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“PLAN BASSE CÔTE NORD”: DIVERSIFYING THE PRODUCTS FROM LOCAL BIOMASS IN A REMOTE REGION THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOINGREDIENTS FOR MULTIPLE APPLICATION

Les municipalités, intervenants économiques, entreprises et associations de la région de la Basse Côte-Nord se réunissent pour trouver des solutions durables à la relance de leur économie. Plusieurs initiatives ont mené à la création de la Coopérative de solidarité des bioproduits de la Basse Côte-Nord et à la construction d’une usine de transformation de petits fruits. Désireuse de diversifier les produits issus de la biomasse locale et pénétrer les nombreux marchés de la bio-économie émergente, la Coop et l’UQTR ont à leur tour réuni plusieurs joueurs pour développer de nouveaux bioingrédients biosourcés et couvrir l’ensemble de la chaîne de valeur. Des extraits de camarine noire et d’algues brunes marines pour le marché des cosmétiques sont ciblés. Le projet compte aussi contribuer au développement et aux applications d’une technologie d’extraction assistée aux micro-ondes. Quatre stagiaires de haut calibre réaliseront ces travaux.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Simon Barnabé;Isabel Desgagné-Penix

Student:

Partner:

Lower North Shore Bioproducts Solidarity Cooperative

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

Regional predictive mapping of paludification black spruce forests in the north eastern Canada using remote sensing and statistical modeling

As researchers at the UQAT we are currently undertaking with our partner, Tembec, a project on the regional mapping of the extent of the organic layer accumulation over time on the forest floor of the boreal black spruce forests (paludification) in the Abitibi and North of Quebec regions. Gaps that this project will address include exploring for the first time new remote sensing imagery (i.e., Landsat-8 and Sentinel) and alternate image analysis statistical approaches. This project builds on exiting UQAT and UQAM projects that dealt with different aspect of paludification that have been undertaken during the last 15 years; and will be using this 15-years extensive ground soil/vegetation data to produce the first predictive paludification map at the regional scale north of the 49th parallel. By using a broader range and combination of alternatives there is greater likelihood of finding a feasible (economic and practical) method that could be sustained for paludification management assessment using remote sensing methods.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Osvaldo Valeria;Nicole Fenton

Student:

Partner:

Rayonier A.M. Canada S.E.N.C.

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Forestry; Natural Resources; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Program:

Accelerate

Identification of Blood Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Peripheral Arterial Disease

Fasting blood samples from persons with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) and healthy individuals were previously collected during a prior Mitacs project.
A comparative analysis of the blood samples by metabolomics will be performed to identify potential biomarkers.
The intern will assist with the necessary correlation analysis for selecting compounds capable of serving as blood biomarkers for PAD.
Koven expects to directly benefit from the outcome(s) of this research by having the opportunity to commercialize any promising blood biomarker(s) into a diagnostic kit for early diagnosis of PAD.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Zahradka;Carla Taylor

Student:

Partner:

Koven Technology Canada Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Intestinal microbiota transplantation: a potential new therapy for colorectal cancer

Although it is known that the human gut is colonized by a wide variety of microbial populations, many effects of the complex interactions between the human host and microbial symbionts are still not completely understood. The dysbiosis or microbial imbalance of the gastrointestinal tract microbiota is considered to be one of the most important contributing factors in the development of many gastrointestinal diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome and colorectal cancer. This project uses high throughput genomic methods to characterize the microbiota in healthy and diseased mouse gut. It also investigates whether normal gut flora can be restored by fecal microbiota transplantation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Guido van Marle

Student:

Partner:

Harbin Medical University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Comparative study of the Canadian and Chinese health care system

The healthcare system of China has been shaped by the co-existence of Traditional Chinese Medicine and evidence based medicine as well as the political reforms of the last century. The ultimate aim of this study is to provide the operational strategies, path selection and scientific evidence for reconstruction the medical insurance system to realize the goal of universal health coverage in China.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Guido van Marle

Student:

Partner:

Harbin Medical University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Effects of GDF11 on proliferation and stemness of mesenchymal stem cells

The development of techniques that allow the culture and differentiation of stemcells has opened new research venues and the potential for novel therapies. It has been shown that transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow improved heart function after myocardial infarction. Also mesenchymal stem cells regulate cardiac electrophysiological functions of cardiomyocytes, and protect the heart against cardiac arrhythmias and pathological hypertrophy.
This study investigates the effect of a growth factor GDF 11 on the differentiation and proliferation of mesenchymal stemcells. The decline of GDF 11 has been implicates in aging of the heart and skeletal muscle. The scientific question that this research aims to answer is whether GDF11 is a keyplayer in maintaining the stemcells in their undifferentiated state, thus maintaining their beneficial effect on the heart.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Guido van Marle

Student:

Partner:

Harbin Medical University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Expression patterns of Wnt/?-catenin signaling pathway components in colon cancer

Extensive research focused on the identification of cellular signaling pathways involved in cancers. A tumor suppressor SOX7 has been implicated in several human cancers: it has been shown to suppress the Wnt/?-catenin signaling that is highly activated in breast cancer and ovarian cancer. This study sets out to determine the role of SOX 7 and other components of the Wnt/?-catenin signaling pathway in colon cancer. Expression levels of a variety of Wnt/?-catenin pathway associated genes will be determined in a large number of clinical tissues. A high throughput genomics analysis will be used to identify correlations between expression levels and cancer type/stage and establish the putative role of these components in the development and progression of colon cancer. This work identifies target genes for the future development of cancer diagnoses and therapies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Guido van Marle

Student:

Partner:

Harbin Medical University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Utilization of Machine Learning in an Automated Framework for Evaluation and Management of Information Security Risk

During the internship in collaboration with RootCellar Technologies, research will be conducted towards the design of an adaptive machine-learning solution and its integration with the existing RootCellar framework for automated evaluation and management of information security risk in small and medium size enterprise networks. The existing framework is very advanced in terms of end-point risk monitoring as well as its compliance with the NIST CVSS System. However, the part of the framework that deals with the final aggregation and ranking of individual risk-scores is suboptimal in its design and does not allow for an easy integration of feedback/expertise provided by the end-user. The objective of this research is to make the existing framework: 1) network adaptive: by arriving at the most optimal risk-score aggregation/ranking model for each particular network, and 2) time adaptive: by allowing that the risk-score aggregation/ranking model of each network be easily updated as new data becomes available. These improvements would result in a significant enhancement of the company’s present-day product. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Natalija Vlajic

Student:

Partner:

Root Cellar Technologies Corporation

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Traitement adjuvant par hormone de croissance en fécondation in vitro : un essai randomisé et contrôlé.

Il a été suggéré que l’ajout d’un traitement par l’hormone de croissance (GH), pourrait augmenter les taux de grossesse en fécondation in vitro (FIV). Des études effectuées chez les mammifères, ont montré que la GH était importante pour le développement des follicules ovariens.
Notre objectif est de déterminer si le taux de grossesse lors des cycles de FIV est plus important chez les femmes recevant un traitement ou pas avec la GH.
Cette étude est comporte 528 participantes reparties en 2 groupes (traitement et contrôle) qui reçoivent un traitement pour FIV à la clinique OVO de Montréal. Le groupe traitement recevra 2.5mg de Saizen® quotidiennement par injection, dès le début du traitement de stimulation et jusqu’au jour de la ponction ovarienne.
On pense obtenir une différence de 40% entre le taux de grossesse dans le groupe traitement et le groupe contrôle.
L’ajout de GH dans les protocoles de FIV pourrait améliorer le développement et la qualité folliculaire et donc par conséquent le taux de grossesses chez les patientes mauvaises répondeuses aux traitements de FIV.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carole Kamga-Ngande

Student:

Partner:

Clinique OVO

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Measuring, Tracking and Improving the Effectiveness of SBL’s Youth Space-Jobs Program

This research project will track, analyse and examine the effectiveness of Success Beyond Limit’s (SBL) Youth Space and Jobs Program. Operating in a low-income and marginalized setting, youth that attend SBL’s programming find it difficult to secure (and keep) meaningful employment. This research project will capture those experiences of these young people, identify the barriers they face with respect to employment and measure the impact of the programming they attend. The benefits of this research for SBL is specific and sophisticated evaluation of the impact of this programming for the purposes of both the fine-tuning of program delivery as well as for reporting purposes to funders and stakeholders. With an opportunity for sustained research engagement from the likes of an intern, and a comprehensive report, this will allow SBL to be an engaged and informed contributor in both municipal and provincial tables in the area of youth unemployment and community-school based interventions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carl James

Student:

Partner:

Success Beyond Limits

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Study on Coal and Coke Mineralogy and Development of a Model to Predict Reactivity from Mineralogy of Coking Coals

Properties of metallurgical coke are very important in production of iron using blast furnace. About 90% of the coking coals produced are used for this purpose. Coal rank was historically used to evaluate coal for production of metallurgical coke. Coke reactivity index (CRI) and coke strength after reaction (CSR) with carbon dioxide are now routinely used rank and value coking coals. The properties of the other components present in the ash may be the controlling parameters defining coke properties, which has not been studied well. In this study, we have proposed characterizing the minerals in coking coal, examine the mineralogical changes that occur during coal carbonization and coke gasification process, and finally develop a model to predict CSR/CRI of coking coals using the knowledge to be generated from this project. Findings from this project can provide the technical support for improved mining, coal washing, and blend development to make high-CSR coke. Using high-CSR coke improves blast furnaces efficiency, improves energy utilization efficiency, and reduces CO2 emissions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rajender Gupta

Student:

Partner:

Teck Metals Ltd (Trail, BC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Prioritizing projects as a multi-criteria evaluation problem

CAE is the world-leading supplier of flight simulators and training services. Intensive competition for scarce resource exists in the multi-project environment at CAE. Without standard evaluation and objective prioritization of projects, it is difficult to allocate resources in an efficient and optimal way. From the proposed research project, CAE can expect to receive a method based on decision-making criteria that can prioritize resource allocation among multiple projects and project tasks automatically by using methods developed with multi-attribute value theory and data envelopment analysis. During the Mitacs project, the intern will acquire knowledge about decision-making, develop advance skills using Excel, improve research capability as well as gain industrial experience.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vincent Thomson

Student:

Partner:

CAE

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace; Manufacturing and Construction

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

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