Sour beers, traditionally made via spontaneous fermentation, are growing in popularity; particularly examples produced using the modern technique of mixed fermentation. These mixed fermentation beers present unique challenges during production. We hypothesize that by examining traditional process spontaneously fermented beer, we can identify new methods and strategies for improving the quality of mixed fermentation beers. […]

En milieu naturel, les guillemots marmettes, une espece d’oiseau marin, nichent en de tres fortes den sites. Les colonies. lors des saisons de reproduction. peuvent atteindre des millions d’individus et soutenir 20 couples au metre carre. La forte proximite des oiseaux provogue un melange d’oeufs entre les voisins. Bien que les guillemots peuvent reconnaitre leur […]

Western red-cedar asthma (WRCA) is the most common form of occupational asthma in British Columbia and is caused by sensitivity to a molecule found in the wood called plicatic acid (PA). Patients suspected of having WRCA must complete two inhalational challenges to determine sensitivity to PA, an expensive and time-consuming process. There is need for […]

Afin de limiter dans le sol l’accumulation et la mobilité de contaminants pouvant entraîner un risque potentiel pour la santé humaine, animale et végétale, Orica Canada Inc., un fournisseur mondial d’explosifs commerciaux, souhaiterait décontaminer un de leur terrain hébergeant auparavant une usine de production d’explosifs. L’entreprise désire s’engager résolument dans des approches vertes et durables […]

Recent research has confirmed the lethal effects of the COVID-19 virus on the heart, and thus the proposed research will use a cardiac sensor called seismocardiography to assess the mechanical function of the heart in patients with respiratory and cardiac pathology, as well as in normal-healthy aging patients, to assist in the understanding, diagnosis and […]

Currently, elite athletes and their coaches rely on the subjective self-awareness and measurement of muscle force, heart rate, and the amount of blood lactic acid level to monitor body fitness and athletic performance. These methods, however, are not ideal and always reliable due to subjective errors, technological limitations and individual confounding factors that limit the […]

MRI-guided ultrasound therapy is a powerful method of image-guided therapy for cancer treatment in which ultrasound energy is used to coagulate (or cook) a target region of tumor. This kind of treatment has been developed as an alternative to conventional therapies (radiation, surgery) which are associated with high complication rates and long recovery times. Successful […]

Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) is a genetic disorder that causes prolongation of cardiac repolarization, observed as an elongation between the Q and T waves observed on an electrocardiogram. The lengthening of these waves can cause unexpected and life threatening arrhythmias. Current therapies for the LQTS are limited to ?-blockers and left cardiac sympathetic denervation which […]

The current global health emergency surrounding the coronavirus outbreak highlights the need for new treatments to combat virus infections and ways to prevent similar outbreaks in the future. Our research team has devised novel strategies to develop an effective vaccine and anti-viral drugs to treat and prevent infections by such viruses. This grant application is […]

Everyday across Canada, judges from both the federal and provincial courts make ‘best interest’ decisions affecting the lives of thousands of children and their families. Infants and children whose cases come before the justice sytem are more likely to have experienced abuse, neglect, exposure to family violence, parenting impaired by addiction or mental illness, and […]

The human oral cavity contains over 700 different bacterial species. In healthy people, these bacteria are living in harmony and not likely to cause diseases. However, sometimes this bacterial balance is disturbed as the oral pathogenic bacteria start to overgrow causing many oral implications such as halitosis, sore throat, dental caries and gingivitis. A promising […]

Computer vision and artificial intelligence provide unprecedented opportunities to realize new image-based biomarkers with the potential to drive precision drug development and personalized medicine; particularly in degenerative disease of eye and brain, where tissue sampling is not possible and where no treatments exists. This research project will deploy AI models for multiple tasks including segmentation, […]