Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced more than $518 million to support the infrastructure needs of universities and research institutions across the country. The new platform will include data on an estimated four million pregnancies over 25 years. It will be one of the largest and most representative longitudinal data sets of pregnancies, mothers, and children in the world. “Medication use during pregnancy is an important public health issue. Yet not enough is known about the safety of many drugs because pregnant women are generally excluded from clinical trials,” said Dr. Brandy Winquist (PhD), leader of the project in Saskatchewan and adjunct professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology within the College of Medicine at USask. “Research that will be done using this new platform will help to identify risks and, ultimately, help to prevent harm to mothers and their children.”
Here is a snapshot of the U of S projects that received funding:
Integrated omics for sustainable animal agriculture and environmental stewardship (IntegrOmes)
Funding amount: $6.76 million
Project: A multidisciplinary research team and collaborators from other universities and organizations are working on a wide-ranging research program, looking at bison conservation and addressing challenges facing the beef cattle industry.
The group is working with Indigenous communities to develop the world’s first bison genome biobank, in order to store and preserve genetic material of plains and wood bison populations in Canada. The model could have future applications for other threatened Canadian species.
U of S research projects receive combined $11 million in federal funds thestarphoenix.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thestarphoenix.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New equipment will help University of Alberta scientists create compounds that could power future miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.