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Single Cell Investigations of Mechanically-Induced Arrhythmias during Acute Regional Ischemia

The heart is an electrically driven pump. A major cause of death world-wide is a disturbance of the heart’s electrical activity (arrhythmias) due to a reduced blood supply (ischemia). We have shown that stretch of the heart during ischemia triggers deadly arrhythmias, which may be caused by changes in cellular processes. This project will discover the specific cell-level causes of arrhythmias in ischemia.
Experiments will be performed using single heart cells. Cells will be exposed to ischemia and subjected to controlled stretch. This will be combined with state-of-the-art fluorescent microscopy to determine the effects of stretch on specific cell behaviour.
Overall, this research will help us to understand why arrhythmias occur during ischemia, so that new treatments may be created. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

T. Alexander Quinn

Student:

Partner:

Okayama University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Martial Art Destination Training Camps as Racial, Classed and Gendered Sporting Projects: A Global Comparative Study

In my proposed PhD project I will interrogate privilege at the nexus of sport, tourism and issues surrounding race, class and gender. There is a new trend emerging in sporting tourism: martial art training camps abroad. Martial art training camps are now established in the places of origin of certain martial arts such as Judo in Japan, Muay Thai in Thailand and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Brazil. Regardless of the martial art being studied, all these training camps use similar discourses to sell their services such as invoking discourses and rhetorics of ‘authenticity’, commoditizing race and advertising comfort. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Caroline Fusco

Student:

Partner:

Waseda University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Spectroscopic and microscopic study of heterogeneous atmospheric chemistry phenomena on ice surfaces

Ice surface chemistry plays a major role in determining the chemical composition over snow in the polar boundary layer, as well as in the presence of ice aerosols under tropospheric/stratospheric conditions. This project aims at elucidating heterogeneous atmospheric chemistry phenomena on ice surfaces using advanced microscopy and spectroscopy. The molecular adsorption at ice surfaces under near equilibrium condition with water vapour is studied by microscopy in a unique sample cell designed in Prof. Gen Sazaki laboratory. Therefore, a new sample cell design was discussed and preliminary technical drawings were produced by undergraduate student Josée Maurais in Ayotte’s laboratory at UdeS (Summer of 2017) in order to adapt the sample cell for spectroscopic measures. A visit to Hokkaido University by Maurais in the Summer of 2018 is thus timely as she will then have built the sample cell, and begun preliminary spectroscopic characterization of ice films. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Ayotte

Student:

Partner:

Hokkaido University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Agriculture; Education

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Molecular observation of the synergistic contributions of diet and exercise to the metabolic changes induced by these neuroprotective therapeutic approaches

Disorders, such as diabetes and Alzheimer’s, have metabolic profiles that are detrimentally affected by the course of the disease. Both diet and exercise have demonstrated an ability to slow the progression of neurodegenerative illnesses and their symptoms. We hypothesize that this benefit is a direct result of an increase in the brains ability to efficiently metabolize both glucose and alternative substrates, brought upon by a change in either diet, exercise or both. We estimate that diet and exercise will protect against the typical decline in metabolite transport and metabolism observed both in normal aging and pathological states. This will be examined by quantifying the changes in various transport systems and enzymes crucial to various metabolic pathways, such as glycolysis, gluconeogenesis and oxidative phosphorylation. These changes will be observed in normally aging mice and subsequently compared to observations in pathological conditions such as models of Alzheimer’s, diabetes and chronic malnutrition.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Claude Messier

Student:

Partner:

Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Structural constraint as a method to improve OLED device lifetimes

We propose to develop a structurally constrained analog to the electron transport molecule TPBi. If our new molecule shows superior device lifetimes compared to TPBi, it will have broad implications to the field of solid state lighting. TPBi is currently a “gold standard” electron-transport material for OLEDs fabricated industrially, and as such success in this project is likely to generate significant interest in our new strategy for the stabilization of OLED materials. In addition, a preliminary study of the patent literature indicates that our strategy for kinetic stabilization has not yet been applied to OLED materials. Due to the substantial commercial potential of stabilized OLED lighting, we will pursue patent protection of our discoveries pending positive results for our materials in devices. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Zachary Hudson

Student:

Partner:

Nagoya University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

New Proton Conducting Materials

Hydrogen fuel cells have potential as a sustainable, environmentally friendly, and highly efficient energy alternative. The proton conduction properties of fuel cells are important in improving existing fuel cells and developing new fuel cell technologies. Imidazole and its derivatives are promising for their proton conducting properties, especially when confined in a porous support framework. In this project, we hope to develop a novel class of proton conducting materials with cellulose nanocrystals and silica as the porous framework. These materials will be developed in collaboration with the Mizuno group at Kanazawa University. The synthesis will be performed at The University of British Columbia, whereas the proton conduction characterization and solid state NMR spectroscopy will be performed at Kanazawa University.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark MacLachlan

Student:

Partner:

Kanazawa University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

mm-Wave Metasurface Antennas for 5G Wireless Networks

Extrapolating from current market trends and financial growth in mobile technology, it is predicted that next generation wireless networks will be required to support about a 1,000-fold increase in data capacity to handle over 100 billion devices featuring peak rates of 10 Gb/s. Consequently, there is a rapid transition to devise and innovate novel mm-wave systems covering the 60 GHz mm-wave spectrum (IEEE 802.11ad) owing to the large unlicensed bandwidth, capable of supporting the required multi-gigabit communication systems. mm-Wave propagation features a highly directive communication, where the electromagnetic (EM) signal follows a near line-of-sight (LOS) communication between the intended transmitters and receivers. Recently, there has been a great interest in a new class of antennas, called metasurface antennas, which are 2D antenna structures whose physical apertures are engineered at a sub-wavelength scale, to generate arbitrary EM radiation for smart beam-forming applications.TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shulabh Gupta

Student:

Partner:

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Role of Smoking-Induced Surfactant Protein-D in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic condition of the digestive system. Symptoms can include abdominal pain, persistent diarrhea, rectal bleeding, bloody stools, weight loss and fatigue. IBD is caused by a combination of genetics, environmental factors and irregular immune responses to normal gut bacteria. As the incidence of IBD is increasing in Asia, more research needs to be done on its’ treatment and management to improve patient quality of life and healthcare costs.
Previous studies have shown that smoking has a variable effect on IBD depending on which area of the digestive system is affected. Smoking has also been linked to increases in blood levels of surfactant protein d (SP-D) which has been shown to be associated with IBD.
This project would help investigate how IBD is affected by smoking-related increase of SP-D which could potentially be used as a target for treatment or prevention.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Don Sin

Student:

Partner:

Keio University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Development of microfluidic paper-based device for rapid detection of selective pesticides in foods

Agriculture and food production heavily rely on the use of pesticides to kill weeds and bugs. To ensure the food is safe, we need to test the concentration of pesticide residues in food products. The standard pesticide analysis in laboratories is complex, slow, expensive, and requires expertise. This project aims to design and make a small piece of special paper that can detect toxic pesticide residues in foods in several minutes with very simple operation and extremely low price. With the aid of a special inkjet printer, all required (bio-) chemicals can be printed onto the modified paper with great efforts on optimization. This project will take selected pesticide model to explore the potential of such a paper device to test real food sample and to be used by not only food industry but also consumers. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xiaonan Lu

Student:

Partner:

Keio University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

3D printed ammonia sensors from vapochromic coordination polymers suspended in Solgel

Previous work creating ammonia sensors using vapochromic coordination polymers involved either deposition via thin films or via immobilization in post arrays. This project will continue to explore new and novel deposition methods for vapochromic coordination polymers via the use of 3D printers using suspension polymers such as Sol-gel and other 3D-printable polymers. The anticipation of using 3D printers to do the deposition is that more complex geometries can be made that may aid in the creation of a more sensitive and responsive sensor compared to the previous work in thin films and other immobilization techniques. The expected outcome of this work is to show that chemical sensors fabricated by this method will have similar or better response to previously explored methods. In addition it is expected to show that this method may be more suitable in creating a low-cost, high-yield fabrication method for chemical sensors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bonnie Gray

Student:

Partner:

Yamagata University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

A Collaborative Research Project by a Community of Practice on Harnessing Renewable Green Energy in Sustaining Community Greenhouse at Haliburton, Ontario

As part of the Masters of Arts in Sustainability Studies Program at Trent University, the graduate intern will engage in a community-based research group that looks into the local community needs at Haliburton, Ontario. Specifically, the graduate intern will work with a host partner organization, Abbey Gardens Community Trust, to understand the local food security needs arising from the harsh local climate, as well as to procure adequate project resources to implement a community greenhouse project with the host partner. Together with the research group, the graduate intern shall focus on designing, upgrading, and testing a unique ‘double-hooped’ green-tech passive greenhouse that is expected to improve and to extend the planting window of the existing greenhouses within the host partner farming site. This will allow the host partner to provide fresh green salads, herbs, small plants, tubulars, and other vegetable directly to the local Haliburton community across all four seasons.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Howard Whillans;Stephen Hill;Karen Thompson

Student:

Partner:

Abbey Gardens

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Trent University

Program:

Accelerate

Microservice-based NFV Framework

Network operators ubiquitously deploy hardware middleboxes such as firewalls, proxies, WAN optimizer, intrusion detection and prevention systems to realize different network services. These middleboxes are vertically-integrated, expensive, and proprietary hardware appliances with limited or no programmability and require specially trained personnel for deployment and maintenance, resulting in increased capital and operational expenditure for the network operators. Recently, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has proposed to move the network functions offered by these hardware middleboxes to software (also known as Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)) running on commodity servers to reduce cost and increase flexibility. However, a fundamental problem with existing VNFs is the existence of a large number of common functionalities (e.g., packet classification, payload inspection, etc.) repeated across different VNFs. This has several negative consequences, including redundant development of functionalities in different VNFs and coarse grained resource allocation and scaling imposed by the monolithic nature of VNFs among others.TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raouf Boutaba

Student:

Partner:

Inria Nancy - Grand-Est Research Centre

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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