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On Wednesday November 29th, 2023, nine Macdonald Campus graduate students took on the challenge of presenting their thesis in just a few minutes at the Lister Family Engaged Science 3-Minute Thesis Competition.

With only one non-animated slide for visual support, competitors raced against the clock to explain the crucial components of their research and its importance.

Classified as: Lister Family Engaged Science Initiative, 3MT Competition
Published on: 6 Dec 2023

An outbreak of extensively drug-resistant salmonella has been linked to raw pet food and contact with cattle, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Classified as: Jennifer Ronholm
Published on: 15 Nov 2023

It is impossible to imagine modern agriculture without plastics—12 million tons are used every year. But what about the environmental consequences? An international team of authors, including ĢƵ Department of Bioresource Engineering Professor Jan Franklin Adamowski and Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry Associate Professor and Chair Stéphane Bayen, addresses this question in a recent study.

Classified as: Stephane Bayen, Jan Adamowski, Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Department of Bioresource engineering
Published on: 27 Sep 2023

On September 7, thirty two AES undergraduate research awardees shared posters illustrating their summer research jobs.

Dean Anja Geitmann broke through the waves of animated conversation to congratulate the students for engaging in this inspiring science conversation and to award four researchers for their outstanding posters:

Classified as: Anja Geitmann, Murray Humphries, Salwa Karboune, Stephane Bayen, Xin Zhao, USRA, Varoujan Yaylayan
Published on: 20 Sep 2023

Today, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced an investment of more than $960 million in support of research and innovation through a suite of programs. These programs include the John R.

Classified as: Anja Geitmann, lyle whyte, Salwa Karboune, Stephane Bayen, Viacheslav Adamchuk, Jianguo Xia, Ebenezer Miezah Kwofie, Xiaonan Lu, Thavy Long, Idaresit Ekaette, Saji George, Shiv Prasher, Denis Roy
Published on: 30 Aug 2023

Stéphane BayenProfessor Stéphane Bayen has been appointed as the new Chair of the Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry effective September 1, 2023 until June 30, 2028. Dr. Bayen received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the National University of Singapore in 2005.

Classified as: Stephane Bayen, Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Varoujan Yaylayan
Published on: 16 Aug 2023

A restaurant in Montreal's Southwest borough is taking a more direct interpretation of "farm to table," growing much of their produce in the basement, refurbished with cooling, lighting, and humidity systems.

Café Monk co-owners Peter Simard and Eric Pineault call the refurbished bunker Ferme Fortuna. Since building the farm during the pandemic, when produce prices were spiking and stock was unreliable, they've used the farm to supplement the menu and sell the surplus to nearby restaurants.

Classified as: Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Xiaonan Lu
Published on: 16 Aug 2023

Aspartame, used in products such as diet sodas and chewing gum, will soon be listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" for the first time by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer research arm. ()

Classified as: Stephane Bayen, Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry
Published on: 19 Jul 2023

Ronholm was among three highly accomplished early career researchers who received a significant ĢƵ distinction: The Principal’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers.

Classified as: Convocation, Jennifer Ronholm
Published on: 5 Jun 2023

A research team led by William Dawson Scholar and Assistant Professor Jen Ronholm (AnSci/FdSci) has received $1.65 million for an NSERC CREATE in One Health Against Pathogens (OHAP). Ten co-applicants from ĢƵ, the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Guelph, and l’Université du Québec à Montréal will collaborate.

Classified as: Jennifer Ronholm
Published on: 20 Apr 2023

Preventing illness from spoiled groceries needs to be top of mind, says a food safety expert at ĢƵ.

"There can be a range of symptoms, most often diarrhea and vomiting, the ones we're all familiar with but foodborne infections can also be quite serious," said Jennifer Ronholm [Food/Animal Science], a professor of food microbiology.

Classified as: Jennifer Ronholm
Published on: 14 Apr 2023

The ĢƵ Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI) has announced the results of its latest Ideas Fund competition. The Ideas Fund awards seed funding to projects led by ĢƵ researchers, enabling them to pursue high-risk, high-reward projects in sustainability research. Congrats to AES Researchers who have received funding for the following projects:

Classified as: Stephane Bayen, Jessica Gillung, ĢƵ sustainability, Barbara Hales, Yixiang Wang, Xiaonan Lu, Morgan Jackson
Published on: 3 Apr 2023

Steps were taken in Canada to reduce the use of Bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic chemical linked to prostate and breast cancer, commonly found in plastics, the lining of food cans, water bottles, and paper receipts. But in many cases, it has been replaced with similar hormone disrupting chemicals, like Bisphenol S (BPS).

Classified as: Stephane Bayen
Published on: 23 Mar 2023

Steps were taken in Canada to reduce the use of Bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic chemical linked to prostate and breast cancer, commonly found in plastics, the lining of food cans, water bottles, and paper receipts. But in many cases, it has been replaced with similar hormone disrupting chemicals, like Bisphenol S (BPS). A from ĢƵ shows that every day Canadians are exposed to BPS in the fresh foods they eat, as chemicals migrate from labels on the packaging materials into the food.

Classified as: food, labels, fresh produce, BPA, BPS, Bisphenol A, Bisphenol S, toxic, chemicals, Packaging, Cancer
Published on: 16 Mar 2023

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