/wie/taxonomy/term/4/all en /wie/channels/news/better-training-agricultural-producers-could-reduce-food-insecurity-362778 <p>²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù Bioresource Engineering Professors <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/valerie-orsat">Valérie Orsat</a> and <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/vijaya-raghavan">Vijaya Raghavan</a> spoke to <em>Le Devoir </em>about their recent study, which found that better educating farmers and food processors about how to avoid post-harvest food losses would reduce global food insecurity. </p> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:14:57 +0000 admin 3769 at /wie /wie/channels/news/hidden-climate-cost-food-loss-waste-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions-359713 <p>Professor Gordon Price from Dalhousie University and <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/grant-clark">Professor Grant Clark</a> from ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù's Department of Bioresource Engineering study the hidden climate change costs of food loss and waste in Canada. In a <a href="https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/the-hidden-climate-cost-food-loss-waste-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions/182311/">new article for Open Access Government</a>, they highlight the need for greater cooperation and data sharing.</p> Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:20:36 +0000 admin 3777 at /wie /wie/channels/news/better-education-can-mitigate-post-harvest-food-losses-increase-global-food-security-361204 <p>Better educating farmers and food processors about how to avoid post-harvest food losses – which amount to one-third of global food production, worth US$1 trillion annually – would reduce global food insecurity, according to researchers at ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù. </p> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:54:54 +0000 admin 3774 at /wie /wie/channels/news/department-bioresource-engineering-welcomes-astronaut-david-saint-jacques-363047 <p>The <a href="/bioeng/">Department of Bioresource Engineering</a> (BREE) enjoyed a visit last month from David Saint-Jacques, astronaut and Deputy Director, Lunar Exploration at the Canadian Space Agency, and BREE graduate Chris Patterson. They met with BREE undergrad and grad students who presented their projects, highlighting links between their research and bioregenerative life support system goals for extended space missions on the lunar surface and beyond in the near future.</p> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 13:32:07 +0000 admin 3767 at /wie /wie/channels/news/bioresource-engineering-professors-company-develops-new-technology-sex-chicks-hatching-363585 <p>A company founded by Department of Bioresource Engineering James ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù Professor <a href="/macdonald/michael-ngadi">Michael Ngadi</a> has succeeded in developing HyperEye, a new technology that uses hyperspectral imaging and AI to quickly and non-invasively identify the sex of a chick before it hatches. </p> Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:49:28 +0000 admin 3766 at /wie /wie/channels/news/academic-staff-posting-tenure-track-position-department-mechanical-engineering-362776 <p>²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù's Department of Mechanical Engineering invites applications for one tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level. Areas of interest: (1) Thermal energy systems, and (2) Combustion and alternative fuels.</p> <p>For more information and how to apply, please visit the <a href="/mecheng/people/jobs">Department's Employment page.</a></p> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:47:56 +0000 admin 3743 at /wie /wie/channels/news/quebec-government-awards-16-million-mcgill-researchers-providing-innovative-solutions-industry-362124 <div> <p><em><strong><span><span><span>²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù-led projects in genomics, imaging,<span> and manufacturing<span> <span>serve<span> businesses across Quebec<span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></em></p></div> Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:55:57 +0000 admin 3753 at /wie /wie/channels/news/odile-liboiron-ladouceur-associate-professor-has-been-awarded-recognition-photonics100-2025-360930 <p>Congratulations go to Professor Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, who has been awarded the recognition of Photonics100 of 2025.</p> Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:26:20 +0000 admin 3742 at /wie /wie/channels/news/prof-ehrlicher-receives-prestigious-cihr-project-grant-363682 <p>The Department of Bioengineering would like to congratulate Professor Allen Ehrlicher for his recent CIHR Project Grant. Professor Ehrlicher's project aims to explore how mechanical forces, such as compression of the nucleus, affect cellular aging and stem cell differentiation, particularly in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS). In HGPS, accelerated aging and organ defects occur, including impaired fat tissue differentiation. Researchers found that nucleus compression activates Yes Associated Protein (YAP), which slows aging and promotes bone formation from stem cells.</p> Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:04:56 +0000 admin 3744 at /wie /wie/channels/news/dominique-berube-awarded-king-charles-iii-coronation-medal-362136 <p><em><strong><span><span><span><span>²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù’s Vice-President of Research and Innovation recognized for transformative leadership in Canadian research</span></span></span></span></strong></em></p> Mon, 16 Dec 2024 21:37:56 +0000 admin 3751 at /wie /wie/channels/news/fifteen-new-or-renewed-canada-research-chairs-awarded-mcgill-361164 <div> <div> <p><em><strong><span><span><span><span>$<span>13.8<span><span> <span><span>million <span>in federal funding <span>for<span> <span>²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù’s cohort of <span>10 <span>new<span>,<span> five renewed Canada Research Chairs<span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></em></p></div></div> Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:05:33 +0000 admin 3762 at /wie /wie/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-awarded-funding-nserc-quantum-science-362774 <div> <div> <p><span><span>On January 21, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), announce<span>d<span> <span>over $74 million in funding to support 107 quantum science projects<span>, including fifteen to ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù researchers<span>. <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:28:53 +0000 admin 3746 at /wie /wie/channels/news/mcgill-igem-achieves-gold-medal-and-three-nominations-grand-jamboree-362368 <p>²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù IGEM team proudly secured a gold medal along with three nominations for Best Diagnostics, Best Software, and Best Parts Collection at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Grand Jamboree in October 2024. Composed of students from the Bioengineering program and various disciplines within the Faculty of Science, ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù iGEM team is supervised by Prof. Codruta Ignea and Prof. Lisa Munter. Each year, they develop a synthetic biology research project from inception to completion to compete in a thematic category aimed at addressing critical global challenges.</p> Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:32:20 +0000 admin 3750 at /wie /wie/channels/news/prix-grands-sages-honours-mcgill-professor-emeritus-dr-phil-gold-and-two-phd-candidates-361165 <div> <p><span><span><span><em><strong>R</strong></em><span><em><strong>esearchers’ outstanding contributions to science and society celebrated by the Fonds de recherche du Québec</strong></em><span><span><em><strong> </strong></em><span><span><em><strong> </strong></em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div> Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:11:21 +0000 admin 3760 at /wie /wie/channels/news/igem-winter-2025-applications-open-362983 <p>iGEM ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù is recruiting! Join an interdisciplinary team of undergraduate students to develop a synthetic biology project over the course of a year. We spend the winter semester on design, planning wet lab/dry lab projects, as well as related initiatives under our education, media, outreach, entrepreneurship, and finance subteams. The summer is then dedicated to full time wet lab (or dry lab) work. We are particularly interested in recruiting applicants with experience in either wet lab or dry lab work to lead those projects.</p> Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:18:18 +0000 admin 3745 at /wie