Inclusion de la température de l’eau dans un modèle généraliste d’habitat du saumon Atlantique

La pêche sportive au saumon Atlantique est une importante industrie dans l’est du pays. Ce projet contribuera à améliorer une méthode de modélisation de l’habitat du saumon Atlantique, plus particulièrement en ce qui a trait aux nourriceries des tacons (saumons juvéniles). Les modèles d’habitat sont des outils mathématiques permettant d’évaluer quantitativement la quantité de l’habitat […]

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Predicting noise impact on fish communities in the western Canadian Arctic using Passive Acoustic Monitoring

Several fish species produce species-specific sounds that can be identified in the wild using Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) (i.e. dataloggers configured with underwater microphones). Our project will use existing and new PAM recordings to monitor the distribution of several fish species in the western Canadian Arctic, with particular focus on a keystone Arctic species, the […]

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Predicting noise impact on fish communities in the western Canadian Arctic using Passive Acoustic Monitoring – Year two

Several fish species produce species-specific sounds that can be identified in the wild using Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) (i.e. dataloggers configured with underwater microphones). Our project will use existing and new PAM recordings to monitor the distribution of several fish species in the western Canadian Arctic, with particular focus on a keystone Arctic species, the […]

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Évaluation de communautés piscicoles par ADN environnemental

La capture au filet est utilisée pour documenter les communautés piscicoles. Cette approche comporte des coûts importants associés au déplacement d’équipes et de matériel sur le terrain et cause des mortalités indésirables. L’analyse de l’ADN environnemental (ADNe) consiste à documenter la présence d’espèces par filtration d’échantillons d’eau suivie de l’analyse d’ADN et représente une alternative […]

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Investigating the Health and Economic Benefits of Colostrum and Milk from Dairy Cattle Selected for Enhanced Immunity

Diseases of dairy cattle adversely affect meat and milk quality. Our research demonstrates that high immune response (HIR™) cattle have many health advantages, including better quality colostrum/milk. HIR™ technology is marketed by our partner Semex Inc as Immunity+. While many advantages of HIR™ exist, there is more to learn, particularly as it relates to colostrum. […]

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Investigating the Health and Economic Benefits of Colostrum and Milk from Dairy Cattle Selected for Enhanced Immunity – Year two

Diseases of dairy cattle adversely affect meat and milk quality. Our research demonstrates that high immune response (HIR™) cattle have many health advantages, including better quality colostrum/milk. HIR™ technology is marketed by our partner Semex Inc as Immunity+. While many advantages of HIR™ exist, there is more to learn, particularly as it relates to colostrum. […]

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Enteroids and enteroid derived monolayer cultures: Using primary intestinal epithelial cell cultures to define the mechanisms underlying epithelial intrinsic innate defenses

Using growth media available from Stemcell technologies, along with our own tools and techniques, we can isolate and grow intestinal stem cells from mice or human patient donors into enteroid cultures. Enteroids are 3D cell cultures that replicate many of the structures and types of cells found in the intestinal lining. We propose to work […]

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Developing metabarcoding approaches to describe the fish diversity within a diversity of aquatic habitats

Evaluating the impact of multiple stressors on aquatic ecosystems often requires robust biodiversity estimates. Traditional methods for sampling fish communities are very costly, may have a significant share of inaccuracy and require specialized taxonomic expertise and have numerous other inherent limitations. The general objective of our proposed project is: • to develop and validate genomic […]

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Markerless kinematics analysis of divers to promote excellence in execution

The project goal is to extract motions of high-level divers to quantify technique and outcome (key indicators) markers. We need to measure some discrete variables (maximum height, flight time, springboard depression and others) and explain why the athlete is able to reach those results by calculating spatio-temporal variables (coordination with the board, lower and upper […]

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Stratégies pour améliorer la production d’enzymes d’intérêt industriel

La production d’enzymes d’intérêt industriel doit être maximisée pour que ces derniers soient viables commercialement. Diverses approches peuvent être envisagées pour optimiser cette production et les techniques de biologie moléculaire peuvent participer à cet objectif. Des gènes synthétiques codant pour différentes formes d’estérase ont déjà été conçus mais la production des enzymes est réduite suite […]

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