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Quantification of antibiotic residues and nitrites in meat using paper-based microfluidic devices

Meat contamination is a severe public health risk and therefore the development of highly precise, rapid, and reliable monitoring devices are necessary. Chemical hazards in meat such as the presence of nitrites and antibiotic residues have potentially carcinogenic, toxic, and/or allergenic effects when exceeding threshold limits set by governing health agencies. Conventional methods to monitor meat contaminants are often laborious and require highly skilled personnel, making the quest for developing simpler and more cost-effective techniques for rapid monitoring to be critical. This research project focuses on developing a paper-based colorimetric microfluidic device that is capable of quantifying trace level of nitrite and antibiotic residues in meat with high specificity and reproducibility. Determination of the presence of nitrite and antibiotic residues in meat will be based upon a chromogenic reaction between these chemical hazards and chromogenic reagents on wax-printed filter paper. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xiaonan Lu

Student:

Partner:

Peking University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Investigating the Ecological Significance of Toxin Production in Poisonous Amanita Mushrooms

Poisonous mushrooms play important roles in the ecosystems they inhabit, yet they produce chemical toxins that can be lethal when ingested, making these fungi interesting organisms to study. Many species of Amanita mushrooms contain toxins that result in hundreds of deaths globally every year. While numerous studies have examined the chemical properties of these toxins produced, the biological effects of the toxins when consumed and the global and geographical distributions of poisonous Amanita species, little is known about the ecological role of toxin production for these organisms. This project will aim to examine the ecological significance of toxin production to investigate if toxins enhance the germination ability of spores produced by the mushroom, allowing the fungi to reproduce and propagate more efficiently. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jianping Xu

Student:

Partner:

Kunming Institute of Botany (CAS)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Determining the effects of gating modifier compounds on cultured central nervous system neurons as potential therapeutics against epilepsy.

Voltage-gated sodium channels are key contributors to excitability in living organisms; hence, modulation of these channels through mutations and/or environmental triggers can often lead to serious disorders. Having an enriched understanding of the sodium channel electrophysiology may result in uncovering potential therapeutic targets. The general aims of our research include studying the effects of various modulators on sodium channels through well-established electrophysiological techniques. These efforts will be an effort to discover potentially therapeutic modulators against sodium channel-mediated epilepsies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Charles Ruben

Student:

Partner:

Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Environment-Based Design (EBD) application to mechanical products

Design problems need creative solving method, solution and specific knowledge and experience. Design problems and solution methodologies have been studied for many decades. Environment-Based Design (EBD) method is one of the modern and comprehensive methods which reflects the state of art in the design methodologies. In this project EBD technics including environment analysis, right-questions presentation, Recursive Object Model (ROM), conflicts identification and design generation, design validation and future prediction will be used to analyze the mechanical product development. The project will be done in School of logistic Engineering of Wuhan University of Technology and will have two aspects. First part includes improving host group design knowledge by implementing EBD and the second part is about validating the proposed methodology by considering mechanical products as case-study. The outcomes of project can be presented as follows.
1. Developing strategic framework for finding innovative design idea by using EBD. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yong Zeng

Student:

Partner:

Wuhan University of Technology

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

The Scale-up Challenge for Canada? Obstacles to High-Growth Technology-based Firms and the Policy Response

Digitally-enabled technology firms will assume greater significance for Canada’s future economic growth and prosperity. The ability to grow digitally-enabled firms from the startup phase to globally competitive scaled up firms will be a critical part of this challenge. Among the advanced industrial economies, Canada ranks second only to the United States in terms of entrepreneurship, but most Canadian start-ups do not scale successfully. Available data indicates that less than 3 percent of Canadian service firms beyond the five-year mark qualify as “high-growth.” Canadian firms simply aren’t scaling, but why? In cooperation with its industry partner, this project seeks to address this puzzling outcome through a rigorous, empirical investigation of the obstacles to scaling-up and the policy supports needed to overcome them. The project’s industry partner and the broader Canadian policy community will benefit from the project’s insights into what works and what doesn’t for firms looking to scale.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Wolfe

Student:

Partner:

Delvinia

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of Signal Mass as a new marker of brain tissue loss in multiple sclerosis

The degree of brain cell injury and death may be associated with disability and problems with memory and thinking skills in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). This is most frequently measured by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images to calculate shrinkage of brain volume. In fact, MS patients suffer more rapid shrinkage of brain volume compared to healthy people. However, brain volume can also fluctuate due to reasons other than brain cell death, such as water coming in and out of the brain. Also, brain volume change alone does not necessarily inform us regarding the change in the number of brain cells within the tissue (i.e. change in the density of brain cells). This project aims to evaluate Signal Mass (SM), a new method that combines both the volume shrinkage and cellular density information. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sridar Narayanan

Student:

Partner:

NeuroRx Solutions Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

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

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Analyse d’une nouvelle configuration d’éolienne à axe vertical adaptée pour opération à basse vitesse de vent

Le projet de recherche consiste en l’analyse de performance d’une nouvelle architecture d’éolienne à axe verticale de petite puissance. L’objectif de ce nouveau concept proposé par le partenaire est d’être en mesure de produire de l’électricité avec des vitesses de vent réduites afin de réduire les coûts de production d’électricité en milieux éloignées. Dans un premier temps le concept proposé sera analysé et positionné en comparaison aux autres systèmes sur le marché. Dans un deuxième temps, des recommandations seront effectuées pour le développement futur de la technologie. Ce projet sera réalisé sur une période de 4 mois avec 1 stagiaire.
Ce projet est critique pour l’entreprise partenaire puisqu’il permettra de positionner la technologie, et permettra d’orienter la recherche et développement future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Rancourt

Student:

Partner:

Vortex Électron Énergie Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

A candidate gene association study on brown rot resistance in peach (Prunus persica L.).

Brown rot caused by Monilinia fructicola fungus is one of the biggest challenges for peach industry in Canada and particularly in Ontario. During favourable weather conditions for fungal infection, this fungus can wipe out 100% of the crop. The cultivation of resistant varieties has always been considered the most reliable management procedure for this disease; however there is only limited number of cultivars with a satisfactory degree of field resistance. The process of generating resistant cultivars by traditional breeding methods can take many years especially with tree fruits. Bioinformatics and molecular breeding can fast-track these timelines and accelerate the generation of new cultivars to the market. The goal of this research is to explore the associations between SNPs, a type of DNA markers, and the responses of peach varieties to the fungal infection. Markers with significant associations to the resistance response will be used in breeding programs for the early…

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jay Subramanian

Student:

Partner:

Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Design and Modelling of Graphene-Based Composites as Reversible Oxygen Electrode Electrocatalysts for Regenerative Alkaline Fuel Cell

Regenerative fuel cells are important in a number of applications such as remote back-up power where fuel logistics are difficult. A key component of a regenerative fuel cell is the oxygen electrode which is required to perform in both a fuel cell mode and in an electrolysis mode. The proposed research project will look at a low cost non-precious metal approach for the oxygen electrode of a regenerative fuel cell. It is anticipated that a number of the limitations of the regenerative fuel cell will be addressed with the proposed new material approaches.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Elod Lajos Gyenge;David Wilkinson

Student:

Partner:

Vancouver International CleanTech Research Institute

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

3D printing of electrochemically driven point-of-care test (POCT) device for heavy metal ions detection

This project aims to develop a fast-response, portable and mobile-readable point of care test (POCT) device. Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology is proposed to fabricate the configuration that features components and elements functioning to accommodate and integrate all principle stages of analysis, including sample pre-treatment, fluidic manipulation and signal detection. This device is used to track the electrochemical response to heavy metal ions, which will be extended in the future for urinalysis testing and benefit human health from fast-diagnosis.
Inkjet printing for electronic circuit will be developed, which can be potentially extended to be compliance with other applications, such as wearable electronics. Additionally, highly transparent 3D printable material system, consisting of UV-curable resin and biocompatible photo-initiator will be developed, which are also promising to be new commercial products for the company. This technology shows a high potential in a number of industrial sectors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Zhifeng Ding

Student:

Partner:

Formi 3DP Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Bipolar Membranes for Electrochemical Technologies

Electrochemical water splitting into hydrogen and oxygen gas is a technology of growing importance in the clean energy storage and conversion sector. While this technology has been operating successfully for decades using liquid electroytes, emerging technology uses membranes to provide physical separation of the cathode and anode compartments and thereby separation of the product gases, while allowing ions to flow between electrolytes in order for the electrochemical reactions to occur. The membranes used in electrolyzers are typically acidic, proton exchange membranes (PEM), e.g., Nafion. Alkaline membranes have recently emerged as potential replacements because alkaline conditions allow inexpensive electrocatalysts to be employed in the cathode. TO BE CONT”D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Eikerling

Student:

Partner:

Ionomr Innovations Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Elevate

Process quality control in electropolishing

Passive Action (PA) has established know-how and technology to finish metal parts for a wide range of applications (e.g. storage racks for the pharmaceutical industry). They use an electropolishing to achieve this finish of metal parts. This technology has shown its economic advantages over other conventional techniques for surface smoothening and deburring (remove sharp edges).
Currently, PA is transforming their finishing technologies towards more automated processes. This will lead to increased process repeatability and control of their technologies to better serve their clients. The proposed project aims to contribute to the automation of their electropolishing process by adding sensors to measure key parameters for process control to maintain a high quality. The intern will work on sensor integration and data evaluation for process optimization. PA will assist the intern with the outlined work both by providing daily supervision and other resources (e.g. equipment) to accomplish the project objectives.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rolf Wüthrich

Student:

Partner:

Passive-Action

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

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