Hyasynth Biologicals is a synthetic biology company based in Montreal. Hyasynth is focused on developing novel yeast-based production process for plant cannabinoids for the personal care market globally. The MITACS projects at Hyasynth will further the goal of developing and optimizing a yeast-fermentation based production process. The optimization of the enzymes and metabolic pathways in […]

Les turbines que l’on retrouve notamment dans les turboréacteurs sont soumises à de très grandes charges, dont de grandes vibrations. De plus, ces vibrations peuvent être amplifiées si de trop grandes imperfections sont présentes pour une turbine donnée. Il faut donc bien détecter ces imperfections pour déterminer si une turbine est sécuritaire avant de l’inclure […]

This project aims to provide a framework to quantify the interactivity between human drivers in traffic, which could be used to design the decision-making policy for socially-compatible autonomous vehicles. Toward this end, we develop a conditional behavior prediction module based on Gaussian mixture models to jointly capture the dependency of one agent’s reactions on the […]

Proteins are sub-cellular molecules that provide important information of how well the body is functioning at a given time. Abnormal increase or decrease in the level of proteins can be indicative of the presence of a disease. Hence, developing tools to accurately measure protein levels in the human body is of utmost importance. Over the […]

The research project aims to co-create a roadmap for data and knowledge infrastructure that contributes to youth homeless prevention in Canada. A roadmap will be created through collaboration between researchers, policymakers, service providers, and people with lived experience of youth homelessness. Based on the stakeholders’ concerns, priorities and needs identified in the initial phase, the […]

The project focuses on the benefits of wakefulness at night through listening, and listening collectively, in the context of public programs for exhibitions. (NON)SLEEP SOCIAL challenges ideas around sleep and sleep ‘disorders’ such as insomnia as unwanted wakefulness during the night. The project focuses on the potential of all night cultural events within the context […]

During the last decade, we observe in organizations a surge of numbers of cyber-attacks originating internally. In this project, we aim to develop deep learning models to detect suspicious activity (such as malicious events, system failure or attacks) from log data generated by the Desjardins ecosystem.

Cellulose is the most common natural polymer available. The project aims to produce esters from cellulose fibers employing green solvents, such as ionic liquids. Ionic liquids’ properties are tunable by changing the anion and the cation to dissolve simultaneously the cellulose and the esterification agent. The esterification agent is a free fatty acid which can […]

Projet innovateur en optimisation du processus de dotation des cadres à l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal (IUSMM). Au Québec, le marché du travail traverse une importante pénurie de main-d’œuvre depuis la pandémie de la COVID-19. Cette dernière touche également les cadres. Il s’agit donc d’un défi de taille pour la dotation des cadres […]

La période s’étalant du 16e au 18e siècle au Japon fût marquée par des épisodes successifs de guerre et de paix, de crises environnementales et de vagues de construction pour marquer la fin des conflits. De nouveaux bâtiments, routes et infrastructures marquent en ce sens l’époque Edo, qualifiée largement pour sa prospérité relative. Or, ce […]

Le projet de recherche vise à étudier le processus de réalisation d’une stratégie en développement durable au sein d’une entreprise minière. Pour se faire, une étude longitudinale de quatre à huit mois sera réalisée dans deux ou trois secteurs de l’entreprise Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) afin d’obtenir une idée globale de la perception […]

Obesity is a growing public health concern that is characterized by increased fat mass. It is also an important risk factor for various diseases, such as type 2 diabetes. Most treatments for obesity act on the brain, and interestingly, none of the available treatments target fat cells, the key cell type involved in the development […]