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2022: The year in research

kvd1 — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 18:49:00 +0000

We are celebrating the milestones and accomplishments of Queen’s research community over the past twelve months.

We are celebrating the milestones and accomplishments of Queen’s research community over the past twelve months | #QueensuResearch

Conversations Confronting COVID-19: Innovation Pivots

kvd1 — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:57:15 +0000

Since the global pandemic hit in winter 2020, Canadians and global citizens have been confronted with a myriad of questions – from how to understand and treat the virus, to how to cope with life in quarantine, and what life will look like when we surface from this international crisis.

Learn more about how Queen's researchers, students, and alumni have mobilized to apply their expertise and skills to help address all aspects of COVID-19 in our discussion on Innovation Pivots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdHs8bF5jDE

Home Sweet Home

kvd1 — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 17:00:44 +0000

Zoe Walter

Across the animal kingdom, mothers must raise offspring in the face of significant challenges, including limited resources, predation, and disease. A staggering 90% of the red-winged blackbird population of QUBS carries a chronic infection of avian malaria, but the effects of this disease on mothers and their offspring is not well understood. An innovative pilot study by Dr. Bonier’s lab medicated wild moms with antimalarial medication and raised their young in captivity, to elucidate the nature of maternal infection status on offspring fitness. Here, an exhausted hatchling takes a well-deserved rest after successfully breaking free of its egg.

Location of photograph:

Biosciences Complex, Queen's University

Submission Year:

2017-18

Colours in the lab

kvd1 — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:41:26 +0000

Chúk Odenigbo

I am currently researching a more sensitive analytical method to detect a cancer-causing compound that features commonly in certain workplaces with the aim of creating industry exposure standards specific to this compound. We are using human urine from people who have been occupationally exposed. This picture shows the urine of each worker concentrated, cleaned out to reduce impurities, and dissolved in methanol, which allows for really beautiful red-orange colours.

Location of photograph:

Montreal, Quebec

Submission Year:

2017-18

Sunrise from the 9th Station

kvd1 — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 21:51:37 +0000

Stefany Li

An attractive volcano, mountain, and hike, Mt. Fuji is elevated at over 3700m and is popular for hiking over night to catch the sunrise. This moment arrives after hiking for over 8 hours with friends made the first hour. By the 7th hour, the sky begins to change colours and hikers are surrounded by the clouds. A gradient from pitch black to blues, reds, oranges occurs and suddenly everything is golden. Hikers are not sure if their tears are from the view or the long night but their gratitude to those who supported them the entire way remains certain.

Location of photograph:

Mount Fuji, Japan

Submission Year:

2017-18

Inside Concord Floral

stratg — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 20:19:29 +0000

Naseem Loloie

Under the heat of the lights, covered in a stranger’s clothes, surrounded by the sights and sounds of the stage – this is when the actor’s transformation comes to life. During Theatre Kingston’s production of Jordan Tannahill’s Concord Floral, the audience and actors are seated inside an abandoned greenhouse – or at least, a stage mimicking a greenhouse through set design by Sean Mulcahy and lighting by Jennifer Lennon. As both an actor and an assistant director in this production, Naseem’s research focuses on costume, lighting, set and staging, and their transformative effects on the actor’s experience as they become a character.

Location of photograph:

Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Queen's University

Prize name:

Winner, Best Description

Submission Year:

2017-18

Exploring Worlds at Home

stratg — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 20:12:46 +0000

James Xie

The Queen's Space Engineering Team constructs a Mars rover each year to compete at the international University Rover Challenge in Utah. QSET brings together over 40 students from engineering, science, commerce, and the arts to design, build, and operate the rover. The rover can autonomously navigate treacherous landscapes, collect geological data, analyze samples, and remotely operate machinery. It can be seen here gazing out into the Utah desert. The rover is a culmination of countless hours of volunteer work and generous support from both Queen’s and industry partners. The team was proud to be the top team in Canada at the 2017 competition.

Location of photograph:

Mars Desert Research Station, Utah

Prize name:

Winner, Community Collaborations

Submission Year:

2017-18

The Last Tree

stratg — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 19:55:39 +0000

Courtenay Jacklin

CCNF15: Clear Creek North Forest #15, otherwise known as the last tree. After three summers of field work and countless hours spent hiking to various study sites situated in the Kluane Region of the Yukon, Katherine finally takes the last tree core she will need to complete her project analyzing alpine vegetation dynamics. Using an increment borer to drill a small hole near the base of each tree, Katherine extracts a core which we store inside straws until returning to the lab. The annual growth rings along each core can be measured to gather information on growth and climate.

Location of photograph:

Southwest Yukon

Prize name:

Shortlisted image

Submission Year:

2015-16

Phantasie Ist Alles

stratg — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 20:41:56 +0000

Julia Partington

Although I am an English major, I also study other languages and was fascinated by this piece of graffiti that I found on Museum Island in Berlin. Translated from German to English, it says, “Imagination is everything, it is the preview to the coming events of life.” This was said by Albert Einstein, and while his discipline is physics, different from mine, we both see the beauty of creativity. His creativity is in the stars, and mine is in language and literature. Arts and science are bound together in this short expression. A treasure waiting on Museum Island for me to embrace and understand.

Location of photograph:

Museum Island, Berlin, Germany

Prize name:

Shortlisted image

Submission Year:

2016-17

Student Researchers

moonr — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:40:09 +0000

Student Researchers

At Queen’s we embrace the concept of embedding research into all aspects of the student learning experience. We seek to create opportunities for all who study at Queen’s – whether undergraduates, graduates, or postdoctoral fellows – to apply their passion, curiosity, and problem-solving abilities to society’s most significant and urgent challenges.