La maladie cœliaque est une maladie auto-immune courante déclenchée par les protéines du gluten alimentaire provenant du blé, de l'orge et du seigle. Ce stage de recherche vise à créer, réaliser et analyser une enquête en ligne auprès des consommateurs cœliaques en Amérique du Nord. Les objectifs sont les suivants : 1) analyser les perceptions […]

Les carences en vitamines sont une cause importante de mortalité infantile et d’une variété de maladies chez l’adulte, notamment le cancer du sein, de la prostate et du col de l’utérus, le rachitisme, la dépression schizophrène, et d’autres. L’invention d’une plateforme microfluidique de type « laboratoire sur processeur » bon marché pour la détection de […]

L’Alberta Veterinary Surveillance Network (AVSN) est une initiative albertaine originale qui aide les vétérinaires, en leur offrant des outils de diagnostic des pathologies et d’analyse des maladies, à dépister les problèmes de santé animale susceptibles d’avoir des répercussions sur la santé humaine, la sécurité alimentaire ou l’accès au marché, et à intervenir pour le bénéfice […]

La salubrité alimentaire revêt une importance capitale au Canada. Une récente vague d’épidémie de listériose issue d'une usine de transformation de la viande a suscité un intérêt renouvelé pour le contrôle d’agents pathogènes d'origine alimentaire dans les produits à base de viande prêts à manger. L’appareil proposé par cette recherche doit permettre de détecter la […]

My proposed project focuses on the translation and reception in France of works by the Chinese-French writer, Gao Xingjian, the laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2000. I will use Gao’s novels in French translation as a case study to problematize the pessimistic views on the untranslatability between Chinese and Western languages as […]

Flow cytometry is a technique used to detect and measure physical and chemical characteristics of a population of cells or particles. A sample containing cells or particles is suspended in a fluid and injected into the flow cytometer instrument. The sample is focused to ideally flow one cell at a time through a laser beam […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) research has grown rapidly in recent years as the result of faster computers and better algorithms. AI models can be trained to automate the decision process and provide results. However, if the model is not properly or sufficiently trained, the outcome will likely be unpredictable and inaccurate. Besides, training data is not […]

Apelin, an innate peptide, is a critical component of the apelin pathway, which is responsible for regulatory mechanisms of the cardiovascular system. Apelin is downregulated in patients with cardiovascular disease, therefore limiting the cardioprotective potential of the pathway. This project focuses on the optimization of a biological analog, able to withstand enzyme degradation with improved […]

There is a growing movement within the agricultural community to use a nature-based approach to soil management, emphasizing its natural ability to sequester atmospheric carbon. Soil carbon sequestration not only improves soil health and fertility, but benefits the climate (reduced GHG emissions) and watersheds (facilitates water infiltration, mitigating floods, and purification). The objectives of this […]

Nutraceuticals are being used ubiquitously, but seldom undergo rigorous testing. This study is focused on two primary aspects of studying natural health products, specific cannabis and its oils. The first objective is to determine the shelf life (product stability) by performing a series of tests to accelerate the ageing process in order to provide an […]

Metabolomics is an emerging field of research that provides insight into health and disease by studying the levels of various small molecules (metabolites) in the body. In this project, we are developing new tools that will improve and standardize methods for collecting and stabilizing fecal samples for metabolomics studies based on the analysis of fecal […]

The implementation of data structures usually requires checking for certain mathematical properties such as equality. Those properties are usually implemented in methods that reason about the objects stored in these data structures. However, the implementation of such methods is fairly complex, and may exhibit software bugs that may not necessarily lead to program crashes. Therefore, […]