«ĚýIl suffit d’installer notre système au champ et de pousser sur le bouton ON, et le tour est jouĂ©Ěý», indique Viacheslav Adamchuk, professeur en gĂ©nie des bioressources Ă l’UniversitĂ© McGill, en parlant du nouvel outil prototype crĂ©Ă© par son Ă©quipe pour mesurer les Ă©missions de CO2 provenant du sol. »
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Published on: 2 Jul 2020
Congratulations toĚýTreena Wasonti:io Delormier, School of Human Nutrition and Associate Director of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE), who has been awarded a Canada Research Chair Tier II in Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Food Security.
Published on: 30 Jun 2020
How do you ensure your students are really learning in your class when you can’t see them, they’re in different time zones, and they aren’t physically present in the labs where you would have been able to observe if they were understanding the objectives of your course? Faculty members across McGill – and indeed the world – are pondering those questions as they prepare to teach remotely for the first full semester next fall.
Published on: 29 Jun 2020
Professor Reza Salavati has been appointed Director of the Institute of Parasitology for a 5-year term starting July 1, 2020. Professor Salavati is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Parasitology and an Associate Member of the Department of Biochemistry at Ď㽶ĘÓƵ. His research programs focus on the biology of the protozoan parasites of global importance and drug discovery. He has developed computational and experimental methods to determine the functions of the poorly annotated parasite genomes to target unique pathways for drug discovery.
Published on: 29 Jun 2020
When Ď㽶ĘÓƵ announced its closure in mid-March to respect government social distancing and quarantine policies due to COVID-19, campus staff had to think fast to continue to provide high quality internship opportunities to undergraduates.
Published on: 29 Jun 2020
On May 1, 2020, Éric Gosselin, BScAgr’91, FAB member since 2017 and partner in the Business Law Group in Montreal for McCarthy Tetrault LLP, stepped into the role of FAB Chair for a three-year term. He took some time to answer a few questions about himself, his role as Chair and his vision for the future of the FAB.
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Published on: 26 Jun 2020
Summer has officially begun! It is amazing what warmer weather, sunshine and time spent outdoors in the fresh air can do to lift the spirits. There is no doubt that the past few months have been challenging and full of ups and downs, but with the changing season comes renewed optimism and strength to continue moving forward. I am both grateful for and incredibly proud of the continued commitment, passion and support provided by our Macdonald community.
Published on: 25 Jun 2020
«ĚýOn va devoir changer nos habitudes alimentaires, pas seulement nous les consommateurs, mais l'ensemble de la chaĂ®ne de production. On est un peu victime de notre propre demandeĚý», estime Pascal ThĂ©riault, Ă©conomiste et directeur des relations communautaires pour la facultĂ© des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'environnement de l'universitĂ© McGill.
Published on: 25 Jun 2020
Jennifer Ronholm, professeure adjointe au Département des sciences animales et au Département des sciences de l’alimentation et de la chimie agricole, nous parle de sécurité au super marché et offre quelques conseils pratiques afin de se protéger du SARS-CoV-2 lorsque vous faites vos courses. Dans le cadre de ses recherches, elle utilise des techniques de séquençage de prochaine génération pour étudier l’effet du microbiome des animaux destinés à la consommation sur la qualité des aliments ainsi que l’effet du microbiome des aliments sur la santé humaine.
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Published on: 18 Jun 2020
Alice Cherestes, a senior lecturer at Bioresource Engineering in McGill’s faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2020
There’s less ice, more capelin and lots of hungry polar bears
Climate change in the eastern Arctic has already altered the travel, diet and safety of some of the most numerous birds in the circumpolar world: thick-billed murres, known as akpait in Inuktitut.
These and other changes are likely to continue, says Allison Patterson, a Ď㽶ĘÓƵ graduate student [with Professor Kyle Elliott] who has tracked the habits of these black-and-white birds on Hudson Bay’s Coats Island, known as Akpatordjuark in Inuktitut.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2020
Congratulations to Dean Anja Geitmann who is the 2020 recipient of the Frances W. Doane Award. The objective of the Frances W Doane award is to recognize the valuable service and contributions that an individual made to the Microscopical Society of Canada.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2020
McGill researcher launches online survey to study the food shopping experiences of Quebecers during COVID-19
A McGill human health expert [Daiva Nielsen, SHN] is looking for Quebecers to take her online survey to collect data about people’s food shopping experiences during the period of strict COVID-19 physical distancing measures.
Published on: 12 Jun 2020
With this current pandemic, questions around manufacturing and food safety are becoming a bigger concern for those in the production and distribution chain, as well as consumers. Here are five of the biggest questions pertaining to food safety, and answers that may help. Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry Course Coordinator Eby Noroozi tackles some of the issues.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2020
A group of nutrition researchers at Ď㽶ĘÓƵ is trying to understand how the eating habits of Canadians are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Your participation to the COVIDiet study will help researchers better understand how this pandemic is affecting the eating habits of Canadians to inform public health agencies in future economic crises and isolation measures.
Published on: 12 Jun 2020
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