Ontario Veterinary College professor Shauna Blois was featured on the popular CBC radio program Quirks & Quarks May 27. Blois took part in the “Quirks & Questions” segment, providing a scientific answer to a listener question about whether humans are the only animals with different blood types. During a two-minute interview, Blois, a professor in the […]
Prof. Paul Hebert, Integrative Biology, was interviewed by Smithsonian Mag May 25 on DNA barcoding. Hebert discussed how he came up with the idea of analyzing DNA of organisms for a single genetic sequence that could be easily isolated and used to quickly distinguish species. DNA barcoding is now used around the world to track organisms. […]
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Two books written by U of G Prof. Stephen Henighan were the subject of a full-page story in the May 27 issue of the Globe and Mail. The article reviewed Henighan’s books, Mr. Singh Among the Fugitives and The Path of the Jaguar, and discussed the issue of cultural appropriation (both of Henighan’s protagonists are of […]
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Improving Canadians’ health is the goal for three University of Guelph professors who have received more than $2 million in federal funding, it was announced last week. Profs. Tami Martino, Jim Uniacke and Jess Haines received project grant competition funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). “This is excellent news, underscoring the high […]
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Three cutting-edge University of Guelph research projects in genomics – one of today’s most rapidly developing and powerful areas of science and technology – received $10.7 million in support today to improve animal health and welfare, crop yields and food production. The investment comes from Genome Canada’s Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP), which supports university-industry […]
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A new study led by Prof. Ernesto Guzman, School of Environmental Sciences, was featured in the Globe and Mail May 21 and on CBC radio May 26. The study examined how a gene linked to grooming could be the key to saving honeybees from the deadly varroa mite. Varroa mites cling to a bee’s body […]
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Prof. Bonnie Mallard, Pathobiology, was interviewed by the Globe and Mail May 25 about her high immune response technology research. The story was part of a feature on the winners of this year’s Governor General’s Innovation Awards. Mallard’s invention allows farmers and breeders to identify animals whose immune systems make them most disease-resistant. She said […]
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There’s safety in numbers for herd animals, but not if some members of the herd make poor decisions. That was one of the findings of research by U of G integrative biology professor John Fryxell and U of G graduate Daniel Fortin, now a biology professor at Université Laval. They studied the movement patterns of […]
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A University of Guelph graduate student looking at ways to safely preserve fruit longer is taking part in this year’s national 3MT (Three-Minute Thesis) competition. Besides competing for the overall championship, plant agriculture master’s student Shanthanu Krishnakumar has an opportunity to win the People’s Choice Award, with voting open to the public until May 26. […]
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A gene linked to grooming could be the key to saving honeybees from the deadly varroa mite, according to new University of Guelph research. Prof. Ernesto Guzman discovered that honeybees with higher expression of a gene linked to vigorous scratching are better at removing mites from their bodies, and more resistant to the bugs, than […]
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Prof. Kurt Annen, Economics, was interviewed by CBC News May 22 for a story on Venezuela’s economic struggles. Annen said the government must reduce hyper-inflation and entice private industry back to the country. He studies global economic development and new institutional economics. […]
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The University of Guelph is part of an international commission that has developed an action plan to solve food and nutrition challenges around the world. U of G is the only Canadian institution represented in the Challenge of Change commission, formed in 2016 by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. Made up of 34 universities, […]
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It started with a tweet one July evening in 2015 from a vacationing entomologist in New England. Alongside her photos of a spindly-legged insect, Nancy Miorelli wrote in a Twitter posting: “Fly ID help? On the beach in New Jersey.” Morgan Jackson, a PhD student in U of G’s School of Environmental Sciences, took less […]
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Three University of Guelph professors have received Early Researcher Awards worth a total of $420,000 from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation. The announcement was made Wednesday by Reza Moridi, minister of research, innovation and science. Worth $120,000 each, the awards will support novel research projects, from studying well-being among women in Canada’s North, […]
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Strengthened international research and teaching partnerships, including exchange visits by arts faculty members and students, are expected to result from a recent trip by University of Guelph officials to two universities in Germany. At the University of Bremen, Don Bruce, dean of U of G’s College of Arts, was named “research ambassador” to mark his […]
The University of Guelph’s state-of-the-art grocery store lab is featured today in the Globe and Mail. The story looks at how the research project led by Prof. Michael von Massow, Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, can help retailers adapt to ever-changing needs of diverse consumers. U of G’s “grocery store,” formally called the […]
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Shortness of breath is the No. 1 complaint of people suffering from heart failure. Now a University of Guelph researcher has discovered its surprising cause – and an effective treatment – in a groundbreaking new study. Jeremy Simpson, a professor in U of G’s Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences and the study’s lead […]
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University of Guelph creative writing professor Lawrence Hill, an internationally recognized author, was announced today as a winner of the 2017 Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes. The Canada Council for the Arts awards annual prizes worth $50,000 each to distinguished Canadians, one in the arts and one in the social sciences and humanities. […]
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A University of Guelph professor will take part in an event on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill Wednesday designed to highlight the impact of university research and innovation. Shayan Sharif, a professor in the Department of Pathobiology, is among a group of Ontario researchers selected for a “Research Matters Pop-Up.” Research Matters is a provincial awareness-building campaign […]
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Alastair Summerlee, former president of the University of Guelph, has been appointed interim president and vice-chancellor of Carleton University, it was announced today. Summerlee will begin as Carleton’s 14th president Aug. 1. “Alastair is a passionate leader and advocate for teaching and learning, and his appointment at Carleton speaks to his many accomplishments here at […]
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