Climate change is affecting BC farmers, with associated impacts to food security, community economic development, business risk management programs, and trade and innovation. With some of the oldest farmers in Canada, BC’s farmers also experience some of the lowest incomes in Canada. The Province has an urgent need to encourage both new entrants and existing […]

Many soil microbes present around the plant roots, these microbes are termed as plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). Bacillus amyloliquefaciens KA-32 is a novel strain of PGPR’s that promotes plant growth, improve yields in some tested crops. The mode of action of this strain is still unknown. One of the possible action might be by […]

Online health promotion programmes must be shown to improve health and promote a healthy lifestyle of the target population. These programmes are inexpensive and available to everybody. The company has previously created an OHPP for Canadian Veterans in order to encourage a healthy lifestyle among Canadian Veterans. We will now develop a second platform to […]

In this project we aim to evaluate the potential to effectively predict and prevent the occurrence of obstructive sleep apnea during sleep therapy using multiple sensor inputs in conventional CPAP machines. This will be based on experimental tests during both non-REM and REM sleep and standard polysomnography (PSG) measurements. This project is expected to assess […]

L’objectif du projet consiste à déterminer l’impact de la culture in vitro à long terme sur le génome du cannabis. Il s’agit d’effectuer des sous cultures toutes les deux semaines et d’extraire de l’ADN pour la séquencer de façon à obtenir de l’information sur le taux de mutations après plusieurs générations. La culture in vitro […]

The proposed research project aims to develop new class of antibiotics targeting bacterial ATPsynthase for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, particularly those involving Staphylococcus aureus or Escherichia coli. To do so, one post-doctoral fellow will be recruited in the lab of Pr. P-L Boudreault (Université de Sherbrooke), to work on the synthesis of small molecule analogs. This […]

Critical to development of successful strategies to improve short- and long-term growth and health of pigs is to understand the impact of dietary factors on intestinal health of newly-weaned pigs. This will become increasingly important as additional pressure is placed on the livestock industry to replace animal-based protein sources, include higher levels of plant and […]

Ferme d’Hiver propose de bâtir un système décisionnel basé sur les données visant à augmenter la productivité et à minimiser les coûts en énergie en agriculture verticale. Le projet innovateur suggère de regrouper l’ensemble des fonctionnalités d’un complexe en salle fermée/serre traditionnelle en un seul et unique système de production et de décision automatisé. L’un […]

Efforts to sequester atmospheric carbon in soil require effective monitoring methods. Soil water content confounds the conventional application of infrared absorption. Raman spectroscopy contends well with water, but suffers from the overwhelming fluorescence typically encountered in the analysis of soil samples. Here we propose to combine an modulated two-colour illumination scheme with antiphase lock-in detection […]

Ammonia is a toxic metabolic waste product of marine organisms grown or held in aquaculture tanks. Typically, ammonia is degraded using bacteria grown on filter media, but these bacterial colonies can take weeks to become established, which requires significant planning before seasonal fisheries begin. An alternate electrochemical method for eliminating ammonia could be turned on […]

Like most living organisms, the life cycle of a business can be divided into distinct, complex phases. These life stages are determined by various internal and external factors such as financial resource availability, managerial ability, and market conditions. The ability to model firm life stages would help financial institutions (FIs) such as ATB identify and […]

A key objective of this project is to develop an advanced routing strategy that can generate optimal routes for curbside waste collection, residential sweeping, and snowplowing services to improve operational efficiency and save overall costs. To achieve this goal, optimal routing models and algorithms will be developed by integrating graphic theory, vehicle routing problem, and […]