Mindfulness meditation has recently received considerable interest in clinical and in broader contexts for its mental health and cognitive benefits. It has been proposed that giving people feedback about their meditation relevant brain activity during or after meditation can help people learn this difficult skill, and initial work looks promising, but there are a number […]

The recent legalization of marijuana in Canada opens the opportunity to study in detail the effects of cannabinoids on human physiology. This academic-industry initiative will combine resources to isolate compounds from cannabinoids to study their effects on bone cells. Specifically it will examine the effects of cannabinoid compounds on how the destructive osteoclasts form and […]

Occupational stress conveys risk of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In PTSD, early diagnosis and early treatment interventions are advantageous for positive outcomes. We will develop novel technology for early diagnosis of and prediction of vulnerability to PTSD in military and first responder personnel. Based on our existing collaboration on identification of symptoms and prediction of […]

Turbulence is a significant issue at every site being considered for instream tidal energy development. This turbulent flow creates fluctuating forces on tidal turbine blades and support structures, reducing turbine performance and shortening turbine lifespan. Thus, improving and validating numerical models of turbulence and turbine operation in turbulent flow is necessary to better predict device […]

Leading aircraft manufacturers have gradually turned their attention to the development of all-electric prototype airplanes, some of which have been flown recently. Such is the case of the Airbus E-fan aircraft that in 2015 has crossed the English Channel, completing the 74 kilometer flight from Lydd, England to Calais, France, in about 37 minutes. With […]

La recherche consistera à valider une approche de modélisation d’espaces d’agriculture intégrée à un bâtiment (eAIB) par la collection de données mesurées. Il s’agit d’un outil de conception développé au sein d’un logiciel de modélisation de bâtiments pour simuler l’impact des plantes sur leur environnement. L’approche sera testée dans le cadre de la réalisation de […]

Au Canada, il est reconnu que les sites contaminés ont un impact sur l’environnement, l’économie et la santé. Au cours des dernières décennies des efforts considérables ont été déployés pour réhabiliter un nombre important de sites. En revanche, des méthodes de réhabilitation efficaces doivent être développées pour les sites plus complexes contaminés par des liquides […]

The objective of our research is to reach appropriate recommendations, revelations, and transformative insights based on a survey of the field of Community-Based Monitoring and its understudied methods, while also developing a more inclusive process to achieve this, and applying that process in the creation or refinement of CBM digital tools. In particular our research […]

En 2017, l’île d’Anticosti a été retenue sur la Liste indicative des sites du patrimoine mondial du Canada, première étape d’une reconnaissance par l’UNESCO. La Municipalité de l’île d’Anticosti et son partenaire Nature Québec ont interpellé l’Université Laval pour les appuyer dans l’élaboration du futur système de protection de l’île. L’objectif du projet sera d’évaluer […]

Une des conséquences importantes des changements climatiques et des changements dans l’utilisation du territoire sur les lacs canadiens est la mise en péril de la prestation de services écosystémiques cruciaux telles la production d’eau potable et la pêche récréative et commerciale. Dans un monde en constant changement, il est primordial d’être en mesure d’identifier les […]

COPD is a progressive inflammatory airway disease characterized by persistent and progressive airway inflammation. It is a major cause of global morbidity and mortality and is predicted to become the third leading cause of death by 2020. Biomarkers may be useful for diagnosing disease considering that the usually used lung function measures have poor correlation […]

Many therapeutic targets are proteins embedded in the membrane that surrounds the cell. Traditionally, such targets present major challenges, because they required the use of detergents to extract them from the membrane and to purify them. Such detergents can cause artefacts, hampering the development of novel therapeutics. Here we will test new methods that get […]