Showcase Project Spotlight: Researchers

Through innovative technologies, data-driven insights, and creative problem-solving, our research partners are demonstrating solutions that have the potential to strengthen food systems, improve sustainability, and shape the future of farming.

Dr. Trevor Alexander

Development of a mucosal vaccine against the bovine respiratory pathogen Mannheimia haemolytica

Dr. Rassol Bahreini

Optimization trials to improve efficacy and safety of two novel Varroacides

Isabela Bernsdorf

Investigating Three Pad Materials With Oxalic Acid and Glycerin for Varroa Mite Control

Muhammad Bilal

Development of a rapid pen-side molecular test and the investigation of Ivermectin drug resistance in cattle lice

Dr. James (JC) Cahill

Combining omic technology and grassland management to enhance soil carbon sequestration and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Dr. Guanqun (Gavin) Chen

Towards the generation of canola with enhanced clubroot resistance through the regulation of phospholipase A

Dr. Matheus Costa

An alternative: Streptococcus zooepidemicus vaccine to reduce antimicrobial usage and mortality

Dr. Jeroen De Buck

Engineering Next-Generation Phages to Protect Dairy Calves from Johne’s Disease

Dr. Carolyn Fitzsimmons

Combining omic technology and grassland management to enhance soil carbon sequestration and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Laura Gibney

Base funding to ARAs - A Case Study from Foothills Forage and Grazing Association

Dr John Gilleard

Development of a rapid pen-side molecular test and the investigation of Ivermectin drug resistance in cattle lice

Dr. Arun Govind

Field border delineation using imagery deep learning for advancing digital-first ambitions in crop insurance

Dr. Shelley Hoover

Influence of diet, stock, and chemotherapeutics on Lotmaria passim infections in honey bees

Dr. Majid Iravani

Combining omic technology and grassland management to enhance soil carbon sequestration and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Dr. Doug Korver

Expanding opportunities for Western Canadian faba bean (Vicia faba) as a feedstuff for broiler chickens and laying hens and mineral composition of Alberta pasture grass over the grazing period

Dr. Hiroshi Kubota

Defining optimum seeding rates for new feed barley varieties

Dr. Courtney MacInnis

Influence of diet, stock, and chemotherapeutics on Lotmaria passim infections in honey bees

Dr. Boyd Mori

Insecticide susceptibility and resistance monitoring of flea beetles in canola

Dr. Diego Nobrega

Developing an Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Program for Bulk Tank Milk

Matt Oryschak

Expanding opportunities for Western Canadian faba bean (Vicia faba) as a feedstuff for broiler chickens and laying hens and mineral composition of Alberta pasture grass over the grazing period

Dr. Olav Rueppell

Optimization trials to improve efficacy and safety of two novel Varroacides

Dr. Stephen Strelkov

Fungicide sensitivity and identification of novel tan spot resistance in durum wheat landraces for Canadian variety improvement

Maren Vickers

Investigating Three Pad Materials With Oxalic Acid and Glycerin for Varroa Mite Control

Yanqi Wang

Assessment of the population structure of E. coli O157 from cattle and associated food safety risks

Dr. James Wasmuth

A targeted and AI-driven approach to the discovery of new anthelmintic drugs

Bohen Wei

Genome wide association study to identify markers for stripe rust virulence and resistance in diverse Canadian wheat panels

Dr. Holger Wille

Designing omics-informed vaccines and live tests for chronic wasting disease management

Dr. Ben Willing

Metabolic modeling to create competitive exclusion communities that control poultry pathogens and antimicrobial resistance

Dr. Xianqin Yang

Assessment of the population structure of E. coli O157 from cattle and associated food safety risks

Dr. Ruurd Zijlstra

Feed and water quality strategies to replace high zinc nursery pig diets

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