ESA astronaut Tim Peake is taking part in the Canadian experiment MARROW that will study these effects to benefit astronauts and people on Earth who are bedridden or who have reduced mobility.
The MARROW project is led by Odette Laneuville from the Biology Department and Guy Trudel of the University of Ottawa.
Nicolas Corradi obtains a University Research Chair in Microbial Genomics. The proposed research is expected to lead to patents and fungal strain licensing. In the longer term, Corradi plans to establish an agro tech start-up.
University of Ottawa biologists Kim Mitchell and Vance Trudeau have studied the effects of gene mutations in zebrafish, they uncovered new functions that regulate how males and females interact while mating.
Cory Harris and Emily Standen are both recipients of an Ontario’s Early Researcher Award. This will allow their research work to be reinforced with the creation of a new team.
Daughters born to older mothers appear to be reproductively more successful throughout their lives, yet age at a faster rate, according to a University of Ottawa and University of Aberdeen study of yellow-bellied marmots.
