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Development and Evaluation of a Rapid Diagnostic Assay for Avian Influenza to the Point of Care Setting

Ontario’s chicken industry contributes $2.72 billion to Canadian economy, and supports 19,183 full-time equivalent jobs (Ontario Chicken Industry Report, 2013). To date, 2015 has seen 309 individual outbreaks of avian influenza (AI) reported to the World Organization for Animal Health, a 147% increase on outbreaks reported in 2014. In Ontario alone, 29 farms were quarantined in April 2015 due to AI outbreak (CFIA, 2015). Type A, especially strains A (H5N2 and H5N1) and A (H7N9), has proven to be deadlier, putting governments and farmers alike under pressure to ensure the health of birds and ultimately the people who consume them. Preventing the spread of the infection with effective surveillance through early diagnosis is the best way to keep the disease under control. To meet the challenges of food security and production efficiency in Canada’s poultry industry, we propose to develop and evaluate a rapid, electrochemical biosensor assay with superior sensitivity and specificity with a miniaturized electrochemical sensor assembly as a portable device for pen side diagnosis of avian influenza virus from poultry. A rapid diagnostic tool would allow veterinarians and farmers to make early diagnosis, and will enhance rapid management decisions to control or treat the flu outbreaks.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Suresh Neethirajan

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Poultry Research Council

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Blood biomarkers of asthma

Allergic asthma is a condition of the airways characterized by airway constriction and hyperresponsiveness upon allergen exposure. About half of the allergic asthmatic individuals experience only an acute airway constriction (early response) within several minutes upon exposure to allergen while the other half of individuals experience not only an acute airway constriction but also a chronic airway constriction plus inflammation (late response) within several hours after the allergen exposure. It is not clear why the late response is not developed in all sensitized individuals. Chen Xi Yang will participate in developing an assay that can be implemented in a clinical setting to help predict individuals who are likely to develop the late response by measuring the expression of 55 genes. Successful development of the assay will provide a new diagnostic tool towards distinguishing these two phenotypes of allergic asthma, and will further the mandates of our partner organizations – British Columbia Lung Association and Phoenix Molecular Designs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Scott Tebbutt

Student:

Partner:

Phoenix Molecular Designs;British Columbia Lung Association;University of British Columbia

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Native and domesticated bees habitat assessment

Insect pollinator health is a crucial component of managed and natural landscapes due to their important impact on crop pollination and ecosystem equilibrium. Some pollinator populations have experience notable declines, due to changes in habitat, presence of pests and pathogens, pesticides and toxins present in the environment as well as nutritional requirements. A proper identification of native pollinators as well as assessing the status of pollinator populations, interactions with other native and non-native insect pollinator species in different sites such as urban, suburban, and rural landscapes is crucial to inventories to establish baseline conditions to properly address decision-making on pollinator health and conservation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean Phillipe Lessard

Student:

Partner:

Agronova Consultants

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Identifying Predictive Learning Analytics for Learner AcademicSuccess.

With the increased capabilities of technology, data plays an increasingly important role in decision-making (Mandinach & Gummer, 2013; McAfee & Brynjolfsson, 2012) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) now require employees to use data to inform practice (Earl & Seashore Louis, 2013; Lohr, 2012). Furthermore, harnessing big data and predictive analytics has transformed many industries, yet analytics to support next generation learning has been missing from education (Baker, 2013, para. 3). Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate data analytics that can be used to support learning and sustainable growth of local SMEs. The findings from this research will result in the improvement of educational services to Communitech’s 1,000 member companies and an initial prototype learning analytics platform, resulting in ultimate success and sustainability of local SMEs. This research may also be of interest to K-12 and post-secondary educators who wish to implement a learning analytics approach to instruction.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Julie Mueller

Student:

Partner:

Communitech Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education; Technology

University:

Wilfrid Laurier University

Program:

Accelerate

Effective ECD/ECE Principles for Immigrant and Refugee Children: Researching Applied Models in British Columbia

The research project will look at types of service models/supports developed for different client groups, effectiveness of the service models for different client groups, partnerships, impacts of different funding structures, etc. It will also provide an opportunity to review government and school policies in place that support effective models, and the service needs not currently being met through existing programs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shauna Butterwick

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Formulation and Toxicology of Bone-Targeting Nanoparticles – Year two

Bones undergo a renewal process by replenishing calcium mineral through a cellular process known as remodeling. Usually, it happens in a balanced manner, but in many bone diseases, the remodeling process is increased with regional bone metabolism. Bisphosphonate (BP) drugs selectivity and strongly bind to bone mineral and become incorporated at active sites of bone turnover in an increased amount. Accordingly, we have exploited that increased bone metabolism to develop novel bone imaging tracers of metabolism based on BP-conjugated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (BP-SPIONs), which localize to remodeling bone surfaces for detection by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The current project aims to establish and characterize a stable formulation of the proprietary OsteoMetabolix Pharma BP-SPION, with subsequent toxicity testing in-vitro in cell culture, and in-vivo in rodents (rats), to ascertain minimum effective dose and expected adverse effects of BP-SPIONs as a potential non-ionizing alternative to the technetium radionuclide bone scan.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raimar Loebenberg

Student:

Partner:

Osteometabolix Pharmaceuticals Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Elevate

Formulation and Toxicology of Bone-Targeting Nanoparticles

Bones undergo a renewal process by replenishing calcium mineral through a cellular process known as remodeling. Usually, it happens in a balanced manner, but in many bone diseases, the remodeling process is increased with regional bone metabolism. Bisphosphonate (BP) drugs selectivity and strongly bind to bone mineral and become incorporated at active sites of bone turnover in an increased amount. Accordingly, we have exploited that increased bone metabolism to develop novel bone imaging tracers of metabolism based on BP-conjugated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (BP-SPIONs), which localize to remodeling bone surfaces for detection by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The current project aims to establish and characterize a stable formulation of the proprietary OsteoMetabolix Pharma BP-SPION, with subsequent toxicity testing in-vitro in cell culture, and in-vivo in rodents (rats), to ascertain minimum effective dose and expected adverse effects of BP-SPIONs as a potential non-ionizing alternative to the technetium radionuclide bone scan.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raimar Loebenberg

Student:

Partner:

Osteometabolix Pharmaceuticals Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Elevate

Élaboration d’un matériau de référence : l’or dans les concentrés de minéraux lourds

Le but de la recherche vise à l’adaptation d’un protocole de certification pour les concentrés de minéraux lourds aurifères et la création d’un matériau de référence (en vrac ainsi qu’en pastille Époxy) reproductible qui servira en contrôle de la qualité pour les campagnes de géochimie d’exploration du milieu secondaire. Ce matériau, essentiel à la calibration des techniques, sera produit en quantité suffisante pour être distribué et servir au contrôle de la qualité de la récupération d’or lors de séparations de minéraux lourds. Le stagiaire, en évoluant dans ce domaine, deviendra une personne hautement qualifiée au sein de l’entreprise partenaire.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Bédard

Student:

Partner:

IOS Services Géoscientifiques Inc

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

Étude de papiers isolants thermiquement améliorés en vue de leurs applications dans la fabrication des transformateurs de puissance

Ce projet de recherche a pour objectif de contribuer au développement de nouvelles structures isolantes pour les transformateurs de puissance avec l’application de nouveaux papiers thermiquement meilleurs que ceux actuellement utilisés. La recherche inclut des papiers isolants avec différentes teneurs en azote. Différentes propriétés mécaniques, et physico-chimiques seront déterminées après des essais de vieillissements accélérés.
La participation à ce stage doctoral Mitacs représente un développement professionnel et personnel important pour le stagiaire, qui travaillera sur un projet de recherche d’importance capitale. Les résultats de la recherche proposée permettraient d’obtenir systématiquement de nouvelles connaissances fondamentales sur la dégradation des isolants thermo-stabilisés, en plus de préparer le partenaire industriel à leur utilisation pour la conception des transformateurs de demain. Les résultats de cette recherche devraient permettre une conception de transformateurs avec des durées de vie théoriques plus longues que celles présentement disponibles.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Issouf Fofana

Student:

Partner:

Institut de Recherche Hydro-Québec

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

Tensor network characterization of superconducting circuits

Quantum information processing holds the promise of the next revolution in information technologies. Many implementation candidates are still being investigated. One of them is superconducting circuits. Studying quantum systems in general is a computationally difficult task. If one hopes to build scalable and reliable devices, one must resort to approximate numerical design tools. Tensor networks is one such method that has been used extensively in theoretical physics to study condensed matter systems. Our goal is to use tensor networks, which have mainly been used to study “natural” physical systems of many particles, to study the finite size “artificial” quantum systems that are superconducting circuits. More specifically, the goal is to implement a numerical package that performs the relevant calculations and to use it to study large circuits of interest, such as Josephson junction arrays.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Poulin

Student:

Partner:

Anyon Systems Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Development of an historical GIS for the Montreal area using Esri’s ArcGIS software

The year 2017 marks the 375th anniversary of the foundation of the city of Montreal. The Laboratory of Remote Sensing, Department of Geography, Montreal University, and Esri Canada want to take part in the celebrations by offering to the Montreal community an interactive tool illustrating the historical evolution of the city of Montreal. To develop such a tool the establishment of an historical GIS is needed. To build such a GIS many questions have to be studied: How to locate landscape features (buildings, roads, wooded areas, etc.) depicted on old maps using present day cartographic standards? How to project old aerial photos to a present day datum? How to integrate information extracted from these archived documents into a common database preserving reference in time and space? What is the best method to visualize the evolution of the urban environment? The aim of the internship is to explore solutions to these problems by developing a prototype of this system. Skill development in geomatics will be the principal gain for the intern, while for the partner organization this project will enrich his software with applications in a less studied type of GIS.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Francois Cavayas

Student:

Partner:

Esri Canada Ltd

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Coronary Plaque characterization using Coronary CT Angiography

Coronary artery disease is caused by a build-up of plaque in the heart vessel. If the plaque causes a large amount of blockage, this can restrict the flow of blood to the heart and cause a heart attack. However, certain types of plaque are fragile (vulnerable) and can transform from a non-obstructive to obstructive blockage in a relatively short period of time. It is important to identify patients with vulnerable plaque as they are at higher risk at sudden death from a heart attack. The heart vessels can be reliably seen using computed tomography or CT scans however, the detection of vulnerable plaque remains problematic. The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate methods that could be used to improve detection of vulnerable plaque using CT scans of the heart. This work will be performed on a specific advanced CT scan unit; the knowledge gained from this research could be adapted towards improvement of CT scans in different CT scan units from the same manufacturer.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Narinder Paul

Student:

Partner:

Toshiba Canada

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

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