Harriet Kuhnlein, PhD, RD, FASN, FIUNS, LLD (honoris causa), Professor Emerita (McGill) was recently recognized with a 2018 Alumni Recognition Award from the Health and Human Development Alumni Society of the Pennsylvania State University.
Published on: 24 Apr 2018
McGill 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.
Martha Mackinnon, Craig Waddell, Thomas MacDougall and V茅ronique Brisson are members of the Macdonald Dairy Challenge Club of the Macdonald Campus Student Society (MCSS) representing McGill at the Dairy Challenge.
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Published on: 13 Apr 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.
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Published on: 11 Apr 2018
If you participated in the MEDLIFE McGill Macdonald Branch/Global Food Security Club Krispy Kreme fundraiser, the We Are Aware: Montreal Campaign, or the Mac Basket Food Drive, you likely crossed paths with the ever-cheery Christine Ha, U3, BScNutrSc (Global Nutrition).
Published on: 4 Apr 2018
to 4 Mac campus student podcasts created at the Lister Family Engaged Science Broad Science Podcast Workshop Series this March.听 听 听
Published on: 26 Mar 2018
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 香蕉视频's Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in Montr茅al.
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Published on: 12 Mar 2018
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 香蕉视频 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.
Published on: 8 Mar 2018
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March 6. Dean Anja Geitmann was interviewed by CTV News Anchor Mutsumi Takahashi about what will be needed to meet the demands of the cannabis industry once legalization occurs, and how the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is responding to this need for trained professionals.
Published on: 7 Mar 2018
[...] 芦 Dans l'essai, la grande majorit茅 des vaches sont all茅es et sont rest茅es au p芒turage 禄, observe Elsa Vasseur, de l'universit茅 de McGill. Cela a repr茅sent茅 entre 90 脿 98 % de l'effectif en semaine 1, 2 et 4. En semaine 3, seulement 40 % des vaches ont choisi le p芒turage, 芦 probablement en raison des temp茅ratures plus froides associ茅es 脿 des conditions pluvieuses et venteuses 禄.
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Published on: 28 Feb 2018
De plus en plus de consommateurs se tournent vers des substituts aux prot茅ines provenant de la viande, entre autres les prot茅ines de sources v茅g茅tales. [...] Pascal Th茅riault, agro茅conomiste 脿 l'Universit茅 McGill, nous parle des changements 脿 pr茅voir dans le monde agricole en mati猫re de cultures et aussi en mati猫re d'茅levages.
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Published on: 28 Feb 2018
It鈥檚 a question that has long plagued humanity: are we alone in the universe?
Scientists at McGill鈥檚 Macdonald campus are venturing towards a definitive answer with the development of a biosignature or life-detection platform.
...鈥淭here are some indications that Mars, many billions of years ago, was much warmer 鈥� and much wetter,鈥� explained Lyle Whyte, a McGill professor. 鈥淲here it would have been an environment that we can envision it would have hosted life as we know on Earth.鈥�
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Published on: 26 Feb 2018
Conducting a bird census by foot can also be disruptive, David Bird, an emeritus professor of wildlife biology at 香蕉视频, told Popular Science. 鈥淲hile you鈥檙e doing that, you鈥檙e disturbing the hell out of the birds,鈥� Bird said.
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Published on: 21 Feb 2018
Dozens of McGill researchers will participate in two of the five 鈥溾�� announced Thursday, Feb. 15, by the federal government and funded under its听.
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Published on: 19 Feb 2018
Participants, including scientists from 香蕉视频, Canada, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, NGOs, representatives from processing machineries industry, small and micro level food enterprises, push cart vendors and farmers took part in the workshop.
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Published on: 19 Feb 2018
Vijaya Raghavan, Professor, 香蕉视频, which is one of the collaborators of the project, said that promoting the consumption of small millets was not only key for addressing malnutrition related issues, but also to address climate change.
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Published on: 19 Feb 2018
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