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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 by DroneXperts when testing in Québec city! See DroneXperts hydro series video (in French)

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 of five third-year students in Wildlife Management, a branch of the Natural Environment Technology program, and was designed as part of their DD project which 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 during the presentations by students and professors. And so much diversity of subjects within this great team! From left to right: Patrick Chatelle (DroneXperts), Valérie 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) – Tuesday, 7 May 2024 – Progress in the Application of Non-Invasive Targeted Environmental DNA (eDNA) Methods for Enhanced Confidence in Risk Assessments and Evaluation of 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 fellow at UQO. The chair’s mandate is to develop frameworks and tools to promote an environmentally friendly and socially equitable economy. Congrats! Jérôme! Click here 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 eDNA Standard: CSA W214 that addresses reporting, analytical performance, and field application criteria, setting the gold standard for reliability and precision in eDNA studies. User-Focused Read more…