Le virus du fruit rugueux brun de la tomate est un virus émergent se propageant à travers le monde depuis sa détection en 2014. Celui-ci cause un brunissement ainsi qu’une déformation des fruits, menant à un déclassement de ceux-ci. Ce virus cause des pertes économiques significatives pour les producteurs de tomates en raison de sa […]

Honey bees are very crucial due to their pollination services and plays important role in Canadian economy. Unfortunately, a huge loss in honey bee colonies was seen in recent years due to many detrimental factors including climate change and infections. The viral infections have also played a very significant role in recent crop loses, the […]

The proposed project is designed to improve the efficiency and accuracy of habitat restoration after it has been used for resource extraction (e.g., mining, forestry). This recovery process is known as ‘reclamation’. We will work with the partner organisation, Teck Resources, to assess reclamation progress in a large copper mine in western Canada. We will […]

The Wood Buffalo Environmental Association (WBEA) monitors the impact of industrial activities on jack pine forests within the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR), in Alberta, Canada. WBEA’s Forest Health Monitoring Program tracks the effects of deposition of nutrients and other elements emitted by industrial activities at the AOSR on the surrounding forests. The proposed project […]

When you go to the dentist and receive a white filling, this resin filling is hardened in the tooth using blue light from a dental curing light. Health Canada classifies curing lights as Class I Medical Devices, but they do not test if the manufacturer’s claims are correct. There are many different brands of lights […]

Une bonne compréhension des mécanismes impliqués dans la physiologie utérine normale est essentielle pour améliorer l’efficacité de la reproduction dans la production animale. L’utérus bovin est un organe dynamique dans lequel diverses adaptations morphologiques et physiologiques sont observées tout au long du cycle de l’œstrus, en particulier sous l’effet de la progestérone et des œstrogènes. […]

This study will provide novel insight into the potential benefits of feeding extended colostrum to pre-weaned calves during the first 21 days after arrival at a rearing facility, with a focus on investigating diarrhea incidence and gut function. As scientists, we are aware of the large gap between new scientific concepts and their accessibility to […]

The risk of heart disease in women is underestimated, however once women enter menopause there is a large increase in disease risk, with heart disease accounting for ~75% of deaths in postmenopausal women. However, the full bodily changes that women experience during, and in the time after menopause is not understood. Additionally, it is well-known […]

Chronic pain and tinnitus (ringing in the ears) are among the most common health conditions found in veterans. They both can significantly impair the quality of life of veterans and likely interact. To better manage these conditions an application combining respiration exercises, called cardiac coherence exercises (CC), and sound therapy was developed. CC consists in […]

Psoriasis is an inflammatory chronic skin disease for which we skin models to study. Dr. Roxane Pouliot (academic supervisor) group at University Laval (Quebec) has previously developed a human psoriatic skin model using skin cells to which lymphocytes (from human blood) have been added. The goal of this project is to further optimize the skin […]

The goal of the project is to establish a high-throughput screening platform that can be used to identify small molecules that improve the muscle cell membrane fragility that is characteristic of Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. To do this, Ms. Ainoa Tejedera Villafranca will be hosted by the Gilbert Lab in Toronto to (a) be trained […]

The internship project involves working with mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), which play a key role in regenerative medicine due to their translational potential. I will be conducting experiments to find new ways to regulate and modify the functions of these cells, and analyzing high-throughput screening data to find novel therapeutic targets. Along the way, I […]