Pleasant aromas fill our homes and enrich our lives, whether it’s by helping us relax after a long day’s work or evoking some of our fondest memories. This project will test scented fabrics prepared by Aroma Textiles Lab for their ability to inhibit the growth of the bacteria that are commonly found on our skin […]

Les humains ont une capacité exceptionnelle à collaborer sur une grande variété de tâches. Pour y parvenir, ils doivent être capables de prendre des décisions collectives : décider où se déplacer ensemble, quelle stratégie ils vont utiliser, etc. Actuellement, nous ne savons pas très bien comment nos cerveaux sont capables de se coordonner entre eux […]

Les enzymes dihydrofolate réductases de type B (DfrB), identifiées pour la première fois dans les années 1970, confèrent une forte résistance à l’antibiotique triméthoprime. Depuis, ces enzymes ont été étudiées en détail de manière enzymatique et biophysique. Alors que ces enzymes sont connues depuis cinquante ans, leur origine évolutive demeure un mystère. Ainsi, cette recherche […]

Honey bees are known to be responsible for one in every three bites of food we take. The queen bee plays a basic role in the honey bee colony. She is the mother of all members of the colony that develop during her life. She also plays a critically important role within the honey bee […]

Le projet vise à évaluer les conditions permettant au frêne noir, une espèce protégée, de se maintenir sur les plaines de débordement du Lac Duparquet en Abitibi dans un contexte où les changements climatiques pourraient entrainer une modification plus ample du régime des crues. Pour ce faire, le projet vise trois sous-objectifs soit i) localiser […]

The GSI projectile fragment separator (FRS) is a versatile, high-resolution magnetic spectrometer designed to efficiently separate projectile fragments in their mass and nuclear charge. It has been efficiently used in the study of nuclear structure and reaction dynamics with relativistic radioactive heavy-ions over the last few decades. In the present project the intern will learn […]

The proposed research project involves a partnership between the City, Grenfell Campus (Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador) and the Atlantic Forest Center (Natural Resource Canada, Corner Brook office) to generate capacity to collect, summarize, and analyze current tree distribution in the City (and boundary areas) using a combination of remote sensing platforms.

This project will investigate the determinants of performance in the sport of judo to optimize training and enhance performance development. Judokas must perform multiple high-intensity efforts that cause fatigue, and most of their training is devoted to mitigating the development of fatigue during matches. However, our knowledge of key metabolic responses and adaptations is still […]

We need to understand whether estuarine marsh habitat recovers to the same condition quality as undisturbed areas after exclusion of intensive goose grazing. Recovery through natural processes takes longer than restoration assisted by transplanting, however understanding how much faster assisted restoration enables recovery helps inform cost-effective strategies. Non-profit organizations can benefit from academic support to […]

Wild boars (Sus scrofa) are a highly invasive species which causes destructive damages to property and crops and poses a major threat to the Canadian pork industry because wild boars are also reservoirs for infectious diseases, including African swine virus (ASF). Current control and management of the wild boar populations have been ineffective because these […]

Understanding how humans and non-human animals communicate with each other continues to be a central question in neuroscience. Songbirds serve as powerful animal models for this endeavor because they learn their vocalizations (“songs”) in a manner that resembles how humans learn to speak and because vocal learning in songbirds is regulated by discrete brain circuits […]

The incidence of female infertility is on the rise in Canada, afflicting up to 17% of woman between the ages of 18 to 34 and with a considerably higher rate of occurrence in woman over 34. Many infertile women are now turning to assisted reproductive technologies (ART) to facilitate conception and child bearing. Female oocyte/egg […]