing will benefit from innovative content and branded materials they can use in future campaigns. A more well rounded understanding of the companies target markets will be uncovered and new channels of communicating with consumers will be explored.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heather Harrison

Student:

Partner:

Vancouver Island Brewing

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

RAUQ – FSA UL

Le Réseau d’agriculture urbaine de Québec (RAUQ) est un organisme à but non lucratif. Depuis 2009, il organise la Fête des Semences de Québec chaque printemps. Le RAUQ agit aussi en matière de concertation des acteurs par rapport aux questions touchant l’agriculture urbaine, l’éducation et la promotion, la représentation de ses membres, la participation aux débats publics ainsi que la mutualisation des ressources. Alors que l’organisme misait sur 2020 pour se déployer dans de nouvelles activités et se consolider, la pandémie a exiger de repenser un grand nombre d’activités, dont la Fête des semences qui rassemble annuellement de 3000 à 6000 personnes. La pandémie a aussi apporté une vague d’intérêt incroyable envers l’agriculture et le développement d’une plus grande autonomie alimentaire, tant d’un point de vue individuel que collectif. Développement durable, transition écologique, achat local, saines habitudes de vie, alimentation saine et locale ont été des thèmes hautement populaires sur la place publique les derniers mois. Le gouvernement provincial a d’ailleurs affirmé sa volonté de soutenir le développement d’une plus grande autonomie alimentaire pour le Québec.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Margaret Schomaker

Student:

Partner:

Réseau d'Agriculture Urbaine de Québec (RAUQ)

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Novagrow

En 2021, Novagrow prévoit faire deux campagnes de ventes : une sur la plateforme de ventes Kickstarter en juin 2021 et une campagne de ventes sur son propre site web transactionnel (automne et Noel 2021). Dans le cadre d’un stage, notre stagiaire sera donc appelée à aider l’équipe en mettant à profit ses connaissances en commerce en ligne et en marketing numérique pour préparer ces campagnes de ventes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Benoit A Aubert

Student:

Partner:

Novagrow Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Quantum Proofs for Skeptical Verifiers

A verifier-prover — where a “prover” suggests an answer to a question, which is then checked by a “verifier” — is a powerful analytical tool in computer science. As an example, understanding the number of transactions required to answer a computational question in a prover-verifier setting offers insights into the difficulty of that computational problem. Problems that can be solved with few transactions between a quantum prover and classical verifier is said to have complexity “QMA”. Unfortunately, even a modest modification, where the quantum prover is untrusted (its purported answers may sometimes be in error), is not yet fully understood. Understanding the implications of an untrusted quantum prover (e.g. How might one handle QMA problems despite an untrusted quantum prover?) is particularly relevant given the rapid development of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (“NISQ”) machines. This project seeks to develop proof systems robust against an untrusted quantum prover.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anne Broadbent

Student:

Partner:

AgnostiQ Labs

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Use of an alternative source of dietary nitrogen on amino acid requirements and utilization in growing pigs

Determining methods to improve nutrient utilization in pigs is critical to improving the environmental, social, and economic sustainability of pork production in Canada. The objective of this project is to examine the use of an alternative source of dietary nitrogen and its impact on amino acid requirements and utilization in growing pigs. In disseminating results of this project, Gowans will achieve its mandate of providing novel nutrition information its client base for the benefit of the commercial swine operations. This will allow for continual improvement with which GFC can provide nutrition advice and will have a direct impact at the farm level.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Allan Columbus

Student:

Partner:

Gowans Feed Consulting

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

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