Compounds prevent key protein from mis-folding, preventing death of dopamine-producing brain cells

Over the seven years, 60 graduate students and 35 post-doctoral fellows will be trained at the center, and four or five new faculty positions will be created

“We need new strategies to block development of resistance and to prolong the life of antibiotics, and we believe our work has revealed a promising direction.”

Work will help breeders develop high quality and high-yielding lentils in a shorter period of time

Team is learning more about how an ancient “error correction” system in the human genome helps protect the body against HIV

Funding will help the University of Saskatchewan advance its research and innovation program.

Biofuel producers in Western Canada will soon be able to purify and convert raw glycerol more cost-effectively thanks to an investment of $538,542, announced recently by the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification.

University of Saskatchewan researchers will share a total of $844,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for wide-ranging projects that will explore potential health benefits of using pulse crops in pet and fish feeds, energy-efficient technology for removing water from biofuels, catalysts to clean up air and water, and genetic and environmental factors underlying diseases such as cancer and osteoarthritis.