Lab News
Tree Anatomy Reveals Secrets
In this image, Bridget is meticulously preparing semi-thin sections of White Spruce using the parafilm method. She carefully produces cuts of 15 µm in thickness to closely examine the xylem anatomy. Her analysis of the growth rings will reveals potential differences in tree structure that depend on both environmental factors and…
White Pine Under the Spectral Lens
Siyu is measuring leaf spectral reflectance in white pine. Leaf spectral reflectance refers to the amount of light reflected by a leaf at different wavelengths across the visible and infrared spectrum. This technique helps assess plant health, photosynthetic efficiency, and water status by detecting subtle changes in leaf properties. Siyu…
Unraveling Climate Defenses: Drought, Photoprotection, and Resilience in White Spruce and White Pine
Last summer, Anchalya, Olivia, and Maria took on a bold challenge in the UTM research greenhouse—simulating drier climates to test the resilience of white spruce and white pine, two vital conifer species. Their mission? To uncover how these trees defend themselves against climate stress using sustained non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), a…
Our Drone Crew’s Cutting-Edge Flight Missions
Our Drone Crew, Emilie, Sylvain, Gregory, Siyu, and Luke, recently completed an exciting drone flight mission at both the Turkey Point and Pickering sites. Armed with a new technology, the team deployed a UAV equipped with a lidar and hyperspectral camera, capable of capturing unparalleled data from above.Before taking to…
SURF 2024!
Congratulations to Maria Proskurina and Samira Kamal Eddin who presented their ROP research at the Summer Undergraduate Research Fair on August 20th, 2024. Maria presented her in-depth study on drought tolerance in Picea glauca, utilizing both destructive and non-destructive methods. Meanwhile, Samira explored the impact of soil moisture on the…
Decoding Plant Resilience: Turgor Loss Point Insights from Pintendre, Quebec
At our Pintendre experimental site in Quebec, part of the Fastpheno project, Grace and Emilie embarked on a field mission to collect fresh plant samples. Their objective? To determine the turgor loss point (TLP), a key indicator of plant water stress. In simple terms, TLP is the water potential level…
Categories
- Awards & Funding
- Climate Change
- Conferences & Meetings
- Experiments
- Lab
- Plant Physiology
- Publications
- Research
- Students/Lab members
- Uncategorized
Archive
- June 2025
- May 2025
- April 2025
- February 2025
- January 2025
- December 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- November 2023
- June 2023
- March 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- August 2022
- September 2021
- August 2021
- June 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- December 2018
- February 2018
- December 2016
- November 2016