This project investigates the SPbeta bacteriophage, a model organism in phage biology with significant implications for microbiology and biotechnology. The primary objective is to develop and refine methods for its purification and biochemical characterization, enabling a detailed analysis of its structure and function. Using targeted deletion mutants, we aim to identify key genes and proteins […]

Outside the temperate zones, thermal biology (i.e., energy expenditure, microclimate choices) of bats is poorly understood. This leaves wildlife managers with little ability to set conservation priorities for tropical and sub-tropical bats in response to extreme heat events due to climate change and infectious disease. A recent risk assessment predicted that the disease white-nose syndrome […]

The boreal zone of Alberta is under increasing pressure from natural resource extraction. Roads, seismic lines, well pads, and other industrial-disturbance features exert cumulative environmental effects on the region’s vegetation, wildlife, hydrology, and carbon dynamics. The purpose of this project is to develop remote-sensing tools and workflows that help us describe, understand, and mitigate some […]

Le bruit sous-marin généré par le transport maritime est une pollution émergente qui peut perturber le comportement des organismes marins. Si ses effets sur les mammifères marins et certains poissons sont bien documentés, son impact sur les crustacés benthiques, comme le crabe commun (Cancer irroratus), reste encore mal compris. Ce projet de recherche vise à […]

Un projet de recherche qui vise à comprendre les impacts sur les plans historiques, anthropologiques et culturels du mouvement migratoire dans le nord de la Grèce dans les années 1920 et qui se traduit par la réalisation d’un documentaire sur la population du village d’Asprovalta.

As a follow-up to a prevalence study on maltreatment in sport among Canadian athletes (Willson et al., 2022), this project seeks to validate a maltreatment in sport survey. The intention is to partner with Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom to conduct a similar study assessing rates of maltreatment rates in high-performance athletes training […]

This project aims to investigate asymmetric cell division (ACD) in blood cell development using live imaging and Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) as a model system. Hematopoiesis, the process of blood cell formation, relies on tightly regulated mechanisms to balance stem cell self-renewal and differentiation. Disruptions in this balance can cause blood disorders such as leukemia. […]

Large language models (LLMs), AI systems trained on vast amounts of online textual data with advanced language processing capabilities, have garnered significant interest in healthcare applications. Health chatbots integrate language models and various algorithmic tools to assist in decision-making, potentially revolutionizing patient self-management and reducing disparities in healthcare access. However, previous work has shown notable […]

Accurately predicting entrainment in free shear flows like jets, wakes, and shallow water shear layers is crucial for industrial, environmental, and geophysical applications, yet most studies focus on wakes and jets using Eulerian statistics from 2D experiments, limiting insight into this inherently 3D, multiscale phenomenon. To bridge this gap, we will conduct cutting-edge measurements capturing […]

Income-based energy burden metrics identify households in energy poverty as those which spend 10% or more of their after-tax income on dwelling energy bills, risking the inability to maintain thermal comfort. However, traditional income-based energy poverty metrics fail to capture behavioral adaptation patterns of reducing energy consumption to limit financial expenditure on energy services, especially […]

Feminization of agriculture is occurring in China through the rural-urban migration of labor, predominantly men. This phenomenon raises the question: Does women’s increasing participation in farming affect their capacity and power in decision-making regarding agricultural production and their rural livelihood? While little research has been done to address this issue due to the measurement challenges, […]

The present project aims to train teachers in the UK to conduct the “Making room for climate emotions in the classroom” program as they teach about climate change in their classrooms. The impacts of participating in the program on the mental health of children will be measured to better understand if this program can reduce […]