/macdonald/taxonomy/term/1078/all en /macdonald/channels/event/2024-future-food-symposium-356117 <p>The <a href="https://cribiq.qc.ca/en/our-services/events/2024-future-of-food-symposium-innovations-challenges-and-perspectives">2024 Future of Food Symposium</a> aims to highlight innovative discoveries, challenges and perspectives pertaining to t</p> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:01:47 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1622603 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/how-can-use-plastics-agriculture-become-more-sustainable-351432 <p>It is impossible to imagine modern agriculture without plastics—12 million tons are used every year. But what about the environmental consequences? An international team of authors, including UUÖ±²¥ Department of Bioresource Engineering Professor <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/jan-adamowski">Jan Franklin Adamowski</a> and Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry Associate Professor and Chair <a href="/foodscience/staff-and-research/stephane-bayen">Stéphane Bayen</a>, addresses this question in a recent study.</p> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:30:12 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1495021 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/four-mac-undergrads-awarded-outstanding-usra-posters-351096 <p>On September 7<span>,</span> thirty two AES undergraduate research awardees shared posters illustrating their summer research jobs.</p> <p>Dean <a href="/plant/faculty/geitmann">Anja Geitmann</a> broke through the waves of animated conversation to congratulate the students for engaging in this inspiring science conversation and to award four researchers for their outstanding posters:</p> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:54:58 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1478223 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/government-funding-research-agricultural-environmental-sciences-350374 <p>Today, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced an investment of more than $960 million in support of research and innovation through a suite of programs. These programs include the John R.</p> Wed, 30 Aug 2023 20:42:02 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1423711 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/stephane-bayen-appointed-chair-department-food-science-and-agricultural-chemistry-349686 <p><img alt="Stéphane Bayen" src="/macdonald/files/macdonald/stephane-bayen-2023.png" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-left:10px; height:304px; width:200px" />Professor <a href="/foodscience/staff-and-research/stephane-bayen">Stéphane Bayen</a> has been appointed as the new Chair of the <a href="/foodscience/">Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry</a> effective September 1, 2023 until June 30, 2028. Dr. Bayen received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the National University of Singapore in 2005.</p> Wed, 16 Aug 2023 19:12:12 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1384543 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/experts-whos-cancer-research-agency-list-aspartame-sweetener-possible-carcinogen-349126 <p>Aspartame, used in products such as diet sodas and chewing gum, will soon be listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" for the first time by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer research arm. (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/whos-cancer-research-agency-say-aspartame-sweetener-possible-carcinogen-sources-2023-06-29/">Reuters</a>)</p> Wed, 19 Jul 2023 15:21:42 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1369220 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/aes-research-garners-support-2023-mssi-ideas-fund-347540 <p>The UUÖ±²¥ Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI) has announced the results of its latest Ideas Fund competition. The Ideas Fund awards seed funding to projects led by UUÖ±²¥ researchers, enabling them to pursue high-risk, high-reward projects in sustainability research. Congrats to AES Researchers who have received funding for the following projects:</p> Mon, 03 Apr 2023 19:17:14 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 1269363 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/fresh-produce-contaminated-toxic-bpa-chemicals-found-food-labels-study-finds-347214 <p>Steps were taken in Canada to reduce the use of Bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic chemical linked to prostate and breast cancer, commonly found in plastics, the lining of food cans, water bottles, and paper receipts. But in many cases, it has been replaced with similar hormone disrupting chemicals, like Bisphenol S (BPS).</p> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:04:13 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 1252789 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/bayens-fight-against-food-fraud-339332 <p>Liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight (LC-Q/TOF) is proving one of the most comprehensive methods for testing food authenticity, according to Dr <a href="/foodscience/staff-and-research/stephane-bayen">Stéphane Bayen</a>, an Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry at UUÖ±²¥.</p> Mon, 02 May 2022 15:25:30 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 922363 at /macdonald /macdonald/stephane-bayen Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:30:55 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52124 at /macdonald