Algoma University has received $100,000 towards the purchase of a pair of walk-in research chambers for its Biosciences and Technology Convergence Centre.
Funding comes from the province's Ministry of Research and Innovation.
The state-of-the-art research chambers, worth more than $350,000, will “foster a climate of research excellence at AU as the university develops an international program to understand the causes of biological invasions and how to better combat invasive species,” according to a news release.
“The growth chambers are essential in advancing AU's objective to implement a research program in terrestrial invasion ecology and they will permit researchers to explore a wide range of fundamental and applied questions in plant ecology,” Algoma president Dr. Richard Myers said in the release.
“The new growth chamber will be essential to monitor the effects of our treatments on plants as we look for solutions to combat invasive species,” added Dr. Pedro Antunes, director of the Invasive Species Research Institute at Algoma University. “The growth chamber is also a key piece to enhance the atmosphere of research excellence for our students in biology at Algoma University.”
Work is ongoing at the centre, and tenants began moving into the facility earlier this summer. The new centre will facilitate strategic research and development projects with private and public sector partners, diversify the local economy and create additional jobs in Sault Ste. Marie.
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