Small Animal Research Unit
The small animal research unit, with a housing system for rodent animal models, guinea pigs, neonatal pigs and rabbits, provides resources for small-animal models that are used for the understanding of basic scientific issues and/or as preliminary models for large-animal/human research studies.
Nutrition Lab, Earle W. Crampton
The Crampton Nutrition Lab was founded in honour of Earle W. Crampton (1895–1983), a professor in the then Department of Nutrition whose contributions to the field are universally recognized as ground-breaking. Today’s Nutrition Lab (under the direction of the Department of Animal Science) continues this proud tradition in the training of nutritionists at the graduate level, many of whom have gone on to become industry and academic leaders in their own right.
Bioresource Engineering Machine Shop
This machine shop operates in support of teaching, research and research contracts. All standard shop manufacturing techniques can be utilized on wood, metals, plastics, and other materials. The shop has machine laths of different sizes, large drill press, milling machine, sheet metal machines, wood working facilities, extensive welding (electric, gas, etc.) capacity, etc. Contact Leslie Laduke for more information.
High Pressure & Microwave Processing
The food industry is always looking for new food processing methods and novel combinations of existing methods to economically produce better quality foods. High pressure processing is one such technique for pasteurization of foods or to modify their functional properties. The set up of Ã山ǿ¼é's high pressure processing plant is unique in North America, providing a show case of modern preservation technology and expanding the horizons of this research area.Ìý
Facilities also include other novel heating technologies for food preservation.
Ã山ǿ¼é IR Group
The Ã山ǿ¼é IR Group, including its personnel, facilities and expertise, is available to develop methodology for custom and specialized applications. Our strengths are chemometrics, calibration development and validation, programming and design and implementation of quality control systems, specializing in fluid-based applications.
Food and Nutrition Laboratories
Used predominantly for training tomorrow's nutritionists, dietitians and novel food product developers, the Food and Nutrition Laboratories include theÌýMary Catherine Freeman Quantity Food Production Laboratory, theÌýFrederick N. Southam Food Preparation Laboratory, theÌýSensory Evaluation Laboratory, and theÌýHelen Neilson Culinary Demonstration Room.
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Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Nutrition Lab
The CNRU is dedicated to in-patient and out-patient human nutrition experimentation using precisely controlled diets. It can support 12 research subjects on an in-patient basis. The facility is unique in Canada, in that it allows strict, in-house monitoring and testing of research subjects over prolonged periods while they consume diets prepared in house.
Parasitology Core Facility (PCF)
The PCF is a centralized shared research resource that provides access to instruments, technologies, services (maintenance) and consultation. The PCF contains complex, high-tech equipment, and it is not feasible for researchers to understand all their capabilities and to know how to operate the instruments without instruction and help.
Greenhouse and phytorium
Ã山ǿ¼é's Department of Plant Science manages a fully equipped computerized greenhouse for research on Macdonald Campus, with assistance available on site.
Multi-scale imaging facility
The Multi-Scale Imaging Facility of the Macdonald campus offers services ranging from sample preparation to image analysis.
CT scanning laboratory
The macro-CT scanning facility enables the detailed, non-destructive study of plant, soil and wood structures, through 3-D images built from CT scans. There is also a micro-CT scanner section.
Portable photosynthesis system
The LI-COR 6800 is a portable system capable of obtaining real time information and measurements about light and carbon reactions.