Burkina Faso Data Use Partnership (DUP) Data Rationalization

The Burkina Faso Data User Partnership is a two-year project with the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Burkina Faso. The aim of the project is to improve the supply of and demand for health data for decision-making at all levels of the healthcare system. A preliminary evaluation, which sought to understand how decisions are being […]

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Developing cultural practices to produce dry beans in Quebec

It is critical for farmers to have the information necessary so that they can make decisions on the best practices to undertake when growing a new crop. Pulse production is growing in demand and is an established market in Canada. In addition, plant based protein products are growing in popularity. We are working on developing […]

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Genome-wide overexpression library in Giardia spp. for drug target discovery

Giardiasis is a foodborne and waterborne disease that affects people worldwide, and it causes enteric diseases with outbreaks of diarrhea in adults and children. There are a few drugs available for treating Giardia spp. infections and they are associated with low efficacy, adverse effects, and drug resistance is spreading. Hence, there is an urgent need […]

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Modélisation mathématique pour l’étude de la motilité cellulaire

La motilité cellulaire joue un rôle central dans un grand nombre de processus physiologiques : la réponse immunitaire, le développement neuronal, le développement des cancers… pour ne citer qu’eux. Comprendre les mécanismes à l’origine des migrations cellulaires, ainsi que les réactions d’interaction est donc crucial. Il est établi que certaines protéines y jouent un rôle […]

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Benchmarking and validation of two dosimetry software packages for radiotherapy applications.

Brachytherapy dosimetry is traditionally based on the American Association for Physicists in Medicine Task Group No. 43 report, referred to as TG-43. The TG-43 dose calculation formalism describes dose delivery around a single source centrally positioned in a spherical water phantom. Patient geometry, tissue compositions, and density heterogeneities are ignored, as are foreign objects such […]

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Plastics Packaging Materials with Antifungal/microbial Properties

Plastic packaging materials are needed in many food products to prevent spoilage and to extend shelf-life. This project focuses on developing plastic packaging materials that will not permit bacteria and fungi to grow on the surface of the plastic in contact with the food , bread in this particular case. Besides the obvious performance requirement […]

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Graphene Ammonium Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistor Reliability Testing

This is a partnership between ABB, an international leader in water quality monitoring, and McGill University, where the objective is to test the reliability of an emerging technology in ion concentration measurement. The technology combines state-of-the-art electronics, composed of the atomically thin material graphene, and ionsensitive polymers, developed in the research group of Prof. Szkopek […]

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Optimization and automation of the imaging and analysis of Ananda Device’s high-throughput NeuroHTSTM microplate

Ananda Devices has developed an innovative technology to produce high-throughput organ-on-chip technology for commercialization in the pharma industry and cosmetic industry. For cost effective and fast commercializing the device, semi automation/automation is required for the high throughput data analysis. Further validation of the automation algorithm is required for data accuracy. So, our aim is to […]

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