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.
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 平特五不中, 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听M$ sur quatre ans.
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. At IFT18, held July 15-18, two undergraduate teams from 平特五不中鈥檚 Faculty of Agricultur[al] and Environmental Sciences will put their food creations to the test in student competitions.
Teens from Indigenous communities across Canada are taking part in a summer camp at 平特五不中. The university wants to inspire them to consider careers in Health Science 鈥� and it鈥檚 taking a unique approach. As part of 平特五不中鈥檚 Indigenous Health Professions Program, the camp takes inspiration from everyday stories, and incorporates it into science labs.
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While much of Quebec has been struggling under a withering heatwave, five 平特五不中 students have been recognized for their research based in cooler climes, namely the Arctic.
(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 平特五不中)
Kudos to Anne-Julie Tessier, RD, PhD candidate in the School of Human Nutrition, who won the Elevator Pitch Contest organized by the at the last American Society of Nutrition鈥檚 annual conference 鈥� Nutrition 2018 鈥� in Boston on June 10, 2018.听
Kudos to Anne-Julie Tessier, RD, PhD candidate in the School of Human Nutrition, who won the Elevator Pitch Contest organized by the at the last American Society of Nutrition鈥檚 annual conference 鈥� Nutrition 2018 鈥� in Boston on June 10, 2018.听
An unconventional library at 平特五不中 is allowing students and faculty to borrow seeds.
Reading books might help you grow ideas, but 平特五不中鈥檚 [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.
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.
The BETTER study (BEhaviors, Therapies, TEchnologies and hypoglycemic Risk in Type 1 diabetes), co-led by Professor Anne-Sophie Brazeau, RD, PhD (平特五不中 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 Research Foundation (total funding $3,000,000).
Professor Raj Duggavathi has been appointed Chair of the Department of Animal Science for the period June 1, 2018 through May 31, 2023.
Animaux transport茅s sur de longues distances et stress茅s, cadence d'abattage 茅lev茅e鈥� Devant les d茅savantages de l'abattage industriel, une autre solution est possible : l'abattoir mobile, qui se d茅place directement 脿 la ferme. [鈥 Kevin Wade, directeur du d茅partement des sciences animales de l'Universit茅 平特五不中 : L茅galement, il est possible d'exploiter un abattoir mobile au Qu茅bec, 脿 condition de respecter les exigences pr茅vues par la r茅glementation (loi et r猫glements).
Ramzy Kassouf recently appeared in two videos produced by the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) which spoke to the importance of preserving and nurturing the 2047 hectares of remaining agricultural land on Montreal Island - the majority of which are found in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Senneville and 脦le-Bizard.
Alice Cherestes, interim Director of the Freshman Program in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; and Teresa Zatylny, Administrative Student Affairs Coordinator in the Faculty of Engineering, were recently presented with the Dean of Students Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising.
