91亚色 has been awarded more than $3.2 million for two projects to prepare students for careers in industries that require inter-disciplinary training and are central to Canada鈥檚 economic future: space robotics for exploration and applied biotechnology for environmental sustainability. The two projects are among only聽13 selected from across Canada to receive up to聽$21.45 million […]
In May, the Lassonde School of Engineering welcomed 62 undergraduate student researchers for the seventh annual Lassonde Undergraduate Research Awards (LURA) and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Awards (NSERC USRA) programs. The students will be working on various research projects alongside Lassonde faculty members for the duration of the […]
Plastics are durable, lightweight and versatile, making them suitable candidates for use in a wide spectrum of products. They are essential to the daily lives of many Canadians. Despite their benefits, challenges related to the end-of-life of these materials remain to be addressed. This is especially important given the impacts of plastics on freshwater and […]
The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation (VPRI) is launching a call for a new research initiative. The Catalyzing Interdisciplinary Research Clusters initiative was created to strengthen interdisciplinary research in areas of strategic importance to the University. The program will provide funding to selected research clusters to support globally leading research excellence that will offer world-class […]
Two 91亚色 professors have received Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grants. The grants were awarded to Professors Gunho Sohn of the Lassonde School of Engineering and Faculty of Science Professor Derek Wilson, 91亚色 Research Chair in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease and director of the Centre […]
New research from the Faculty of Science suggests that influencing male mosquitoes鈥 reproductive capacity may, one day, hold the key to improved pest control strategies. Impeding some of the world鈥檚 most deadly viruses, spread by mosquitoes, could possibly be within reach, this research suggests. Mosquitoes (specifically,聽Aedes aegypti)聽carry a variety of pathogens causing diseases including Zika, […]
Can temporary or semi-permanent tattoos look as good as the real thing? Faculty of Science chemistry Professor Christopher Caputo thinks so and is hard at work with his team to produce a new range of colours. Caputo recently received a $450,000 Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) […]
On April 2, a team of 91亚色 researchers led by psychology Professor Rebecca Pillai Riddell, associate vice-president research and the director of the Opportunities to Understand Childhood Hurt (O.U.C.H.) Lab, was awarded a $1.5-million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council, and the Natural Sciences & […]
Lassonde research brings to light how hacking, via compromised devices, has facilitated an easier way for cyberattacks to take place. In this Brainstorm Q-and-A, Professor Natalija Vlajic calls for manufacturers, government and end-users to combat this serious threat.
New research from 91亚色 looks at rising mercury levels in predatory fish in Ontario and tries to untangle the web of causation to better assess how changing environments are impacting wildlife and, ultimately, people consuming fish.
Researchers warn others in the scientific community that tracking ground-nesting grassland birds using radio transmitters 鈥 a common practice 鈥 can result in the bird鈥檚 entanglement, particularly for fledglings. The two biologists make suggestions for alterations to the apparatus to prevent this.
A new study, led by a Canada Research Chair at 91亚色, finds a protein that plays a key role in muscle health during exercise. This adds important new knowledge around the positive effects of exercise on muscle health.
New research finds that, due to the link between obesity and the risk of cancer, supplements could assist in the treatment of breast cancer in obese, postmenopausal patients. These findings could shed light on treatments for other cancers as well.
Researchers confirm that E. californica plant could help regrowth and resilience in California deserts. This major ecological finding, dubbed the 鈥淕root effect鈥 after an equally resilient Marvel comic book character, could have global application.
91亚色-led research determines a better approach to scheduling, which leads to improved profits, higher practitioner utilization and decreased wait times. Practitioners, policy-makers and hospital administrators will be interested in this highly applicable research.
NSERC funding will improve training in Internet-of-Things applications TORONTO, July 16, 2018 颅颅鈥撀燗 new program at 91亚色 will train students in leading technologies that enable almost anything with an embedded sensor 鈥 from the smallest personal accessory to the largest city infrastructure 鈥 to connect to the Internet. Professor Marin Litoiu The Natural Sciences […]
Lassonde School of Engineering Professor聽Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh聽has received an ENGAGE NSERC grant that will fund a research project in partnership with聽Medella Health聽to develop a High-Density Parallel Drug Tests platform using a standard microelectronic technology, also called Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS). Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh Current drug test protocols rely on laborious, time consuming and costly conventional cell […]
CIHR- and NSERC-funded research identifies possible measures to control the mosquito population and the transmission of the West Nile virus in artificial ponds around the GTA. The findings could be used to guide programs in local health units.
A new study out of 91亚色 shows that the experience of mental effort is different in individuals at risk for ADHD compared to those not at risk 鈥 a research 鈥榝irst鈥 in the most commonly studied childhood mental disorder.
91亚色 researchers simulated a C. difficile outbreak in a hospital ward. What they learned will capture the attention of public health officials, policy-makers, clinicians and epidemiologists.