Amaryllidaceae alkaloids (AAs) are a group of specialized metabolites found predominantly in the Amaryllidaceae plant family. Approximately 650 naturally occurring AAs have been identified, many of which possess a variety of potent biological and pharmacological properties. In contrast to the large body of knowledge on the pharmacological and phytochemical aspects of AAs, their molecular and […]

La sclérose en plaque est une maladie auto-immune du cerveau et de la moelle épinière, c’est-à-dire que les globules blancs qui normalement protègent le corps vont reconnaitre des éléments du soi comme étranger et dégrader. Cette dégradation va engendrer une inflammation et une infiltration des globules blancs dans le cerveau et la moelle épinière causant […]

Les mycotoxines contaminent principalement les céréales au champ ou au cours de leur stockage. Elles sont toxiques pour l’homme et les animaux. Avec plus de 56% d’échantillons testés positifs en alimentation animale, la zéaralenone est la mycotoxine la plus présente en Amérique du Nord après le déoxynivalenol. La présence de cette mycotoxine dans l’alimentation, même […]

Plant-based beverages, originally introduced as cow milk alternatives, have attracted great attention from consumers in recent years due to their sustainability and health benefits. Oat beverages has become one of the most successful commercial products in the Canadian market due to the large oat production, high protein and dietary fiber contents and excellent sensory property. […]

This research seeks to inform the development of, and fully test and develop a mobile application designed to improve the process in which students’ find accommodation and roommates. I will develop wireframes and ask users to provide feedback on how to improve the platform. Then I will take the information collected to develop a prototype […]

Ce projet de recherche concerne le philosophe Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) et les indications qu’il fournit dans son oeuvre pour traiter, ou du moins apaiser, les soi-disant « maladies de l’âme ». Par une interprétation symbolique de ses écrits, nous porterons notre attention sur les éléments à caractère curatif, afin de trouver compréhension et outils […]

This project will provide essential technical support and experimental plant materials for my Ph.D. project studying the leaf development of a non-vascular plant, the Physcomitrium patens. The mutant lines I will obtain from this project will be used to study the whole developmental process of the moss leaf. The mutant line with a plasma membrane […]

In May 2016 in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon Territory, runoff from Kaskawulsh Glacier, which accounted for nearly 90% of Ä’äy Chù (Southern Tutchone for Slims River) discharge into Lhu?’a?a?n Ma?n (Southern Tutchone for Kluane Lake) was redirected south into the Kaskawulsh River watershed due to the glacier’s retreat. This resulted in lake water level […]

The proposed research project for Globalink Research Award is to test a hypothesis of faunal connectivity in the Devonian (419-535 million years ago) Nothern Hemisphere through comparision of the fossil vertebrates from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago with those from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland, with special focus on an extinct group of lobe-finned fishes (sarcopterygians) […]

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are a form of new dosage form for delivering drugs, including anticancer agents and vaccines. A highly controlled production system is needed to produce high quality LNPs, and the existing production systems suffer from a few drawbacks, such as lack of variable control and automated functions. Dionamix will employ their technologies and […]

Long-lived animals, including seabirds, must balance investment in current reproduction with investment towards survival and future reproduction to maximize their lifetime fitness. Breeding is a critical stage in birds annual life cycle and requires high energy expenditure. Increased reproductive effort in the current year can therefore lead to costs that will have downstream consequences into […]

La mission du Zoo de Granby est orientée vers la préservation du monde animal. En partenariat avec un étudiant à la maîtrise à l’Université Laval, l’équipe de chercheurs du Zoo de Granby participe au projet sur l’utilisation de l’habitat naturel pendant la saison de reproduction du Martinet ramoneur (Chaetura pelagica). Cet insectivore aérien possède le […]