A step forward for sustainability
成人VR视频鈥檚 Sustainability experts [including Elena Bennett and Nil Basu] are involved in examining the effects of everything from locust swarms to urban heat islands to mountains of toxic e-waste.聽 The new 成人VR视频 Sustainability Systems Initiative hopes to play a crucial role in those efforts. #成人VR视频NewsMag
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Kajou captures Audience Prize at World Vision Food Security Social Innovation challenge
Congratulations to PhD candidate Emmanuella Ellis (BRE-Supervisor Michael Ngadi) and Kajou teammates for capturing the 鈥淎udience Prize鈥� at the recent 2018 World Vision Food Security Social Innovation challenge. Kajou聽is an agri-food venture that seeks to transform the cashew value chain in C么te d'Ivoire.
NutriPulse captures 3rd place at World Vision Food Security Social Innovation challenge
NutriPulse has captured 3rd聽 place in the 2018 World Vision Food Security Social Innovation challenge!聽 聽Co-Founders and PhD candidates Josephine Ampofo (FdSci), Adeyemi Adegbenjo聽(BRE) and Zeyan Zhong聽 (FdSci) will spend the next year building their project.
Closure of Hwy 20 overpass August 9 night
The Hwy 20 overpass/Rue Poultry Cottages will be reduced to one lane traffic during the night of Thursday, Aug 9, from 21:00 to 5:00, for infrastructure inspection.
The southbound lane of the Hwy 20 overpass will be closed, with alternating traffic on the northbound lane.
NRS Postdoctoral Researcher receives Bantng Fellowship
Congratulations to Karina Benessaiah, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences, who received a prestigious Banting Fellowship.
Vijaya Raghavan recognized for his international work
Congratulations to James 成人VR视频 Professor Vijaya Raghavan, Bioresource Engineering, who is the 2018 recipient of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers' (ASABE) International Food Engineering Award. This award recognizes Raghavan's dedication to promoting agricultural and biological engineering internationally.
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Plant Science researcher recognized by Canadian Society of Plant Biologists
Congratulations to Professor Jaswinder Singh, Plant Science, who received the 2018 Canadian Society of Plant Biologists C.D. Nelson Award.
This award recognizes Professor Singh's outstanding research contributions in plant biology, which show exceptional promise for the improvement of crop plants through genetic engineering, molecular breeding and genomics.
Qu茅bec cr茅e le P么le d鈥檈xpertise multidisciplinaire en gestion durable du littoral du lac Saint-Pierre
Le gouvernement du Qu茅bec poursuit ses efforts en faveur de la conservation du lac Saint-Pierre et annonce le second volet de son plan qui vise 脿 d茅finir et 脿 promouvoir une agriculture durable compatible avec l鈥櫭ヽosyst猫me du lac Saint-Pierre. 脌 cette fin, il accorde 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 成人VR视频, 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 Laval et 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Trois-Rivi猫res (UQTR) des subventions d鈥檜n montant de 4,66聽M$ sur quatre ans.
Reinventing the meal
Two undergraduate teams from the Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences will put their food creations to the test in student competitions.Every summer, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) attracts the cream of the global food science crop to Chicago for four days of exhibitions, presentations and competitions.
成人VR视频 Summer Camp hopes to recruit young Indigenous youth to health care jobs
Teens from Indigenous communities across Canada are taking part in a summer camp at 成人VR视频. The university wants to inspire them to consider careers in Health Science 鈥� and it鈥檚 taking a unique approach. As part of 成人VR视频鈥檚 Indigenous Health Professions Program, the camp takes inspiration from everyday stories, and incorporates it into science labs.
Five 成人VR视频 students rewarded for stellar Arctic research
While much of Quebec has been struggling under a withering heatwave, five 成人VR视频 students have been recognized for their research based in cooler climes, namely the Arctic.
Our food-safety regulations need a technological boost
(Op-ed by Lawrence Goodridge, Associate Professor and Director of the Food Safety and Quality Program in the Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry Department at 成人VR视频)
Growing a good idea: 成人VR视频 Seed Library helps would-be gardners
An unconventional library at 成人VR视频 is allowing students and faculty to borrow seeds.
Reading books might help you grow ideas, but 成人VR视频鈥檚 [Macdonald] Library is giving out something that sprouts way more literally. The library is offering 130 varieties of seeds, free of charge, as part of a new program.
鈥淲e鈥檙e providing seeds that are more rare, more unusual, and ones that are adapted specifically for our climate,鈥� said librarian Dana Ingalls.
Canada鈥檚 first 鈥淐alves from Calves鈥� (Buffalo edition)
Some unique buffalo calves were born at the Ontario Buffalo Company in Stirling, ON. Their genetic mothers were only 4 months of age at the time their oocytes were collected by laparoscopy, fertilized and cultured in vitro and implanted one week later in adult recipients that carried the pregnancies to term. All procedures except the transfer to the recipient cows were conducted at the Large Animal Research Unit (LARU) in Macdonald Campus, under supervision of Drs.
$3-million CIHR grant to support research towards an interactive tool to prevent hypoglycemia 鈥� the BETTER study
The BETTER study (BEhaviors, Therapies, TEchnologies and hypoglycemic Risk in Type 1 diabetes), co-led by Professor Anne-Sophie Brazeau, RD, PhD (成人VR视频 School of Human Nutrition) and Dr R茅mi Rabasa-Lhoret (Institut de Recherches Clinique de Montr茅al), is a 4-year project co-funded by CIHR, through the strategies for patient-oriented research (SPOR), and the Juvenile Diabetes Resea