Grasslands store carbon, regulate water, recycle nutrients, and conserve biodiversity. In western Canada, seasonally flooded, wet meadow grasslands, also provide habitats for species at risk. Despite their importance to conservation, little is known about the effect of grazing on these ecosystems. This research will help understand how grazing effects plants, soils, and the ecosystem services […]

L’un des organites les plus importants dans les cellules de tous les organismes eucaryotes est le noyau, qui contient l’ADN qui est stocké dans le nucléoplasme. Ce nucléoplasme est entouré d’un système à double membrane appelé enveloppe nucléaire (EN). Ce EN contient des pores aqueux, dans lesquels sont insérés les complexes de pores nucléaires (CPNs). […]

Maternally inherited bacteria are commonly found in insects. Many of these have been found to provide beneficial traits to their hosts. One particular bacterial-mediated trait which is being found to be increasingly common within insects, is protection against natural enemies. For instance, the maternally inherited bacteria of fruit flies, Spiroplasma, can protect against nematodes and […]

La résistance aux antibiotiques est considérée par l’organisation mondiale de la santé comme une des plus grandes menaces pesant sur la santé mondiale. En effet la capacité de certaines bactéries à s’adapter et à devenir résistante aux traitements précédemment efficaces est effrayante. Le développement de nouvelles méthodes pour traiter ces bactéries résistantes aux antibiotiques est […]

Habitat loss through anthropogenic landscape disturbance is one of the leading drivers of biodiversity loss, yet activities such as resource extraction and agriculture play a vital role in the global economy. Understanding impacts of such disturbances, through robust environmental monitoring protocols, is key to maintain a balance between economic growth and environmental sustainability. Cost-effective monitoring […]

With the goal of increasing the safety of civilian air flight, the detection of a decrease in pilot attention is becoming an important need in civilian aeronautics. Multiple models used for the detection of hypovigilant states have been developed over the years in experimental conditions, but barriers still exist limiting current use. First, some of […]

In order to investigate proteins in their natural environment one can attach tiny reporter molecules to them that can be traced with appropriate instruments. However, these small reporter molecules may often cause strong perturbations to the functionality of the proteins, or cannot be seen due to experimental restrictions like low concentrations. Bioorthogonal chemistry aims to […]

The world is currently facing a biodiversity crisis driven by the loss and degradation of habitat resulting from the conversion of natural areas to agricultural land and urban development. To combat this biodiversity crisis, the government committed to Convention of Biological Diversity and national targets of protecting at least 17% of terrestrial land through network […]

A third of the food that we grow depends on honeybee pollination. Nectar’s mission is to help the beekeeping industry ensure honeybee health to secure our food supply. By leveraging sensor data with labelled data on numerous aspects of beehive conditions, this project aims to develop multiclass classification of key phenomena to improve beehive health […]

Global biodiversity is declining due to habitat loss and protected areas provide an opportunity to prevent this. While governments create and manage most protected areas in the world, non-governmental organizations can also play a significant role in the acquisition and management of properties for the purpose of conserving biodiversity. We propose to measure the Nature […]

Automatically assessing a pilot performance during a flight training session is a capability that can enhance the flight instructor during his duty. From data gathered during a flight maneuver, we are looking for a way to automatically assess pilot performance to augment instructor performance and provide objectivity during flight training assessment.

Emergencies in inner-city neighbourhoods come in many forms—illness, fire, violence, homelessness. The COVID-19 pandemic is a different kind of emergency. It is a global crisis, and requires unprecedented changes to everyday life to protect all members of society. COVID-19 has highlighted many long-standing gaps in access to basic needs and has expanded understandings of basic […]