Why did those advertising flyers end up in your mailbox? And how can your car know where you are even when you don’t? Ask a geographer — and not just any geographer but an expert in geomatics, which involves the collection and analysis of spatial data. By combining that kind of information with raw computing
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Disease Detective
Respecting the ‘enemy’ key to fighting Zika, grad says Tyler Sharp is an international disease detective with a profound respect for the viruses he investigates. He also harbours a fairly virulent loathing for them. The curious, meticulous scientist is intrigued by the tiny, potentially deadly organisms – by their elegance, simplicity and potency. But he
Lyme Disease Fight is Personal for U of G Researcher, Alum
$1.4-Million Research Lab Honours Memory of Canadian Wine Industry Trailblazer It took 20 years for Melanie Wills, B.Sc. ’09, PhD ’16, to get a diagnosis. By then, Lyme disease had stolen much of her childhood and adolescence and had followed her to university. Wills endured chronic pain, severe fatigue and gastrointestinal issues, thyroid and vision