Seniors in the suburbs, new genomics advances
Concordia in the news
Posted on October 16, 2014
Researchers in the news
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- canoë and Bright Surf report on the latest research by Zachary Patterson, professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment and Canada Research Chair in Transportation and Land Use Linkages for Regional Sustainability. Patterson found that increasing numbers of Canadian seniors are moving to the suburbs. His study outlines the implications of this trend on their quality of life as they risk losing mobility.
- The Gazette, La Presse, canoë, Health News Network, Money News, Lézard, Longwoods, noodls, Phys.org and CNW report on a collaboration between Elanco Animal Health and Concordia's Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics that aims to create enzymes to aid in the digestion of feed by poultry and swine.