Fundamental Science and its Application builds understanding of the continuum between curiosity-driven, discovery-based exploration of the properties of the universe and living systems on one hand, and the application of that knowledge and wisdom to real-world problems on the other.
Fundamental Science and its Application
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A better bottom line (Research Magazine)The third edition of the OMAFRA-UofG Partnership, Agri-Food yearbook. Click on the magazine cover for a full screen view. |
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A Helping Hand (Research Magazine)The Winter 2011 Research magazine focuses on human health and disease. Click on the magazine cover for a full screen view. |
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A major platform for the beef sector (Strategically Themed Newsletter)A huge $15.5-million facelift is underway at the Elora Research Station, with the construction of a new cow-calf research centre, a facility owned by the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario and managed by the University of Guelph under the OMAFRA-U of G Agreement. A separate project will repurpose 200 acres of land to create pasture at the station and almost double the capacity for livestock on site. |
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A Play on Proteins: Proteins linked like building blocks have important roles in cell communication and disease (Canada Research Chairs - 2 pager)Highlighting the research of Nina Jones, Canada Research Chair in Eukaryotic Cellular Signalling. |
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Advancing Research Impact (Research Magazine)Through the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, we conduct research that supports and strengthens the Ontario agri-food industry and rural sectors. The Agri-Food Yearbook, developed in partnership with the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, is a research magazine profiling Alliance research and innovations. Research supported by the alliance solves real-world challenges and yields meaningful innovations that ensure the success of the province’s agri-food sector and that promote rural economic development throughout Ontario and the world. The University of Guelph is committed to improving life by supporting the people, places and programs that generate solutions with global impact. We help build strong rural communities and a prosperous, safe and environmentally sustainable agri-food sector in Ontario — now and for the future. Read more in the 2019-20 edition of the Agri-Food Yearbook. |
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Research (Strategically Themed Newsletter)At the University of Guelph, agriculture and agri-food researchers are uniquely poised to connect with provincial and federal departments and granting councils, as well as business, industry and Canada’s largest commodity groups. |
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Better Food for a Better Planet (Strategically Themed Newsletter)Better food makes for a better planet. Food gives people strength and vitality, and healthy people who are properly nourished are better at fighting disease than those who are malnourished. Food is fundamental to life, and the University of Guelph is on the leading edge of innovative research dedicated to creating safe, plentiful, nourishing and sustainable food sources. |
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Bonnie Mallard - one of the top innovative products at the World Dairy Expo 2013 (Recognition Announcement)At this year’s prestigious World Dairy Expo, a technology called High Immune Response - developed at the University of Guelph by Prof. Bonnie Mallard and her team - was named one of the top innovative products of 2013. The technology, licensed by the Catalyst Centre to Canada’s largest dairy genetics company, the Semex Alliance, is marketed as Immunity+. Congratulations to Bonnie and her team, and thanks to Semex and Vice-President Brad Sayles (pictured overleaf with Bonnie and the highly coveted award) for making Immunity+ available to improve the health of cattle worldwide. |
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Brand New Keys for Learning (Research Magazine)The Summer 2012 Research magazine highlights pedagogical research being done at the University of Guelph. |
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Canada's dairy university - Global leaders in advancing dairy (Strategically Themed Newsletter)Canada’s dairy sector is vital to the nation’s health, sustainability and economy, and to the University of Guelph. Canadian dairy products meet the highest standards, and come from cows that are productive, healthy and well cared-for. Modern Canadian dairy farmers and processors invest in new technology and equipment, and support research at Guelph to ensure continuous That’s where Dairy at Guelph comes in. As a network of more than 60 faculty members and other researchers, Dairy at Guelph fosters collaboration and synergies in discovery, development and implementation. This global leadership has earned us the title of Canada’s Dairy Dairy at Guelph strives to increase awareness of the tremendous dairy research capacity and output at the University of Guelph. The following pages outline that expertise. |