Humpback whales produce stereotyped, socially learned songs on their breeding grounds, yet little is known about song development outside the breeding season, or the effects of increased vessel traffic on humpback whale communication. With access to an extensive underwater Passive Acoustic Monitoring network along Canada’s BC coast, facilitated by the North Coast Cetacean Society and […]

La composition en nutriments a été traditionnellement considérée comme un point clé pour justifier et recommander la consommation de certains aliments. En ce qui concerne les produits laitiers, les guides alimentaires de nombreux pays ont principalement insisté sur le lien calcium-lait selon lequel un nombre minimal de portions quotidiennes de lait et produits connexes devrait […]

Poor nutrition is common in older adults and may be even higher in Indigenous communities than the general population. Yet, nutrition risk is rarely assessed as part of a health check-up. In this project, a First Nation and an interdisciplinary team will work in partnership to determine how to address poor nutrition in that community. […]

A major cause of cancer is the loss of balance between processes that promote growth and tissue repair, and signals that inhibit overgrowth. The ultimate outcome is a state where the cell/organ cannot regulate growth processes, resulting in excessive, uncontrolled growth. Our collaborators have identified a new protein that appears to play an important role […]

Dans le cadre de la démarche Bien vieillir chez soi, cette recherche-action vise à implanter et mesurer les effets d’innovations articulées autour de deux applications que sont Hygiène 2.0 et MapIt. D’une part, Hygiène 2.0 offre une structure systématique de questionnement utilisable par la personne aînée elle-même ou ses proches conduisant à identifier soit des […]

Systematic reviews are a type of research that collect and assess relevant information for a specific research question. However, they can take up to two years to complete. In situations with time constraints or limited resources, rapid reviews can provide decision-makers with evidence. Rapid reviews use modifications from systematic review processes, called trade-offs, resulting in […]

Production of protein in different organisms has attracted interest since the first biotechnological production of insulin. Efforts had been made throughout the years to study several organisms like bacteria and yeast to produce exogenous proteins with commercial interest. During the last decades microalgae have attracted the attention as platform of production of complex proteins. For […]

Hemozoin is a crystal formed by the Malaria parasite to detoxify heme released during hemoglobin digestion. Although inhibiting Hemozoin formation has been used as an action mechanism for very potent anti-malarials, the underlying mechanism is still unknown, particularly the heme oxidation step. We believe that given the low oxygen environment in which malaria thrives, heme […]

Epileptic patients have a long term risk of recurrent seizures and the mainstay of treatment for controlling seizures is antiepileptic drugs. Management of epileptic emergencies usually requires hospitalization and the administration of intravenous (i.v.) anticonvulsant drugs. Lorazepam i.v. is the most effective treatment of status epilepticus, and therefore is routinely used in hospital emergency departments. […]

Good water quality is essential to the lifestyle, economy, and ecosystem health of Georgian Bay (GB). Unfortunately, water quality is being degraded due to an excess of nutrients entering the water through recreational development. Excess nutrients, specifically phosphorus, can lead to agal blooms, reduced water clarity, depleted oxygen levels and aquatic dead zones where wildlife […]

Les désordres cardiométaboliques (ex. dyslipidémie, stéatose hépatique, résistance à l’insuline, diabète, etc.) et neurocognitifs (ex. troubles cognitifs, déficit de l’attention, atteinte des fonctions exécutives, démences, etc.) associés à l’obésité se manifestent différemment selon les régions du monde et selon les groupes ethniques. Certains groupes ethniques incluant les communautés autochtones et sud-asiatiques sont particulièrement affectés par […]

La vache laitière est infertile pendant les premières 10 semaines après la mise-bas, ce qui est dû en partie à une sécrétion altérée des hormones libérées par le tissu adipeux et musculaire. Une famille de telles hormones s’appelle les ‘Fibronectin domain containing’, et pendant mon projet j’ai découvert que deux de ces hormones inhibent la […]