Canada Foundation for Innovation

Canada Foundation for Innovation


Catherine Girard: Dealing with mercury in food

October 02, 2017

Disponible aussi en français: https://blubrry.com/fci_cfi/27727460/catherine-girard-attnuer-limpact-du-mercure-dans-la-nourriture/

At the Université de Montréal, Catherine Girard analyzes gut bacteria to understand the impacts of mercury in the human body. She is particularly interested in how mercury interacts with traditional foods in the North and the health impacts it has on those living there. Her PhD project has taken her to Resolute Bay, a remote hamlet in Nunavut, where she collects samples from the local Inuit population. In Montreal, she works in two CFI-funded biology labs and uses a gut simulator to conduct her experiments.