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DESCRIPTION:Held in partnership with Let’s Talk Science at McGill Universit
 y and the Lister Family Engaged Science Initiative\, the Lister Science Ch
 ats connect members of the community through live science talks with resea
 rchers from the McGill Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
  This event features three Macdonald Campus graduate students giving an en
 gaging 10-minute talk on their research and concludes with a Q&A period.\n
 \nStudent speakers\n\nFrançois Girouard\, MSc student\, Food Science and A
 gricultural Chemistry\n\nInsects to preserve food products\n\nI will prese
 nt my Master's project\, which is the production and evaluation of a biode
 gradable insect-inspired food packaging material. Small pillars at the sur
 face of the insect’s wings were found to be effective at killing bacterial
  cells\, this topography was then reproduced on a plant-based material to 
 recreate this same antibacterial effect in order to potentially kill surfa
 ce spoilage bacteria found on food products!\n\nHiba Kamel\, PhD candidate
 \, Plant Science\n\nTrafficking jam in plant cells\n\nPlants have evolved 
 fascinating mechanisms to promote their reproductive fitness. One of them 
 involves the generation of pollen grains\, which are cells that can grow a
  tubular structure whose length is thousands of times that of their diamet
 er. The processes involved in pollen tube elongation have been of great in
 terest to scientists\, one of them has to do with the synthesis and secret
 ion of pectin\, a polysaccharide you may recognize in the ingredient list 
 of your favorite jam. My work will attempt to identify patterns of pectin 
 secretion and to clarify our understanding of how these polysaccharides ge
 t packaged inside cells.\n\nFelicity Meyer\, MSc student\, Bioresource Eng
 ineering\n\nUnderstanding material stocks and the urban-rural interface of
  Montreal’s built environment\n\nIt is estimated that the construction sec
 tor emits approximately 40% of global CO2 and is expected to continue grow
 ing in the coming years. A deeper understanding of material movement acros
 s the urban-rural interface can lead to more informed and sustainable deci
 sions in the built environment. Here we discuss the potential to estimate 
 material stocks (e.g. concrete\, steel\, and wood) across Montreal\, Quebe
 c at the neighborhood level and how strategic material substitution can de
 crease the environmental impacts of urban growth and expansion.\n\n\nThis 
 activity is part of the 2022 edition of 24 heures de science: L'environnem
 ent c'est dans ma nature! For the complete list of activities offered\, pl
 ease visit the official 24 heures de science programming.\n\n\nLet's Talk 
 Science\n\nLet's Talk Science is a national\, not-for-profit organization 
 dedicated to providing 'hands-on\, minds-on' opportunities to engage youth
  in STEM. The McGill Chapter of Let's Talk Science is a volunteer-based gr
 oup of graduate and undergraduate students from a wide range of faculties 
 at McGill University.\n\nThe Lister Family Engaged Science Initiative prov
 ides science communication training to Macdonald Campus researchers to hel
 p them make their science accessible by teaching them to further hone thei
 r content\, physical presence and voice to effectively engage a variety of
  audiences.\n
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SUMMARY:Lister Science Chats: Environmental Innovations
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/macoutreach/channels/event/lister-science-chats-e
 nvironmental-innovations-338003
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