More and more, consumers are looking for food products that meet their nutritional needs without the addition of complex, synthetic ingredients. This project focuses on the discovery of new emulsifiers to keep active ingredients, like omega 3 oils or fat soluble vitamins, well suspended and protected in food products. The emulsifiers will come from natural […]

Eukaryotic cells have evolved complex sub-compartments to partition the cell interior into tiny contained 3D microenvironments. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) communicates with and regulates other intracellular structures, including the endolysosomal system, through membrane contact sites (MCSs). Dysfunction in endolysosomal spatial-temporal regulation is implicated in neurodegeneration, cancer, and metabolic disease. Recently, it was found that the […]

Many components of education, including those to support teacher and student learning, are now online and fully digital. But to make productive use of these data sources, the field needs to have a better understanding of what teachers and students do and how they respond to online assessments designed to build and measure complex constructs. […]

Consistent plant production is critical for plant product quality and marketability. Plant quality (leafy greens, cannabis or other plants) is influenced by the plant species/cultivar and environmental conditions (temperature, relative humidity, light level, light quality, CO2 levels, water quality and quantity, nutrient levels and air movement). Understanding existing variability of the environmental conditions is critical […]

The project focuses on the design, modeling/simulation, and testing of photonic devices, and the co-design of electronicphotonic integrated circuits, to realize transceivers that can be commercialized for use in both wireline, e.g., passive optical networks (PONs), and wireless, e.g., 5G backhaul, access networks with an emphasis on meeting the reach requirements for remote and underserved […]

This project will investigate the effects of biostimulants on the response of soybeans to abiotic stress (frost and drought) during germination and early development. The ability of the biostimulants to improve the stress response of soybean will be assessed by comparing the germinative vigor, nitrogen fixation within root nodules, growth and development of roots and […]

Non-profits in the homelessness sector, especially smaller ones, tend to collect, analyze and use limited amounts of data: occupancy rates, numbers of meals served, etc. In order to better serve their clients, and to manage their organization more effectively, a more robust approach to capturing and analyzing data on client characteristics, satisfaction and outcomes is […]

Metal contamination in inland waters is of key concern for lake and human health. Unfortunately, our present understanding of metal contamination in lakes across the world is fragmented, as long-term monitoring programs are rare. The study of lake sediments offers an opportunity to address this gap, as sediments preserve a record of the environmental dynamics. […]

Chitin is a biopolymer extracted from various biomass waste streams including crustaceans, cephalopods, insects, and fungus in large scale. It is the second most abundant biopolymer after cellulose and as such, constitutes the core component of the shell-biorefinery, as a part of blue-biorefinery. Chitosan, as the deacetylated version of chitin, features unique and attractive properties […]

Lateralization is one of the key principles of human brain organization. With a background in neuroimaging analysis of brain inter-hemispheric differences, the applicant Bin Wan will conduct his project in a Canadian research group which focuses on multimodal neuroimaging data. The intern will help with data acquisition of 7 Tesla MRI data in healthy individuals […]

With the development of artificial technology in recent years, the relationship between AI and Buddhism has gradually become a frontier issue. This project will focus on three aspects: First, based on the findings of previous scholars, it will further describe the “Doctrine of Insentient beings”, which connects the theory of “Insentient being has Buddha-nature” with […]

Propel Impact will be working with Mitacs interns across two universities to support social innovation and impact investing organizations in Canada.