La stagiaire devra aider les étudiants à la maitrise et au doctorat dans leurs projets pour leur terrain ainsi que leurs laboratoires. Elle devra donc assister les étudiants dans leur prise de données sur le terrain sur les lacs boréaux et en forêt boréale. Elle sera formée sur l’utilisation de nombreux appareils de mesure pour […]

The most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia is atrial fibrillation (AF), affecting 2-3% of the general population. If left untreated, arrhythmias can lead to heart failure, stroke, or sudden death. A better understanding of AF mechanisms is needed to improve our understanding of disease pathogenesis and create new therapeutic tools. We have developed a zebrafish model […]

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 […]

Knowledge of elemental and radioactivity transport around the primary side of a Canada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) nuclear reactor and the radiation fields arising from the distribution of deposits around the circuit can be used by radiation monitoring and protection programs to assist in the planning and execution of maintenance, inspection, and refurbishment activities. When incorporated […]

Mental illness is widespread, affecting half of the population during their lifetime. One solution to mitigate this is to detect the onset of mental illness early, as well as choose individualized treatment options based on biological markers. These biomarkers can predict behavioral and mental traits, like the risk to develop a mental illness. They can […]

Trait-based mass-ratio and complementarity effects shape community structure, population dynamics, and ecosystem functioning. A question remains on how these processes interact in maintaining forest biomass along the elevation. Leaf element contents will be used to test these interactions since they are surrogates of ecosystem functioning. An extensive survey was conducted during 2017-2018 along a wide […]

Tumorigenesis and metastasis require constant stimulation of cells by growth factors. In colorectal cancer (CRC), the second most common cancer in Canada, such growth signal is primarily provided by a factor called hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) that acts on its receptor MET. Alongside growth stimulation, escape from cell death is crucial to cancer cell survival […]

Bats are ecologically important mammals, but recent studies have also identified them as reservoirs of emerging viruses. These viruses include SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV). Intriguingly, bats that are naturally or experimentally infected with these viruses do not develop severe disease. Thus, bats provide us with […]

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. […]

Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the second leading cause of mortality among infectious diseases. Mtb extensively remodels its cell-survival dynamics inside the host including the process of its division. Hence it is imperative to understand mycobacterial cell division. It is known that Mtb DivIVA protein called Wag31 is essential for cell elongation and […]

The project will consist of assisting Prof. Mike McLaughlin graduate student research on deep banding in Australia. Specifically, the project will aim to explore the fundamental processes controlling P fertilizer efficiency in a wide range of soils, using a combination of spectroscopic, and speciation techniques. This will help develop a different perspective on phosphorus (P) […]

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 […]