With the goal of increasing the safety of civilian air flight, the detection of a decrease in pilot attention is becoming an important need in civilian aeronautics. Multiple models used for the detection of hypovigilant states have been developed over the years in experimental conditions, but barriers still exist limiting current use. First, some of […]

Atherosclerosis is a disease defined by unresolved inflammation in the major arteries. High cholesterol is a major risk factor, resulting in fatty lesions developing silently for decades before causing heart attacks and strokes. Currently, no therapies exist that target the cells of the artery wall to suppress this disease. Myeloid cells (MCs) are white blood […]

Le projet vise à déterminer le meilleur protocole de mise en diapause de Trichogramma brassicae. Cet insecte est un parasitoïde s’attaquant aux oeufs de la pyrale du maïs et est utilisé depuis plusieurs années au Québec pour lutter contre cette pyrale réduisant par ce fait la quantité de pesticide utilisé par les agriculteurs. La diapause […]

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common liver disorders worldwide. NAFLD could lead to end-stage liver disease and considered as one of the most common causes of liver transplantation. Moreover, a large number of liver transplant recipients develop NAFLD after transplantation due to side effects of the medications that they have […]

This project aims to obtain detailed information on how a potential Alzheimer drug helps to inhibit the formation of the toxic species associated with the disease. Utilizing magnetic resonance technologies, we seek to characterize how the drug fits into the toxic species. The steps consist of making the toxic species, combining it with the drug […]

Northern Shrimp (Pandalus borealis) and Greenland Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) located off the east coast of Nunavut (Arctic Canada) are currently harvested by factory freezer vessels using bottom trawls. This fishery is a major contribution to the territory’s economy. However, bottom trawling is not without its ecological impact. Bottom trawl’s footgear, located below the fishing line […]

Notre intention est de réaliser les travaux préalables à l’élaboration d’une plateforme collaborative de création de partage et la mise en application des nouvelles connaissances générées dans un contexte de crise sanitaire et/ou environnementale mettant l’accent sur les services préhospitaliers. Ces travaux sont à la fois théoriques en répertoriant les connaissances actuelles sur l’utilisation des […]

Locomotion is a basic act that humans and animals use in everyday life to move in the environment. There has been an ongoing effort for at least a century to understand the mechanisms that the brain uses to control locomotion, including starting and stopping. Studying those mechanisms at the level of single neurons, and finding […]

The general objective of the proposed activity is to increase the future productivity of Burrard Inlet and the contribution of seafood to the diet of Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN) members in support of the TWN Cumulative Effects Monitoring Initiative. Specifically we propose to (1) quantify the ecological variables driving contemporary clam density, biomass and diversity; (2) […]

Liver failure is rapidly becoming a health epidemic in North America, mostly due to large increases in fatty liver disease. The liver normally clears ammonia from the bloodstream, however, when the liver fails ammonia builds up to dangerous levels and causes cognitive impairment which can progress to coma and death. Neuractas Therapeutics has developed a […]

L’objectif à long terme de ce projet de recherche est de mettre au point un vaccin universel contre le virus de la grippe. Pour ce faire, nous developperons un procédé de manufacture d’une protéine du virus influenza et tenterons d’améliorer son immunogénicité en augmentant sa complexicité via la formation de nanoparticules. Des essais d’immmunisation et […]

The fish processing industry produces a high level of fish waste (head, bones, skin, fins, etc.) which is often discarded in landfills. This underutilized biomass waste stream has potential to be upgraded through hydrolysis to be used an organic fertilizer. Eberts Fur Farm Inc. currently obtains fish waste from a local food supplier to use […]