Dans un contexte de perte de biodiversité et de changements climatiques, le projet propose de documenter et caractériser la communauté de papillons des sommets alpins du parc de la Gaspésie. Les milieux alpins subissent l’effet des changements climatiques à un rythme 2 à 3 fois plus rapides qu’ailleurs. L’étude établira un portrait initial précis de […]

In recent years, plant-based food products, such as plant-based beverages, ice-cream, and yogurt, have been much admired by health and environment conscious consumers due to their sustainability and health benefits. This industrial collaborative project aims to optimize grinding processing to treat plant proteins of different sources to achieve sufficient particle size reduction, while avoiding the […]

La résilience familiale apparaît comme un facteur protecteur contre la détresse psychologique lors d’une période difficile, comme celle suivant la naissance d’un nouveau-né prématuré. Jusqu’à présent, peu de travaux ont étudié la résilience des familles en néonatalogie, ce qui résulte en un manque de connaissances disponibles pour guider la pratique clinique à ce sujet. Ainsi, […]

Severe hemorrhage is a leading cause of mortality, accounting for upwards of 100,000 annual deaths in North America and 1.9 million worldwide. Under this condition, in a process called hemostasis, platelets in blood aggregate to form a plug to seal the blood vessel wound. During hemostasis platelets also contract to strengthen this plug, thus generating […]

Alkynamides are very promising inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, important enzymes that can cause cancer when being too active in cells due to different mutations. While being important moieties, until recently there was no convenient method to synthesize them using carbamoyl fluorides — most protocols use either dangerous or expensive and ecologically unfriendly reagents, which always […]

One major challenge in studying holdfast bioadhesive properties is that cells synthesize only a very small quantity of holdfast at one pole of the cell. Therefore, all studies of holdfast bioadhesive properties have been conducted by atomic force microscopy (AFM). While AFM is a powerful technique, any development of holdfast for practical applications will require […]

The proposed research project seeks to explore the application of foam-like inserts to improve the shelf life of commonly used proteins. Many commercial proteins are used in a variety of applications such as food production, pharmaceuticals, and scientific research. These proteins must be stored at sub-zero temperatures as they are prone to degradation at higher […]

In an effort to reach zero waste in Canada by 2030, this work is dedicated to the discovery of microbes with enzymatic capabilities to biodegrade plastic. A library of microbes (bacteria and fungi) isolated from a range of marine environments will be screened for unique and novel plastic biodegrading activities. Preferred microbes will be selected […]

The aim of the project is to develop microfluidic technologies to analyse heterogenous tumor tissues/cells via a multi-modal approach using spatial genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic data. The resulting data obtained could be used for prognostics, diagnostics and prediction of therapies. Microfluidic scanning probes (MFP) technology, invented by the Kaigala team while at IBM Research in […]

Renewable energy sources, such as hydroelectric dams, provide electricity to many Canadians and are important for meeting climate change targets. However, during construction, dams permanently alter the physical characteristics of the river systems and this may have consequences for the species using these ecosystems. This project will evaluate the potential changes in the distribution, abundance, […]

Communication between cells that make up our body is essential. It is required to ensure that our body functions accurately during our lifetime. Failure for cells to send, to receive or to correctly understand signals may lead to problems such as cancer. The cellular actors responsible for such signals are called proteins. Most, if not […]

Learning and memory is generally thought of as the process by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved in the nervous system. A lot of information is now available about what genes are needed for an organism to remember normally. However, little is known about the genes with the opposite function, i.e. limiting the process […]