Drone Hydro-series testing in Quebec city (photo credit: DroneXperts) Our generous collaborator DroneXperts has completed the testing of the drone planned in the iTrackDNA project (in collaboration with Karem Chokmani’s laboratory at INRS). This drone made for the project will serve for remote areas sampling. See the first amazing vidéo made Read more…
St-Félicien town (photo credit: Cegep de St-Félicien’s web site) Journalism student Charles-Antoine Desmeules, from the Cegep de Jonquières newpaper, tells us how students from the Cegep de St-Félicien will be able to evaluate a method for detecting certain species of bats in Quebec. “The project is led by a group Read more…
Presentation of recent results from Marie-Lee Castonguay, PhD candidate INRS-ETE The collaborators of the iTrackDNA team in Quebec had a lot of fun on May 28 when they met to discuss the progress of the overall project! Presentation of recent results from Marie-Pier Brochu, PhD candidate, INRS-ETE Lots of interest Read more…
Presentation by Caren Helbing and Valérie Langlois on the training course to learn about environmental DNA – TC05 – Sunday, 5 May 2024 – The Power of Environmental Nucleic Acids (eNA) Surveys in Environmental Monitoring and Environmental Impact Assessments Click here for more details Presentation by Caren Helbing (2.04.A.T-03) – Read more…
With Godefroy Laurendeau, Fred meets researchers Valérie Langlois (INRS) and Jérôme Dupras (UQO) to dive into the heart of their work on environmental DNA and how the results of this work could have major impacts on the environmental, economic and legal in particular. Click here for more details (in French)
Appointment of Jérôme Dupras, professor in the Department of Natural Sciences, as co-holder of this chair demonstrates the international recognition of his expertise. To his will be added that of Santiago Izquierdo Tort, professor at the Economic Research Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and former postdoctoral Read more…
Canada’s standardization of environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis reaches new heights with the launch of the second national eDNA standard, CSA W219. This groundbreaking standard, developed by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), establishes performance criteria for targeted quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). CSA W219 is a companion to the first Canadian Read more…
