{"content":[{"text":"CENTRE FOR SCIENCE \n Biology 495/496","bbox":{"left":0.100784,"top":0.043381,"width":0.323847,"height":0.060759999999999995}},{"text":"Contact: John Ulici‐Petrut, Course Coordinator \n Email: johnup@athabascau.ca \n Phone: 1‐866‐418‐7205","bbox":{"left":0.071176,"top":0.185455,"width":0.370558,"height":0.057727}},{"text":"STUDENT PROJECTS","bbox":{"left":0.356274,"top":0.254924,"width":0.241155,"height":0.022726999999999997}},{"text":"Supervisor: Dr. Roland Treu \n Research expertise: Mycology","bbox":{"left":0.071176,"top":0.299697,"width":0.24301699999999998,"height":0.03636400000000001}},{"text":"Main research program: Bioremediation with fungi \n My overall research program aims at the removal of contaminants from soil and water through \n bioremediation with fungal cultures. As part of this larger research program several undergraduate \n research projects are available.","bbox":{"left":0.071176,"top":0.354697,"width":0.788179,"height":0.07894000000000001}},{"text":"Development of floating fungal systems for bioremediation (2 students) \n These projects deal with bioremediation of water based pollution. Students will develop various \n approaches to build fungal floating systems (FFS) and test their performance both in artificial and \n natural environments. FFS will consist of a container device that includes a substrate inoculated with \n fungal cultures. The outcome of this project will be one or more efficient FFS that will become the \n base for future research projects and for practical applications in pollution control.","bbox":{"left":0.071176,"top":0.452424,"width":0.80108,"height":0.12151600000000001}},{"text":"Compatibility and competition reactions in multi‐fungus systems (1 student) \n This project deals with bioremediation of soil based pollution. In an attempt to create suitable multi‐ \n species systems of several potent fungi for soil bioremediation a student will test compatibility and \n competition for various combinations of fungi in vitro. The aim of this project is to find combinations \n (multi‐species systems) of highly efficient white rot fungi with the least amount of competition \n between species.","bbox":{"left":0.071176,"top":0.592576,"width":0.8007049999999999,"height":0.12166700000000008}},{"text":"Past and ongoing projects \n The study of wild orchid species in the Exshaw area and their mycorrhizal association \n In this two‐part, ongoing project the ecology and distribution of orchids are investigated and their \n mycorrhizal associations are studied.","bbox":{"left":0.071176,"top":0.733333,"width":0.778989,"height":0.08030400000000004}},{"text":"Cryopreservation of fungi \n This project looked at the feasibility of long term preservation for basidiomycetes fungi. Cultures of \n basidiomycetes were successfully stored and revived at ‐800 C.","bbox":{"left":0.071176,"top":0.832424,"width":0.7896989999999999,"height":0.057728}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}