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Computational Biochemistry Platform for Crop Health

The global population is rising, generating a need to produce more food to feed the world. Along with climate change, the food crops across the world are facing growing challenges from pests, pathogens and viruses that attack and destroy crops. In Canada, we export more than $7 billion worth of wheat every year. The Terramera-led Computational Biochemistry Platform project is tackling this crop loss with a research consortium bringing together 9 companies and research organizations. Simon Fraser University is an integral part of the consortium. The interns funded by the project will work on cutting edge technologies involving Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics and Plant Pathology to accelerate research towards safer and cleaner pesticides for a sustainable future. Terremera will be able to develop a state of the art computational platform to significantly accelerate research aimed at reducing the synthetic pesticides required for sustainable food production.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Ester;Mo Chen;Ghassan Hamarneh

Student:

Partner:

Terramera Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

WiFi Indoor Localization and Geofencing

Many mobile devices that are used in an enterprise are considered mission critical as they are heavily relied upon, allowing a worker to do their job. Locating these devices anywhere and anytime becomes that much more important, especially if they become lost or stolen. SOTI’s technology leverages GPS on a device to track its location and can also alert if a device leaves/enters a predefined geographical fence on a map, otherwise known as geofencing. Outdoor and GPS based geofencing is widely adopted by many SOTI customers, yet indoor location and geofencing remain relatively novel. Many existing solutions rely on BLE sensors, but they require constant hands-on maintenance and offer low location accuracy. While there are multiple technological approaches to enable indoor location, SOTI is interested in researching the indoor location and geofencing capabilities through analysis of telemetry from already deployed enterprise Wi-Fi capabilities. This approach relies on existing infrastructure and does not require installation of additional sensory hardware and completely avoids the corresponding maintenance overhead.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eyal de Lara

Student:

Partner:

SOTI Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Évaluation des performances antibactériennes et antiadhésives d’un revêtement nanoparticulaire pour des applications biomédicales

Les biofilms sont associés à 75% des infections bactériennes humaines. L’accumulation de bactéries s’adhérant aux surfaces peut devenir une problématique importante dans le domaine médical, notamment lors de l’implantation de dispositifs médicaux comme les sondes urinaires ou la transfusion de produits sanguins. Un nouveau revêtement pouvant être appliqué en fine couche à la surface des matériaux qui les composent est actuellement en développement. Les propriétés antimicrobiennes du revêtement pourraient éviter la croissance bactérienne et ultimement diminuer les risques d’infections chez les patients qui bénéficient de tels soins. L’objectif du projet est de vérifier l’efficacité du revêtement à tuer les bactéries sans compromis sur la qualité des produits sanguins. Travaillant quotidiennement avec des échantillons sanguins, Héma-Québec est toujours à l’affût de technologies innovantes pouvant améliorer l’innocuité de ses produits

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steve Charette

Student:

Partner:

Héma-Québec (Montreal)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Biotechnology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Nanotechnology

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Community-Based Research to Determine Rural Community Needs

This research project will contribute to the work of the Rosetown Regional Family and Community Support Services, Inc. (RRFCSS) in completing a comprehensive community assessment for Rosetown, Saskatchewan. This community assessment will provide information to the organization that will assist with priority planning and decision making. The primary aims of the community assessment are to identify key findings that will outline the community’s resources and strengths; concerns and gaps; and recommendations and local solutions. The comprehensive community assessment will include development of an assets inventory through secondary data sources along with several methods that allow for community member participation (focus groups, key informant interviews, community dialogue forum). This assessment will aim to gauge accessibility, availability and awareness of community services in relation to different age categories (i.e., seniors, young children, adolescents). A component of the community assessment will be to determine the readiness of community…

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bonnie Jeffery

Student:

Partner:

Rosetown Regional Family and Community Support Services Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

Multi-OMIC biomarkers to predict neonatal vaccine response

Many babies die within the first month of life from infectious diseases. Despite successful neonatal vaccination programs, it is not yet possible to accurately predict if a vaccine will work on a newborn child, at the individual “personalized” level. We need to better understand the mechanism of antibody generation after vaccination to improve immunization programs. This project will work in that direction by analyzing novel data obtained from neonates in The Gambia and then validate the findings with data from Papua New Guinea (PNG). We will explore genes (RNA), proteins, cytokines and immune cell datasets for molecular mechanisms and predictive biomarkers that indicate the antibody generation. These datasets will also be integrated to identify new areas of biological understanding that may not be identified in single dataset analysis. The results of this project will provide new perspectives to improve vaccine protocols across the world and aid in furthering the health care mission of the PROOF Centre (our partner organization).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Scott J. Tebbutt

Student:

Partner:

PROOF Centre of Excellence

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Chemical targeting of HDAC6 as a strategy for anti-viral drug discovery

The emergence of viral pandemics, exemplified by the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), has exposed the urgent need for the development of viral infection therapeutics. In a short span of time, more than 1.5 million individuals have been infected and there have been nearly 90, 000 deaths worldwide. Our objective is to pharmacologically validate a new strategy for viral infection therapeutics by designing molecules that inhibit HDAC6, a protein implicated in viral entry. To address our objective, we will develop and optimize chemical compounds that target HDAC6 activity and then we will test the effects of these compounds on coronavirus entry and their anti-viral effect in cells. With our research we hope to validate a novel strategy for the development of anti-viral therapeutics to benefit the research community and advance public health objectives during a pandemic.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Matthieu Schapira

Student:

Partner:

Structural Genomics Consortium

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Ex-vivo Device for Screening the Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccines and Producing Antibodies

COVID-19 has significantly impacted the health of the global population. Although timely detection and isolation are important, vaccination is probably more effective in fighting against COVID-19. Our proposed ex-vivo can help the validation of the COVID-19 vaccine and produce antibodies for COVID-19. The benefit to the Canadian community and the industry partner is palpable.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jie Chen

Student:

Partner:

Hidaca Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

A blood test to diagnose western red-cedar asthma

Western red-cedar asthma (WRCA) is the most common form of occupational asthma in British Columbia and is caused by sensitivity to a molecule found in the wood called plicatic acid (PA). Patients suspected of having WRCA must complete two inhalational challenges to determine sensitivity to PA, an expensive and time-consuming process. There is need for a cheaper and quicker method of diagnosis. Blood is relatively easy to access and useful in studying WRCA. Changes were observed in the blood-based molecular biomarkers in WRCA patients during inhalational challenges. I propose that I can develop a blood-based panel of genes to diagnose WRCA.
PROOF specializes in developing blood-based biomarker diagnostic tests to reduce cost and time associated with diagnosing diseases. Since there is no test that can diagnose WRCA without inhalational challenges, PROOF would benefit from this collaboration in developing a blood test capable of diagnosing WRCA in a clinical setting.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christopher Carlsten;Scott Tebbutt

Student:

Partner:

PROOF Centre of Excellence

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Analysis of Business-to-Consumer (B2C) Text Conversations collected during a pandemic and the adaptation of TxtSquad’s Technology Platform for Community-based organizations and small businesses

Txt Squad’s mission is to help medium-to-large companies sell and service their products through text messaging which results in saved time, improved customer experience and increased sales. A company can manage their customer service communications with TxtSquad using a team-based approach with rich cell phone text functionality that connects them directly to customers, bypassing emails and telephone calls. In the Covid-19 pandemic, community-based outreach organizations need a way to effectively deliver outreach services with marginalized and vulnerable members of the community and small local retail businesses are looking to pivot their businesses to adapt to the new economy. This project focusses on investigating methods and the creation and implementation of a framework to adapt TxtSquad’s Technology Platform for Community-based organization outreach and small businesses.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pranjal Patra

Student:

Partner:

TxtSquad

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

College of the North Atlantic

Program:

Accelerate

Novel process of organic peroxides synthesis

In this work, we will develop new processes, including new raw materials, to produce known organic peroxides; such processes will include direct coupling to manufacture organic peroxides. We will demonstrate the synthesis processes by selecting the appropriate carboxylic acid(s), hydroperoxide starting material(s), catalysts, and operating conditions to produce the desired organic peroxides, particularly, t-butyl peroxybenzoate and also extending to other peresters, such as, t-butyl peroxypivalate and t-butyl perox-2-ethylhexanoate. After that, we will optimize the critical process parameters that affect reaction efficiency, purity, and product yield. We will also analyze the final product including identification and quantification of impurities, and residual reactants. LUPEROX series are often used as a radical initiator in polymerization reactions, the high economic value and the modern synthesis routes will benefit the domestic market.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Scott Patience

Student:

Partner:

Arkema (ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Adapting to COVID-19: Private Business, Public Infrastructure and the New Normal

The COVID-19 pandemic is placing enormous economic pressure on Canadian workers and employers, and it is unclear what the long-term economic impacts of the crisis will be. This research will produce a model to describe ways in which employers and workers might adapt to, recover from and build long-term resilience to COVID-19 and other natural disasters that disrupt the economy. The research will provide Limestone Analytics an opportunity to deepen its partnerships in Eastern Ontario and establish itself as a reliable industry partner in policy development. This will enable Limestone to pursue new academic relationships with local subject area experts in the fields of crisis response, urban planning, workforce development, transport policy, spatial analysis, and economic recovery and development.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Allen Head

Student:

Partner:

Limestone Analytics Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Optimal Non-glare zone Width of Adaptive Driving Beam Based on Different Driving Scenarios and ADB Design Improvement recommendation

Adaptive driving beam (ADB) is an advance vehicle forward lighting system that automatically adapts its beam patterns to create a non-glare zone around oncoming and preceding vehicles. The purpose of ADB system is to produce good long-range visibility for driver without causing discomfort glare to other road users. The non-glare zone of current ADB system is solely based of the width of oncoming or preceding vehicle that are detected by camera. However, the optimal width of ADB non-glare zone should be different for different driving scenario. This research will develop a design methodology that will allow automakers to tune the width of the ADB non-glare zone and provide improvement of dynamic ADB non-glare zone width optimum control system design.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohammed Jalal Ahamed;Arash Ahmadi

Student:

Partner:

FCA Canada;FCA Italy S.p.A.;Politecnico di Torino

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

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