Identification des protéines cellulaires impliquées dans l’effet antiviral des polymères d’acides nucléiques (NAPs) lors d’une infection par le virus de l’hépatite B (VHB)

L’hépatite B est une affection hépatique causée par le virus de l’hépatite B (VHB) qui peut évoluer sous une forme chronique et exposer les malades à un risque important de cirrhose et/ou de cancer hépatique. Malgré un vaccin efficace, le VHB affecte de façon chronique plus de 270 millions de personnes et cause plus de […]

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Development of the Metaplex Immuno-Oncology Platform – Immuno-Oncology Component

Current cancer immunotherapies, although highly successful, are complex to implement, costly, and only effective in small patient populations with specific cancer types. We propose to overcome these problems by developing small molecules to induce immunogenic cell death (ICD), a cancer cell death process that engages the immune system to recognize and eliminate cancer cells and […]

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Development of the Metaplex Immuno-Oncology Platform – Formulation Component

Current cancer immunotherapies, although highly successful, are complex to implement, costly, and only effective in small patient populations with specific cancer types. We propose to overcome these problems by developing small molecules to induce immunogenic cell death (ICD), a cancer cell death process that engages the immune system to recognize and eliminate cancer cells and […]

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Architecture and application of an innovative decision support module integrated to a primary care electronic health record

Ce projet vise le développement d’un module de support décisionnel intégré au dossier électronique patient. En utilisant des méthodologies innovatrices sur l’analyse des données des patients et sur la représentation des informations aux cliniciens et patients, le projet cherche à résoudre l’impasse où se trouvent les systèmes informatisés d’aide à la décision clinique et qui […]

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Advancing methods and understanding: Status and drivers of mammal populations in Alberta

Biodiversity loss is a major concern worldwide. Alberta’s has abundant natural resources; however, developing these natural resources can impact species, including mammal species and those valued by the public. Understanding the impacts of disturbance on populations of mammals is necessary in order to inform environmental management. This project will harness existing data through the Alberta […]

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Development of a commercial protocol to differentiate human pluripotent stem cells into skeletal muscle progenitor cells (hPSC-SMPCs) with transplantation potential

Recent scientific breakthroughs have led to the development of methods to differentiate human PSCs (hPSCs) into skeletal muscle cells. This has allowed, for the first time, the development of cellular models to study muscle diseases such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and the possibility to utilize these cells for cell therapy applications. However, the reliability, efficiency […]

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Suivi de l’herpétofaune aquatique par ADN environnemental

Les inventaires de biodiversité nécessitent souvent un investissement en temps et ressources considérable, notamment lorsqu’il s’agit de détecter des espèces rares ou difficiles à observer. Cependant, tous les organismes vivants relâchent en permanence leur matériel génétique (ADN) dans l’environnement, via leurs poils, plumes excréments par exemple. Il est donc possible de détecter les espèces aquatiques […]

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Testing the effects of the central command on pain perception during handgrip contractions

Voluntary motor actions are associated with the presence of the central motor command, also known as central command. As reviewed by Williamson [1, 2], this “central command involves descending neural signals from higher brain centres, originally defined as ‘cortical irradiation’, capable of influencing cardiovascular responses during exercise [3]. The majority of investigations involving study of […]

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New therapeutics against T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

A protein named c-Myc is causally implicated in over 50% of all human cancers. Preliminary work supports two proteins (POZ domain protein and c-Myc cofactor Miz-1) as a new drug target to disable c-Myc function. We have identified small molecules which act on this target and will now serve develop a series of optimized and […]

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Design et synthèse d’acides aminés biosourcés pour la préparation de nouveaux triterpènes fonctionnalisés et de peptides conjugués

Les végétaux demeurent de nos jours une source incontournable de molécules bioactives pour le développement d’agents thérapeutiques novateurs. Par contre, l’étude et l’utilisation des molécules d’origine végétale sont souvent limitées par leur manque de solubilité dans l’eau et leur faible biodisponibilité. Pour surmonter ces limitations, l’ajout de groupements polaires sur les molécules appelé dérivatisation est […]

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Investigation of the relationship between firefighting water additive formulation and environmental fate and toxicity

Firefighting water additives are a mixture of chemicals that are mixed with water to more effectively extinguish fires (i.e., residential, industrial, forest fires). The use of these additives is likely to increase in fighting forest fires due to the projected increase in forest fire occurrence and intensity due to climate change. Ingredients of firefighting water […]

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