The Federal Government’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan outlines a path for Canada to reach its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target and net-zero emissions by 2050. The agricultural sector, including livestock production, plays a crucial role in meeting this challenge. Grasslands that support livestock are able to sequester carbon through microbes in soil that drive …
The global demand for food is expected to increase by 35–50% by 2050. To meet this demand and alleviate strain on agriculture, synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are increasingly applied to oilseeds and cereal crops to maximize yields. However, nitrogen fertilizer contributes to nitrous oxide emissions, a powerful greenhouse gas (GHG) that is approximately 300 times more …
The Canadian dairy industry has committed to a Dairy Net-Zero Pledge by 2050, with a 30% reduction milestone by 2030. This project seeks to implement a multifaceted approach to lowering dairy industry emissions inventory by an ambitious 55%. To achieve this, the goal of this project is to deliver a roadmap for greenhouse gas (GHG) …
Wildlife genome information is extremely valuable for environmental decision making, yet much remains unused for this purpose. This project draws together partners with expertise across disciplines, cultures and organizations, building upon team strengths in Arctic observation and monitoring, biology, conservation, cyber-cartography, data management, genomics, geography, Indigenous Knowledge, the legal and policy sciences, and resource management. …
In response to stakeholder consultations across the province, recommendations from post-secondary institutions, and support from the broader research and end-user community, Genome Alberta developed BioNet Alberta for Genome Canada’s Regional Priorities Partnership Program (RP3). BioNet Alberta is a diverse network-based approach to building provincial capacity in the area of bioinformatics and computational biology (B/CB). The …
More than 100 autoimmune diseases have complex immune responses to autoantigens. Nanoparticles coated with autoimmune-disease-relevant peptide-major histocompatibility complexes (Navacims) have the potential to halt and cure autoimmune disease by restoring immune tolerance without compromising normal immunity to infections and cancer. They are currently the only technology that can activate internal generation of disease-specific regulatory T …
The Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) funds downstream research and development (R&D) projects driven by challenges and opportunities identified by Receptor organizations.
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the urgent need for early warning surveillance systems that can provide information to public health authorities on emerging COVID-19 variants and other infectious diseases. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a non-invasive, comprehensive, and cost-effective early warning system that enables population-level monitoring independent of clinical testing. The research team has already developed …
Currently, non-urgent patients may routinely wait 1-2 years to see a metabolic geneticist, an additional 3-4 months to get approval for next generation sequencing (NGS), and an additional 4-6 months to obtain results and counseling. The project aims to establish a Canadian Prairie Metabolic Network (CPMN) and describes a unique, combined clinical and laboratory approach …
Disease is an economically important trait in Canadian pork production and is one of the most difficult challenges to manage. It also contributes to poor public perception of food animal production in terms of animal welfare, food safety, and antimicrobial resistance. Pig breeding companies (Users) represented by PigGen Canada are the foundation of the Canadian …
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