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Impact du trouble du jeu vidéo sur l’évolution des patients atteints de premier épisode psychotique

Bien que des médicaments peuvent soulager certains symptômes psychotiques, ils ne sont pas suffisants à eux seuls pour mener au rétablissement des patients. L’identification et le traitement des comorbidités, dont l’addiction aux jeux vidéo (AJV), constituent une avenue prometteuse pour favoriser cette situation. Il n’existe aucune donnée concernant cette dépendance chez les patients souffrant de premier épisode psychotique (PEP).
L’objectif global de notre étude est de mieux comprendre le lien entre les troubles psychotiques et le TJV. Les objectifs spécifiques sont: 1) déterminer la prévalence de l’AJV chez les patients PEP ; 2) Établir les conséquences de l’AJV le cours de la maladie psychotique.
L’étude aura lieu dans deux Programmes d’Interventions en PEP (CIUSSS-CN et CHUM). Le diagnostic d’AJV sera posé par le psychiatre. Les données pertinentes au rétablissement clinique ainsi que les critères de sévérité des symptômes de la maladie, seront consignés puis extraites du dossier clinique.
Cette étude identifiera de nouveaux leviers d’interventions dans cette période charnière de la trajectoire des patients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marc-André Roy;Marie-France Demers

Student:

Partner:

Fondation CERVO

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Création d’un parc d’eau-vive à Montréal

Les tendances récentes liées au sport et à l’aménagement du territoire interpellent de plus en plus à la résolution d’enjeux sociaux et territoriaux tout à fait conjoints. D’un côté, les manchettes récentes reflètent des desitératums locaux d’instances privées et publiques de tous les azimuts, qui ont à jongler avec un marché de sportif de plus en plus actif. D’un autre, les équipements sportifs, étant des équipements majeurs qui seraient potentiellement porteurs de développement et d’attractivité, cadrent même avec le PMAD de la CMM qui veut développer les pôles touristiques périphériques en vue de leur consolidation et de leur développement, ainsi que les plans d’eau et l’espace riverain pour une mise en valeur des potentiels récréotouristiques, paysagers et environnementaux.
Au travers de l’idée de la construction d’un parc d’eau-vive au parc Jean-Drapeau de Montréal, ces enjeux mettent en scène l’éminent besoin de restructuration de l’espace organisationnel sportif lié aux sports maritimes dont l’eau-vive fait partie, mais aussi celui d’une planification pensée selon une logique territoriale intégrant une double temporalité ; soit celle du pré-olympique et celle du post-événementiel, coordonnant ainsi le cadre bâti au système sportif local en place.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvain Lefebvre

Student:

Partner:

Fédération québécoise de canoë-kayak d’eau-vive;Cubix

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

TAT-tagged active AKT1 variants for delivery to mammalian cells

The oncogenic kinase AKT1 is a prime therapeutic target, but its function cannot be easily researched as AKT activation in cells requires stimulation of cells with an unspecific growth factor that alters all cellular signaling. I designed a new method to deliver an already activated, phosphorylated AKT1 protein to cells that do not require the use of unspecific kinase activation or cell-damaging costly transfection reagents. I will produce a highly pre-activated AKT1 protein fused to a cell-penetrating peptide, combining genetic code expansion strategies with a novel method for protein delivery. Recombinant AKT1 can already be purchased from several companies, and I anticipate that the market for AKT1 proteins that are not only enzymatically active but can be easily delivered to cells, will be of similar or greater commercial interest.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ilka Heinemann;Patrick O’Donoghue

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Biotechnology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Accelerate

Stage Concepteur(trice) communication et base de données

Fondée en 2020, AWL-E a pour mission de commercialiser des solutions de transmission d’énergie sans fil grâce à sa technologie unique offrant plus de distance, de puissance et d’efficacité à ses utilisateurs. L’entreprise se concentre sur l’implémentation de ses inventions aux applications à fort impact social et économique.
L’entreprise as recruté des étudiants pour soutenir les projets développement de son produit principal. Celui-ci implique la conception d’un système de transmission et de stockage de données, pouvant par la suite être présenté aux utilisateur de façon compréhensive.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amin Chaabane

Student:

Partner:

AWL-Électricité

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Technology

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Développement de méthodes de criblage haut-débit par l’utilisation de cocktails d’aptazymes pour une sélection multi-paramétrée de clones ou souches microbiennes

Les aptazymes sont des molécules d’ADN ou ARN capables de prendre des conformations très particulières afin d’interagir spécifiquement avec des cibles moléculaires précises, de la même manière qu’un anticorps interagit avec son antigène.
Additionnellement à ceci, les aptazymes sont capables, subséquemment à la reconnaissance de leur cible, de réguler l’expression de gènes.
Avec ces puissants outils moléculaires que sont donc les aptazymes synthétiques, capables ainsi de coupler la détection de molécules d’intérêt avec l’expression de gènes rapporteurs ou gènes de sélection, nous mettrons en place une série de nouveaux systèmes de criblage haut-débit de librairie de cellules pour l’identification de celles qui présentent un profil d’intérêt scientifique, pharmaceutique, industriel ou autre.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jonathan Perreault

Student:

Partner:

Nemrod Biotechnologie

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Accelerate

Developing a protoype AI algorithm to recognize archaeological artifacts and features for the software STRATUM

ArchaeoSoft Inc. was created to develop the software STRATUM, a mobile platform for collecting archaeologiucla data while doing field work. The workflow archaeoilogists use is complex and requires significant ability to recognize important information and record it appropriately, to conduct archaeological procedures to the standards of regulators, to manage teams in their data collection process, and to switch between tasks as necessary. Therefore, creating a software with appropriate workflows and interfaces is a challenge, and the main task while designing the software has been decreasing the cognitive burden of the user as much as possible. The objective of this project is to use AI to automatically perform one archaeological documentation task: identifying and recording data about artifacts based on their shapes. This will significantly lower the cognitive workload of archaeologists both in the field and the lab and will serve as a valuable teaching tool for less experienced archaeological workers and students. The app that we create during the project will become incorporated into STRATUM, a software developed for archaeological fieldwork.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Cook

Student:

Partner:

ArchaeoSoft Inc.

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Machine learning based reconstruction for laser diode photoacoustic imaging

Photoacoustic (PA) imaging has shown great potential in cancer detection, tissue characterization, and therapeutic applications. Laser diode-based PA imaging is a new development in this field that can be used for image guidance, nerve or cancer imaging, and the localization of a needle target during biopsy procedures. The PA imaging requires very accurate time synchronization between the laser system and data acquisition system which is not available in widely used clinical ultrasound machines. In this project, a machine learning based photoacoustic reconstruction without the need for such synchronization will be proposed. The location and intensity information of a point source will be recovered based on the recorded channel data. The proposed method has two benefits: first, it democratizes the use of PA imaging by allowing conventional ultrasound systems to be used for PA. Second, it also allows us to use the ultrasound machines beyond its frequency limitation. This allows for monitoring fast changing and dynamic targets, such as nerve activities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Septimiu (Tim) Salcudean

Student:

Partner:

Eindhoven University of Technology

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Improving the differentiation of fibro-adipogenic progenitor cells into adipocytes for cellular agriculture

Meat mass production is associated with many issues, from animal welfare, antibiotic use, climate change, destruction of ecological systems and wildlife extinction. Cultured meat industry is promising alternative to that, which offers the actual meat (not plant-based) without aforementioned issues. This project aims to contribute to development of cultured fat from a pig-derived stem cell. The fat is needed for texture, flavor and smell of the grilling meat (burger/steak). Partner organization is already working on developing a piece of meat made from pig stem cell, but that piece will consist of exclusively pig muscle cells. Developing fat in addition to the muscle cells will elevate the experience of consuming meat made in the process of cellular agriculture and make the product more desirable to the consumer.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roman Krawetz

Student:

Partner:

Myo Palate

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of co-delivery of anti-cancer drugs using a handheld injection device

The goal of this proposal is we aim to develop an injectable drug delivery system for intratumoral delivery of a combination of an AXL-inhibitor and FDA-approved chemotherapy drug (e.g.Dox). AXL inhibitors in combination with chemotherapies that target the DNA of cancer cells is a promising approach for treating cancers. The device is integrable to a transformative technology that uses a catheter-based locoregional approach to deliver bioengineered biomaterial. The provided combinational therapy can induce a more efficient ischemic cell death within the tumor microvasculature coupled with an efficient immunotherapy delivery. We will evaluate the co-treatment of cancer cells with the aforementioned drugs and will systematically test their combinations on different cancer cells and analyze the resultant molecular effects by quantitative cell biology methods.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohsen Akbari

Student:

Partner:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Stratégies modernes pour synthétiser des liens C-S en chimie en flux continu

Ce projet de collaboration vise à développer de nouveaux procédés à flux continu pour produire des dérivés organothiocyanates. Ces motifs sont importants en chimie organique, notamment dans les principes actifs agrochimiques et pharmaceutiques. L’objectif spécifique du projet est de développer des stratégies durables pour synthétiser des cibles contenant des SCN méta-substitués. Ces avancées scientifiques permettront d’enrichir la boîte à outils du chimiste avec des méthodes de synthèse d’organothiocyanates utilisant des technologies modernes, tout en offrant une formation diversifiée à l’étudiant. En outre, de nouvelles perspectives en matière de catalyse homogène et de flux continu seront développées, ce qui est intéressant pour de nombreuses industries.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hélène Lebel

Student:

Partner:

Université de Rouen Normandie

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Knowledge translation tools to promote health behaviour change

Canada is a multi-cultural nation that welcomes immigrants from around the world, many of whom present a high prevalence of chronic medical conditions and its risk factors. To minimize this burden, it is essential that individuals at risk of such diseases are connected to evidence-based health information. Therefore, there is a need for strategies that align scientific knowledge
with health care practice in terms of chronic disease prevention in minority groups. Accordingly, this project aims to create knowledge translation tools to be used in a Canadian chronic disease prevention intervention adapted to Brazilians living in Canada, with an emphasis on health behaviour change. This initiative follows a research priority recently established by the World Health Organization, i.e., the development of health behaviour interventions with individuals from low- and middle-income countries to compare the outcomes with research conducted with populations from high-income countries.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shannon Bredin

Student:

Partner:

Health and Fitness Society of British Columbia

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Reducing homelessness using direct cash transfers (expansion project)

The goal of this project is to examine the effect of one-time unconditional direct cash-transfer to recently homeless individuals in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Building on promising results from our research team’s ground-breaking pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 50 cash recipients, the current project seeks to confirm this preliminary evidence using a larger RCT with 200 cash recipients. To evaluate the impact of the cash transfers over time, participants will complete surveys before receiving the cash, and 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after the cash transfer. At each timepoint, participants will report on outcomes related to housing, employment, subjective wellbeing, health, and cognitive function. The results will provide the most robust and comprehensive evidence of the impact of cash transfers as a tool to address poverty to date.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jiaying Zhao

Student:

Partner:

Foundations for Social Change

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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