The agricultural sector is currently facing a conundrum, whereas the needs to produce more (food, fiber, bioenergy) are ever increasing, the land and resources needed to produce them are diminishing. Furthermore, consumer and legislator pressure for environmentally friendly products is increasing Accordingly, the development of sustainable alternatives such as the use of plant growth promoting […]

The agricultural sector is currently facing a conundrum, whereas the needs to produce more (food, fiber, bioenergy) are ever increasing, the land and resources needed to produce them are diminishing. Furthermore, consumer and legislator pressure for environmentally friendly products is increasing Accordingly, the development of sustainable alternatives such as the use of plant growth promoting […]

La Prophylaxie pré-exposition (PrEP) du VIH permet de réduire considérablement le risque d’infection pour des individus séronégatifs à haut risque, en particulier les hommes gais et bisexuels, une population où l’incidence du VIH demeure très élevée. Il s’agit de mieux comprendre les déterminants sociaux du recours (ou non) à la PrEP chez des hommes gais […]

Au Canada, les résidus forestiers constituent une biomasse renouvelable, pratiquement non utilisée et abondante, qui peut être transformée en biocarburants. La valorisation de cette ressource permettrait ainsi de diminuer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre et notre dépendance aux énergies fossiles, particulièrement dans le secteur des transports. L’établissement en Haute-Mauricie d’une bioraffinerie industrielle […]

Au Canada, les résidus forestiers constituent une biomasse renouvelable, pratiquement non utilisée et abondante, qui peut être transformée en biocarburants. La valorisation de cette ressource permettrait ainsi de diminuer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre et notre dépendance aux énergies fossiles, particulièrement dans le secteur des transports. L’établissement en Haute-Mauricie d’une bioraffinerie industrielle […]

A new revolution in life science research is ongoing since the discovery of the CRISPR/Cas system. With this technology is now possible to specifically and efficiently manipulate the genome of cultured cells, embryos and animals. The technology has many applications in agriculture including the dairy genetic industry to generate the next generation of elite animals […]

A new revolution in life science research is ongoing since the discovery of the CRISPR/Cas system. With this technology is now possible to specifically and efficiently manipulate the genome of cultured cells, embryos and animals. The technology has many applications in agriculture including the dairy genetic industry to generate the next generation of elite animals […]

Verbal communication in noise while wearing hearing protection devices (HPDs) is often difficult. Recently, a “Radio Acoustical Environment” (RAVE) was developed within the EERS-ETS Industrial Research Chair in In-Ear Technologies (CRITIAS) to enhance communication for people wearing HPDs in noise. With RAVE, speech is captured from inside the ear, denoised, and enhanced to be sent […]

In a world that is getting noisier and as more people are at risk of noise-induced hearing loss the NSERC-EERS industrial research chair in in-ear technologies (CRITIAS) and its industrial partner EERS, have joined forces to address the existing issues in hearing protection devices (HPD). Difficulties in communication is the most prevalent reason why HPDs […]

AVID100 is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) against a validated cancer target that is undergoing IND-enabling studies. Phase I clinical trials are scheduled for late 2016. The monoclonal antibody (mAb) portion of the ADC is currently manufactured using a recombinant CHO clone that fails to meet industrial production yield standards. In order to support clinical phases […]

The project aims at obtaining new ingredients from concentrated milk, and understanding how changes in their physical and chemical properties may affect their functionality. Membrane filtration processes are widespread in the dairy industry and they are all based on physical separation of the components because of their size. During these processes, the protein particles in […]

Whey proteins in milk are detrimental to the rennet-induced coagulation of milk. In this project, we will use microfiltration membrane technique to concentrate the milk and to remove whey proteins. A process called diafiltration (DF) will also be used to further remove whey proteins by adding water to the MF concentrated milk and then filtered. […]