Dr. Clifford Cassidy a professor in the faculty of medicine at the University of Ottawa in addition to being a member at the Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research. He’s interested in neuroimaging methods to understand brain mechanisms of psychopathology, which broadly refers to the study of mental disorders.
The Fulcrum sat down with Dr. Cassidy to discuss his 2022 study recently published in neuropharmacology in more detail.
The industry is looking to expand whale detection capability outwards, Hodul is in the process of developing the system for detecting whales and then the policymakers are going to use the tool to be able to reroute ships and fishing gear.
To better understand the effects nanoplastics and other contaminants like flame retardants may exhibit on either the environment or the living organisms that inhabit it, the fulcrum spoke with U of O professor Jan Mennigen
How are amphibious centipedes able to walk and swim? How are they able to coordinate their bodies as they transition from land to water or vice-versa?
Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Do you experience feelings of dread before or during your studies? Have you or any of your family ever seen a math-anxious student? If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, don’t wait another minute: pick up the phone and call the professionals.
The researchers observed improvement in cardiac function and electrical signal conduction in the mice that were given the spray, and the results were able to be replicated in repeated experiments.
The bison have been experiencing a change in their habitat, the shallow lakes whose shores they depend on for their nutrition have been expanding, making the habitat unfit for the Mackenzie herd.
There’s a causal mechanism happening during hibernation which would result in faster ageing occurring at the DNA level during active periods and a plateau or slower ageing during the hibernating months.
“More toxic doesn’t mean the other one’s not toxic. So at environmental levels, the chemicals in the Alberta oil sands would cause similar problems. These are not safe chemicals by any imagination. They’re just less toxic than the other ones,” said U of O professor Vance Trudeau.
Rove beetles happen to be the largest group of animals that exist however, they remain as one the most understudied.
This finding disrupts any preconceived notions that Pleistocene wolves were located at bottom of the carnivore levels.
“There’s already so much research on bees and butterflies, which is a good thing but I think it’s also a good thing to study under underrepresented groups,” said U of O PhD candidate Catherine Sirois-Delisle.
Retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS) occurring in the arctic are largely at the mercy of changing summer climates
U of O professor Andra Smith has published a study looking into the impacts of early oral contraceptive use on brain development, structure, and function in users
This week Pamenter interviewed with the Fulcrum to explain the mechanism that describes how mole rats decrease their body temperature in hypoxia
Mallon discusses what to expect at a dig, dino myths and why dinos were so big Jordan Mallon is a research scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature here in Ottawa. He mainly studies horned dinosaur evolution and dinosaur paleoecology which is the study of past ecology. This week Mallon interviewed with the Fulcrum to …
“We really wanted to address a grassroots problem and from our experience, and myself interacting with physicians and residents in primary care, it came to our attention that the unattached patient is really a big issue in our community.” Said Maddie Venables.
The ability to see the development of the zebra fish’s nervous system under the microscope has provided an amazing advantage over other animal models of the spinal cord.
“Perfectionism is a maladaptive personality trait: it’s associated with anxiety and depression, and other things like academic burnout,” said U of O professor Tracy Vaillancourt.
His main areas of study include spatial variation in the abundance of ectotherm populations, the evolutionary maintenance of polymorphisms, and applied conservation work
“In the long term the reconstruction of the mammoth’s movements can help scientists better understand extinction,” said U of O professor Clement Bataille
“Isotope mapping is more productive than trying to put a radio transmitter on a butterfly, but gathering milkweed samples from 22 states isn’t easy either.”
Hooman Chamani states “I was introduced to the concept of water and wastewater treatment from an early age, and seeing irrigation problems for farmers in my city drove me to work in this field”
“Many students who complete UROP go on to secure research contracts in their fields of study. Or, their UROP research propels them into great co-ops or graduate programs,” said Julie Vaillancourt, a UROP coordinator.
“Patients in long-term care are medically complex. For this reason, we want to know if the immunity they can gain from the vaccine continues to protect them over an extended period of time”, said Dr. Amy Hsu, principal investigator of C19 Immunity Study.
