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UNB experts join Black Arcs to create novel disease modelling system

UNB Research

Posted: June 20, 2023 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: COVID-19 , Partnerships , Research , Innovation & Commercialization



At the height of COVID-19, Fredericton company Black Arcs knew they could help governments and experts with better pandemic response planning. They already had Citisketch, a product that simulates the daily life of communities; how people move around and behave throughout their day. They’d built it with trusted, anonymized statistical data and knew it provided reliable insights about community-level contact. It could iterate through new scenarios quickly and provide a visual, more...

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UNB partners with Kognitiv Spark as first university to offer remote research site tours using Microsoft’s Hololens technology

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Posted: October 18, 2021 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Research , Partnerships , Innovation & Commercialization , COVID-19



The University of New Brunswick’s Research & Innovation Partnerships (R&IP) team is used to seeing and sharing innovative new solutions to major challenges. Today, they’re implementing one of their own, offering secure, remote tours of research facilities to support new and existing R&D partnerships. This new offering is the first use of Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 and Kognitiv Spark’s RemoteSpark technologies for this purpose. “With the disruptions caused by...

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COVID-19 modelling: the complex science of simple lines

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Posted: October 15, 2021 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Partnerships , Research , COVID-19



Four curves in four different colours: No change; reduction of contacts when compared to baseline (October 8, 2021) by 20%; by 40%; by 60%. Many New Brunswickers are likely familiar with this graph, which was shared with media on October 8, 2021. It’s simple enough to understand the immediate implications: reducing our in-person contact will result in fewer hospitalizations, and less strain on our healthcare system. But what goes into creating a graph like this? Dr. Sanjeev Seahra (SS)...

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Healthy Seniors Pilot Project: Band-Frail Program

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Posted: May 31, 2021 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: COVID-19 , Research



Healthy Seniors Pilot Project: Band-Frail program In February, we announced the five UNB projects funded by the Healthy Seniors Pilot Project (HSPP). We've been working with the research teams to help tell their stories and share insight into their research. Today, we feature Dr. Martin Sénéchal, associate professor in the faculty of kinesiology at UNB, whose Band-Frail project was awarded $469,645. Who are you? Dr. Martin Sénéchal: I am an associate professor in the...

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Researchers share findings on COVID-19's impact on occupational disruption and chronic disease

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Posted: April 9, 2021 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Publications , COVID-19 , Research



Around the world, researchers across different fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. Last year, we introduced you to 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects and their teams; now, with a full year of pandemic life behind us, we’re checking in to see what they’re working on and what they’ve accomplished. Want catch...

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UNB researchers look to special sensors to reduce risk of bioterrorism

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Posted: April 6, 2021 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Research , COVID-19 , Publications



University of New Brunswick researchers Connor O’Brien, Kathleen Varty, and Dr. Anna Ignaszak, have published an article in Nature examining the use of specialized sensors to detect highly contagious diseases and biological weapons. With the current global pandemic highlighting the rapid spread and significant impact of disease, the researchers wanted to present a wide array of electrochemical methods and platforms for the detection of the globe's most impactful diseases. The...

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UNB researchers share teachers' COVID stories, insight.

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Posted: April 1, 2021 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Research , COVID-19



Public education reform: addressing equity issues Around the world, researchers across different fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. Last year, we introduced you to 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects and their teams; now, with a full year of pandemic life behind us, we’re checking in to see what they’re working on...

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COVID-19 researchers successfully create antigen production pipeline

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Posted: March 26, 2021 8:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Research , Partnerships , COVID-19



Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines continue to work on addressing the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement.Last year, we introduced you to 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects and their teams; now, with a full year of pandemic life behind us, we’re checking in to see what they’re working on and what they’ve accomplished. Want catch...

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Where are they now? COVID-19 researchers update us on their progress

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Posted: March 26, 2021 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Innovation & Commercialization , Research , COVID-19



Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines continue to work on addressing the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement.Last year, we introduced you to 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects and their teams; now, with a full year of pandemic life behind us, we’re checking in to see what they’re working on and what they’ve accomplished. Dr. Anna...

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COVID-19 research: Dr. Lloyd Waugh

UNB Research

Posted: September 1, 2020 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Research , COVID-19



Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. Last month, we announced 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects; here’s a little more about the expertise, the passion and the capacity behind one of them. Want to read the others? Find the full list of stories here. Dr. Lloyd Waugh (Civil...

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COVID-19 research: NB-IRDT

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Posted: August 27, 2020 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Research , COVID-19



Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. Last month, we announced 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects; here’s a little more about the expertise, the passion and the capacity behind one of them. Want to read the others? Find the full list of stories here. New Brunswick Institute for...

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COVID-19 research: Dr. Rob Moir

UNB Research

Posted: August 25, 2020 9:00:00 AM ADT

Category: COVID-19 , Research



Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. Last month, we announced 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects; here’s a little more about the expertise, the passion and the capacity behind one of them. Want to read the others? Find the full list of stories here. Dr. Rob Moir (Business, Saint...

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COVID-19 research: Dr. Felipe Chibante

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Posted: August 20, 2020 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Research , COVID-19



Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. Last month, we announced 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects; here’s a little more about the expertise, the passion and the capacity behind one of them. Want to read the others? Find the full list of stories here. Dr. Felipe Chibante (Chemical...

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COVID-19 research: Occupational disruption and adaptation

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Posted: August 18, 2020 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Research , COVID-19



Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. Last month, we announced 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects; here’s a little more about the expertise, the passion and the capacity behind one of them. Want to read the others? Find the full list of stories here. Dr. Shelley Doucet (Nursing and...

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COVID-19 research: Public education reform

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Posted: August 13, 2020 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: COVID-19 , Research



Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. Last month, we announced 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects; here’s a little more about the expertise, the passion and the capacity behind one of them. Want to read the others? Find the full list of stories here. Dr. Matt Rogers and Dr. Casey...

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COVID-19 research: Dr. Sandra Magalhaes

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Posted: August 11, 2020 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Research , COVID-19



Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. Last month, we announced 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects; here’s a little more about the expertise, the passion and the capacity behind one of them. Want to read the others? Find the full list of stories here. Dr. Sandra Magalhaes (Sociology...

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COVID-19 research: Dr. Gobinda Saha

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Posted: August 6, 2020 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: COVID-19 , Research



Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. Last month, we announced 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects; here’s a little more about the expertise, the passion and the capacity behind one of them. Want to read the others? Find the full list of stories here. Dr. Gobinda Saha (Mechanical...

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COVID-19 research: Clinical nursing education

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Posted: August 4, 2020 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Research , COVID-19



Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. We recently announced 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects; here’s a little more about the expertise, the passion and the capacity behind one of them. Want to read the others? Find the full list of stories here. Dr. David Busolo, Dr. Jason...

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COVID-19 research: remote breathing therapy

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Posted: July 30, 2020 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: COVID-19 , Research



 Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. We recently announced 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects; here’s a little more about the expertise, the passion and the capacity behind one of them. Want to read the others? Find the full list of stories here. Dr. Erik Scheme (Electrical...

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COVID-19 research: Dr. Hadi Eslami and Dr. Mercy Oyet

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Posted: July 27, 2020 8:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Research , COVID-19



 Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. We recently announced 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects; here’s a little more about the expertise, the passion and the capacity behind one of them. Want to read the others? Find the full list of stories here. Dr. Hadi Eslami and Dr....

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COVID-19 research: Antigen production

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Posted: July 22, 2020 9:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Research , COVID-19



Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. We recently announced 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects; here’s a little more about the expertise, the passion and the capacity behind one of them. Want to read the others? Find the full list of stories here. COVID research: Dr. Shawn...

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COVID-19 research: Dr. Anna Ignaszak

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Posted: July 21, 2020 7:00:00 AM ADT

Category: COVID-19 , Research



Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. We recently announced 13 new, funded COVID-19 research projects; here’s a little more about the expertise, the passion and the capacity behind one of them. Want to read the others? Find the full list of stories here. Dr. Anna Ignaszak, Chemistry...

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Research stories: COVID-19

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Posted: July 16, 2020 11:30:00 AM ADT

Category: COVID-19 , Research



Around the world, researchers across all fields and disciplines are working to address the challenges, issues and implications of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Here at UNB, our own research community is part of that global movement. We recently announced more than $400,000 in grants for 13 projects jointly funded by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. But what’s the story behind each...

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