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Nova Scotia
In Nova Scotia, NRC studies ways to protect Canadian marine wildlife systems and benefit from them in a sustainable way, through life sciences research that assists Canada's marine industries.
Research Programs
- Certified Reference Materials Program
- Functional Genomics
- Marine Bioactives
- Neuroscience research
- Producing biofuels from marine algae
Research Projects
- Bioactive metabolites from microalgae
- Biochemical mechanisms in absorption, retention and metabolism of dietary astaxanthin in salmonid fishes
- Biomarkers for Human Health and Wellness
- Characterization of pleurocidin bioactive peptides
- Chemical and ethanol production from lignocellulosic materials
- Cultivation of Selected Seaweeds for their use as Commercially Important Sources of Human Functional Foods (collaborative research agreement with Acadian Seaplants)
- Development of an Advanced Lipid Profiling Platform for Bioactive Lipids
- Ecomaterials and biopolyols for the production of environmentally-friendly products for the automotive, aerospace, construction and plastics industries
- Establishing a Canadian capacity to produce biofuels from marine algae
- Evaluation of marine bioactives as modulators of cellular stress
