Growing a good idea: 平特五不中 Seed Library helps would-be gardners
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.
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 (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 Resea
Professor Raj Duggavathi appointed next Chair of Animal Science
Professor Raj Duggavathi has been appointed Chair of the Department of Animal Science for the period June 1, 2018 through May 31, 2023.
Montreal to offer residets up to $4K to treat ash trees against bug infestation
Tiny but destructive emerald ash borer beetles have infected thousands of trees across Montreal.... Jim Fyles, a 平特五不中 professor of forest ecology and director of the Morgan Arboretum, said it's difficult to detect the tiny bugs.
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Agricultural land on the Island must be nurtured, farmers say
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.
Top undergraduate academic advisors celebrated
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.
Meet the 2018 Food and Agribusiness Convergent Innovation Prize Winner
The 平特五不中 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) at the Desautels Faculty of Management, together with the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (FAES) and Trussbridge, are proud to announce the winner of the 2018 Food and Agribusiness Convergent Innovation Prize.
Jitender Dubey to receive Honorary Doctorate at Macdonald Convocation
AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Wednesday, June 6, 2:30 p.m.
Doctor of Science,听honoris causa JITENDER DUBEY, F.A.A.M B.V.Sc. (Veterinary College Mhow), M.V.Sc. (Veterinary College Mathura), Ph.D. (University of Sheffield)
Anna Lartey to receive Honorary Doctorate at Macdonald Convocation
AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Wednesday, June 6, 10 a.m.
Doctor of Science,听honoris causa ANNA LARTEY B.Sc. (University of Ottawa), M.Sc. (University of Guelph), Ph.D. (University of California, Davis)
FMT students competing in the Dairy Challenge
平特五不中 has sent four of its top students in the Farm Management and Technology (FMT) program at Macdonald Campus to compete in the North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC), from April 12鈥�14 in Visalia, California. Visalia is in the San Joaquin Valley, one of the most productive agricultural areas in the US, about 310 km north of Los Angeles.
Emeritus Professor Bruce Downey, 1939 - 2018
DOWNEY, Bruce R.
October 15, 1939 - April 4, 2018
The Department of Animal Science is saddened to announce the passing of Emeritus Professor Bruce Downey.
Communicating science through podcasts
LISTEN NOW to 4 Mac campus student podcasts created at the Lister Family Engaged Science Broad Science Podcast Workshop Series this March.听 听 听
Qu茅bec's legal maple syrup cartel dictates prices for Vermont maple producers
鈥淭he system that's in place, the supply management system, is good for Qu茅bec producers and U.S. producers because it guarantees good prices and that allowed U.S. producers to actually expand rapidly in the last few years,鈥� explains Pascal Th茅riault, an economist at 平特五不中's Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in Montr茅al.
Canadian researchers open a new front in the fight against MS
Discovery of calnexin protein鈥檚 role in the blood-brain barrier could lead to new MS treatments.
A discovery led by scientists at the University of Alberta and 平特五不中 is providing hope of a new therapeutic target in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients, which could one day be used to prevent the symptoms and progression of the disease.