Faculty of Science

La Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation a octroyé plus de 1,3 M$ au Laboratoire André-E.-Lalonde de spectrométrie de masse par accélérateur de l’Université d’Ottawa. Unique en son genre au Canada, ce laboratoire compte parmi les 15 installations canadiennes de recherche à recevoir une aide au fonctionnement et à l’entretien du Fonds des initiatives scientifiques majeures.

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.

Stephen Newman is awarded a Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Catalysis. Professor Newman and his team aim to provide chemists in academia and the pharmaceutical industry with novel tools and new mechanistic information that will help them create complex organic molecules more efficiently.

Over $1.6 million in funding will go to innovative research projects conducted at uOttawa, under the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships and Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships programs.