Congratulations to Founder's Day honourees
Founder's Day,听our annual celebration of the life and generosity of our benefactor, Sir William Christopher Macdonald. is held on the Thursday closest to the anniversary of his birth - February 10, 1831. Founder鈥檚 Day festivities are an occasion to celebrate our history, our strengths and our promise for the future.
La Ferme Macdonald College de Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue s鈥檌llustre pour la qualit茅 de son lait
La Ferme Macdonald College fait partie des seize fermes laiti猫res qui ont re莽u les grands honneurs 脿 l鈥檕ccasion du 30e Gala du Club de l鈥橢xcellence d鈥橝gropur, tenu 脿 Qu茅bec le 25 janvier dernier. Cet 茅v茅nement a rendu hommage aux fermes laiti猫res, membres d鈥橝gropur, ayant enregistr茅 les meilleurs r茅sultats en mati猫re de qualit茅. Lors de l鈥櫭﹙猫nement, la Ferme Macdonald College a 茅t茅 intronis茅e au Club de l鈥橢xcellence d鈥橝gropur.
Success in Genome Canada competition
Congratulations to Jianguo (Jeff) Xia ( AnSci/Para), Guillaume Bourque (Director of Bioinformatics at the 51吃瓜网 & Genome Quebec Innovation Center) and Pierre-脡tienne Jacques (Sherbrooke) who were awarded $1.1 by Genome Canada earlier this week.
The Government of Canada invests in innovation to help grow Canada's bioeconomy
From: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
News releaseFebruary 11, 2019 鈥� Montreal, Quebec 鈥� Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The bioeconomy sector holds tremendous potential for Canada, helping to reduce our carbon footprint while creating opportunities to grow our economy.
Stellar pitches by Mac 3MT competitors
There was stiff competition at last week's Lister Family Engaged Science 3MT Competition. In the end, eleven stellar graduate students delivered riveting pitches to a packed room of supporters, that included Honours Science students from John Abbott College.
Congratulations are extended to all "Mac" 3MT participants.
View photos on our Flickr site.
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D鈥檕霉 proviennent les motifs dans la nature?
Anja Geitmann adore les casse-t锚tes. Mais oubliez les apr猫s-midis 脿 chercher les bons morceaux en buvant une tisane : ce sont les cellules en forme de puzzle 脿 la surface des feuilles de certaines plantes qui int茅ressent la biologiste. 芦 Cette configuration se cr茅e 脿 partir de cellules assez simples.
Four Burning Questions for Professor Emerita Harriet V.Kuhnlein, Commissioner, Lancet Report on Obesity
The Lancet commission on Obesity published a report today on the joint pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change. In the report, the commissioners point to the fact that malnutrition in all its forms, including undernutrition and obesity, is by far the biggest cause of ill-health and premature death globally.
脌 la chasse aux contaminants alimentaires
La population est de plus en plus pr茅occup茅e par la pr茅sence de contaminants chimiques dans les aliments et l鈥檈au potable. 芦听Et pour cause, car l鈥檋umain est expos茅 脿 un cocktail de milliers de substances chimiques听禄, affirme St茅phane Bayen, professeur adjoint au d茅partement des sciences de l鈥檃limentation et de chimie agricole de l鈥橴niversit茅 McGill.
Am茅liorer la s茅lection g茅n茅tique du b茅tail
Une fois son doctorat termin茅, le jeune agronome Bernard Ato Hagan retournera au Ghana avec un prototype de logiciel qui pourra aider les producteurs agricoles de son pays 脿 faire une meilleure s茅lection g茅n茅tique de leurs troupeaux.
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