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U of G Neuroscientist Named to Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Dr. Melissa Perreault, professor of neuroscience in the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the Ontario Veterinary College, has been inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS). CAHS brings together Canada’s leading health and biomedical scientists and scholars to address the country’s most complex health challenges. Fellows come from all disciplines across…
How Tick Data is Busting Myths, Raising New Concerns of Lyme Disease
Encounters with ticks are no longer just a problem for someone trudging through the woods – they can happen right in your own backyard. That is one of the findings from ongoing research studying tick bites from the G. Magnotta Research Lab at the University of Guelph. Launched in 2022, the study is a long-term initiative to capture as much data as possible about Canadians bitten by deer…
Less Additives, More Plants: Key to Better Food?
Whole foods – components from crops that are usually discarded in modern food production — could be the key to making our food more nutritious, affordable, sustainable and filling. In a new Nature Food study, University of Guelph food scientist Dr. Alejandro Marangoni describes a model that encourages designing food “from field to colon.” This method would incorporate raw plant…
National Observer Consults Engineer on Cooling System
Dr. Ed McBean, professor emeritus in the College of Engineering, spoke to Canada’s National Observer about a downtown Toronto cooling system relying on cold water from Lake Ontario.
Food Science Experts Talk Salmonella Outbreak with CBC News
Speaking to CBC News, Dr. Lawrence Goodridge, director of the Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, and Dr. Keith Warriner, professor in the Department of Food Science, discussed a salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios.
Sports Marketing Prof Talks Betting on Women’s Sports with Washington Post
Speaking to The Washington Post, Dr. Katie Lebel, professor in the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics, discussed how betting on women’s sports is growing its fanbase.
AI Chatbots Are Giving Away Your Company’s Data
It took less than an hour. Dr. Ali Dehghantanha managed to steal a Fortune 500 company’s sensitive client data and internal project information just by speaking to their AI chatbot. Dehghantanha is a cybersecurity professor and Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence at the University of Guelph. He was engaged by a large professional services firm to…