NEOLab uses advanced digital techniques to elucidate the complex interactions between marine organisms and their environment. It develops both large-scale 3D bio-physical models and individual and theoretical models that aim to understand how organisms function and evolve to best adapt to their environment. It is based on high-performance numerical computation techniques (FORTRAN, parallelization), genetic algorithms, the implementation of user interfaces in interpreted languages (MATLAB, R, Python, NetLogo, etc.), 2D and 3D visualization methods. NEOLab works closely with observers and experimentalists to calibrate and validate numerical experiments. Development of numerical, theoretical and applied models. Physiological (individual centred), ecological (interactions) and biophysical one- and three-dimensional models.
Frédéric Maps
Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, 1045, av. de la Médecine, Université Laval
418 656-2131 poste 402691
frederic.maps@bio.ulaval.ca
Identification of Arctic zooplankton, otolithometry.
Cyril Aubry
Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, 1045, av. de la Médecine, Université Laval
cyril.aubry@qo.ulaval.ca
Remote sensing products for the detection of ocean colour; technical and programming support; algorithm development; training on specialized instruments in our laboratories.
Flavienne Bruyant
Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, local 2064D, 1045, avenue de la Médecine
418-656-2131 poste 5230
flavienne.bruyant@takuvik.ulaval.ca
Remote sensing products for the detection of ocean colour; technical and programming support; algorithm development; training on specialized instruments in our laboratories.
Guislain Bécu
Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, 1045, av. de la Médecine, local 2064
418 656 2131, poste 4880
guislain.becu@takuvik.ulaval.ca
Nutrient analyses, analyses of the amount of organic carbon and total nitrogen in particulate matter, analysis of stable isotopes of nitrogen and carbon in organic matter.
Jonathan Gagnon
Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon
418-656-2131
Jonathan.gagnon@qo.ulaval.ca
Characterization of the marine benthic environment: sampling, experiments, taxonomy, statistical analyses.
Cindy Grant
Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, 1045, av. de la Médecine, Université Laval
418-656-5967
cindy.grant@bio.ulaval.ca
The laboratory and greenhouse are available all year round. They are available to researchers from all sources (university, college, government and private) who have research interests in the sector. Small group scientific and educational workshops can also be held at the station. CEN has been collecting climate data in the region since 1995 and has three SILA weather stations in the western basin of the lake, one of which, in operation since 1986, is located on a small island directly in the centre of the basin, and two others that are located on the periphery of the lake.
Mickaël Lemay
Pavillon Abitibi Price, 2405, rue de la Terrasse, local 1204, Université Laval
418.656.2131 poste 402503
mickael.lemay@cen.ulaval.ca
Radiocarbon dating is based on the principle of degradation of the radioactive isotope of carbon, 14C. Every organism lives in equilibrium with the concentration of ambient 14C throughout its life. Upon his death, the body stops ingesting carbon and the remaining 14C in its tissues disintegrates at a known rate. The laboratory is one of only two major producers of 14C dates in Canada, making approximately 800 14C dates per AMS per year. In addition to CEN researchers, it provides a service to the Canadian and international scientific community, governments and the private sector. Sample preparation for 14C dating by AMS (Accelerator Mass Spectrometry). The samples are chemically cleaned, burned, transformed with CEN into CO2, the purified CO2 is transformed into graphite, which is sent to a laboratory with an AMS. We also now offer bone dating. The lab uses the Keck Carbon Cycle AMS Laboratory at the U. of California in Irvine and also the CAIS at the U. of Georgia. The lab also includes 2 HPGe counting systems for Pb-210 and Cs-237 dating and a Leco CHN628 elemental analyzer.
Guillaume Labrecque
Pavillon Abitibi-Price, 2405, rue de la Terrasse, Local 1202, Université Laval
418.656.2131 poste 404486
guillaume.labrecque@cen.ulaval.ca
Analysis of radioactive samples
Flavienne Bruyant
Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, local 2064D, 1045, avenue de la Médecine
418-656-2131 poste 5230
flavienne.bruyant@takuvik.ulaval.ca
Ecophysiology of Arctic algae; culture of algae under simulated natural conditions; analysis of radioactive samples; optical characterization of dissolved matter in seawater; development of sensor technology and infrastructure for extended in situ measurements in the Arctic Ocean; observations of the physical and biogeochemical properties of the Arctic Ocean by remote sensing of ocean colour and in situ measurements; development of algorithms to validate and correct satellite data. Remote sensing products for the detection of ocean colour; technical and programming support; algorithm development; training on specialized instruments in our laboratories.
Flavienne Bruyant
Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, local 2064D, 1045, avenue de la Médecine
418-656-2131 poste 5230
flavienne.bruyant@takuvik.ulaval.ca