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Assessment of the neuroprotective effects of a novel natural product derived formulation for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease

“Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects approximately 1.5% of the global population over age 65. Current therapeutic interventions for PD are typically limited to attempts to correct the depletion of dopamine once motor symptoms become moderate to severe. Interventions with the potential to improve the cognitive function and quality of life of Parkinson’s patients by modulating non-motor symptoms, as well as interventions with the potential to slow the rate of loss of dopaminergic neurons and to delay symptom emergence remain an unmet need. Neurodyn Life Sciences Inc. has developed a proprietary natural product-derived formulation of three bioactives with demonstrated neurosupportive and neuroprotective activity. The proposed project will continue the pre-clinical study of this novel formulation with the intent of progressing to clinical trials in human subjects with early stage PD.”

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Faculty Supervisor:

Harold Robertson

Student:

Partner:

Neurodyn Life Sciences Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Prince Edward Island

Program:

Elevate

Experimental and Mathematical Modeling of Flow Instability in Heavy Oil Recovery Processes – Year two

This research project with the industry partner Saskatchewan Research Council focuses on the displacement front instability in heavy oil recovery processes such as water flooding, solvent injection and polymer flooding. In those processes, the less viscous displacing fluid usually moves faster than the more viscous displaced heavy oil. This results in an instability that manifests itself in the form of finger-shaped intrusions, and which is viscous fingering (VF). The VF phenomenon tends to greatly reduce sweep efficiency, leaving a large amount of untouched heavy oil underground. Studying the flow instability both experimentally and mathematically can provide a quantitative understanding on the effects of VF on the performance of those heavy oil recovery processes. Also different approaches will be examined to reduce the instability, which would result in enhanced heavy oil recovery. This study will have a great benefit to unlock western Canada’s heavy oil resources in more environmentally sustainable ways.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fanhua Zeng

Student:

Partner:

Saskatchewan Research Council

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Elevate

Experimental and Mathematical Modeling of Flow Instability in Heavy Oil Recovery Processes

This research project with the industry partner Saskatchewan Research Council focuses on the displacement front instability in heavy oil recovery processes such as water flooding, solvent injection and polymer flooding. In those processes, the less viscous displacing fluid usually moves faster than the more viscous displaced heavy oil. This results in an instability that manifests itself in the form of finger-shaped intrusions, and which is viscous fingering (VF). The VF phenomenon tends to greatly reduce sweep efficiency, leaving a large amount of untouched heavy oil underground. Studying the flow instability both experimentally and mathematically can provide a quantitative understanding on the effects of VF on the performance of those heavy oil recovery processes. Also different approaches will be examined to reduce the instability, which would result in enhanced heavy oil recovery. This study will have a great benefit to unlock western Canada’s heavy oil resources in more environmentally sustainable ways.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fanhua Zeng

Student:

Partner:

Saskatchewan Research Council

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Elevate

Implementing a novel infectious disease diagnosis assay to a microfluidic device

Infectious diseases ranging from avian influenza to Ebola virus infection are among the most serious health emergencies in Canada and globally. Current diagnosis methods such as cell culture, ELISA and PCR suffer from inaccuracy, high-cost and lengthy procedures. Therefore, there has been a growing trend to develop new point-of-care diagnostic tools and microfluidic devices are considered as an important enabling technology owing to its advantages in miniaturization, precise fluidic control, low-cost and high-throughput. The proposed project will implement a novel antibody-based infectious disease diagnosis assay to a microfluidic device to improve the assay performance. The postdoc will perform the research in both the academic lab with expertise in microfluidics-based biological/biomedical applications and with the industry partner that is extending its successful machine learning technology to biomedical applications. Such research will facilitate the industry partner’s new business development in biotechnology and the training will uniquely prepare the postdoc for industry-driving R&D.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Francis Lin

Student:

Partner:

Sightline Innovation Inc (MB)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Biotechnology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Nanotechnology

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Elevate

Enhancing water stress tolerance in soybean through phytoglobin manipulations – Year two

The purpose of the project is to generate soybean plants able to tolerate whole plant submergence and waterlogging (soil submergence). This will be achieved by inducing Pgb, a gene normally present in soybean and known to confer tolerance to excessive humidity, through genetic manipulations. Correlative studies between Pgb expression and performance under excessive water conditions will also be conducted in commercial varieties of soybean. Similar studies will be conducted to assess the effect of altered Pgb level to drought stress.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Claudio Stasolla

Student:

Partner:

Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Elevate

Enhancing water stress tolerance in soybean through phytoglobin manipulations

The purpose of the project is to generate soybean plants able to tolerate whole plant submergence and waterlogging (soil submergence). This will be achieved by inducing Pgb, a gene normally present in soybean and known to confer tolerance to excessive humidity, through genetic manipulations. Correlative studies between Pgb expression and performance under excessive water conditions will also be conducted in commercial varieties of soybean. Similar studies will be conducted to assess the effect of altered Pgb level to drought stress.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Claudio Stasolla

Student:

Partner:

Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Elevate

Optical determination of membrane defects and correlation with fuel cell performance and durability – Year two

There is a strong push toward producing fuel cells on a commercial scale. This means a greater focus on production speed and yields with a need to understand the unintended features that arise from larger-scale manufacturing processes. This project requires the set up of state-of-the-art, camera-vision, defect detection equipment to find and collect observed membrane features. These features will then be catalogued and tested to determine their impact on membrane durability and whether they affect later processing steps. The samples with possible defects will be tested for electrical resistance, mechanical robustness and resistance to chemical degradation. In addition, the defects themselves will be analyzed in order to understand how they form and how they contribute to failure modes. This understanding is crucial to increasing fuel cell durability at a commercial scale.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Holdcroft

Student:

Partner:

Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Corp

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Elevate

Optical determination of membrane defects and correlation with fuel cell performance and durability

There is a strong push toward producing fuel cells on a commercial scale. This means a greater focus on production speed and yields with a need to understand the unintended features that arise from larger-scale manufacturing processes. This project requires the set up of state-of-the-art, camera-vision, defect detection equipment to find and collect observed membrane features. These features will then be catalogued and tested to determine their impact on membrane durability and whether they affect later processing steps. The samples with possible defects will be tested for electrical resistance, mechanical robustness and resistance to chemical degradation. In addition, the defects themselves will be analyzed in order to understand how they form and how they contribute to failure modes. This understanding is crucial to increasing fuel cell durability at a commercial scale.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steve Holdcroft

Student:

Partner:

Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Corp

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Elevate

3-D UAV Magnetometry for Improved Target Characterization in Mineral Exploration

Geophysical exploration is one of the primary forms of preliminary site investigation used to characterize ore potential and the economic viability of newly discovered mineral deposits. The current platforms for collecting magnetic data include dense coverage but low resolution airborne surveys and high resolution but low coverage terrestrial surveys. The recent
proliferation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) offers an opportunity to fill the observation gap inherent in conventional
survey methods. This project will build upon the UAV magnetometer platforms developed at Queen’s University as well as
the UAV operational expertise of the industry partner (Sumac Geomatics Inc.). The main objectives of this project are to
demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of UAV magnetometry to perform high-resolution 3-D magnetic gradient
surveys and to develop optimized survey strategies for improved target characterization including adaptive sensing. By the end of this project, the intern will be equipped with state-of-the-art technological and processing knowledge for nonintrusive site investigations and enhanced mineral exploration strategies. The partner organization will continue to be at the forefront of remote sensing technologies for enhanced/improved information products, which is a critical component of their ongoing success in a competitive marketplace.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alexander Braun

Student:

Partner:

Sumac Geomatics Incorporated

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Identification of copy number variation biomarkers in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Copy number variations (CNVs) are an important type of structural variation affecting pathogenesis of complex diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Accurate detection of genomic regions with CNVs is crucial for understanding the etiology of IBD, as these regions contain likely drivers of disease development. Microarray technology provides single-nucleotide resolution genomic data and is considered one of the best measurement technologies to detect CNVs. This project will identify and characterize CNV in 340 IBD patients in Manitoba. It is expected that the novel CNV risk loci identified from the genome-wide analysis can explain a significant part of heritability in IBD, which can be translated into clinical applications for diagnostics in Health Sciences Centre Foundation, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pingzhao Hu

Student:

Partner:

Health Sciences Centre Foundation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

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

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Thermodynamic Analysis of Liquefied Natural Gas Refueling Stations and Onboard Fuel Storage Tanks for Mobile Applications – Year two

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has up to 20% CO2 and 90% NOx fewer emissions than diesel; making it a cleaner alternative fuel for mobile applications. LNG has high volumetric energy density and is cost effective ($0.5 cheaper than diesel gallon equivalent). However, LNG is stored at low temperatures (-162ºC) and releases boil-off gas that contributes to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In collaboration with Westport Power Inc., the global leader in natural gas engines, we aim to identify the weaknesses in the LNG distribution chain to reduce the GHG emissions and the LNG delivery cost. This project proposes to use thermodynamic modeling to study the LNG properties across the state-of-the-art LNG refueling stations, refueling process, and onboard fuel storage tanks. The research output will be integrated with Westport’s data and expertise to develop new refueling strategies that minimize the LNG leakage and control the boil-off gas.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Walter Merida

Student:

Partner:

FortisBC Energy Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Utilities

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

Thermodynamic Analysis of Liquefied Natural Gas Refueling Stations and Onboard Fuel Storage Tanks for Mobile Applications

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has up to 20% CO2 and 90% NOx fewer emissions than diesel; making it a cleaner alternative fuel for mobile applications. LNG has high volumetric energy density and is cost effective ($0.5 cheaper than diesel gallon equivalent). However, LNG is stored at low temperatures (-162ºC) and releases boil-off gas that contributes to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In collaboration with Westport Power Inc., the global leader in natural gas engines, we aim to identify the weaknesses in the LNG distribution chain to reduce the GHG emissions and the LNG delivery cost. This project proposes to use thermodynamic modeling to study the LNG properties across the state-of-the-art LNG refueling stations, refueling process, and onboard fuel storage tanks. The research output will be integrated with Westport’s data and expertise to develop new refueling strategies that minimize the LNG leakage and control the boil-off gas.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Walter Merida

Student:

Partner:

Westport Innovations Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Transportation and warehousing

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

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