Eric Paquet
@ericrpaquet.bsky.social
Assistant professor in genomic and big data, Animal Science department, Laval University, Canada. Opinions are my own. il/lui he/him
https://paquetlab.fsaa.ulaval.ca/
https://paquetlab.fsaa.ulaval.ca/
Prof can be late for many things, but being late for a thesis evaluation—especially for an international student—is one of the worst. Their timelines are tight, their visas depend on it, and delays can mean real extra costs.
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Prof can be late for many things, but being late for a thesis evaluation—especially for an international student—is one of the worst. Their timelines are tight, their visas depend on it, and delays can mean real extra costs.
New paper out ! An open-source lightweight ear-tag mounted sensor for #ML-based real-time monitoring of #dairy #calf activity : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
An open-source lightweight ear-tag mounted sensor for ML-based real-time monitoring of dairy calf activity
Monitoring the activities of individual dairy calves is crucial for assessing their welfare and detecting early signs of disease. However, traditional…
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September 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
New paper out ! An open-source lightweight ear-tag mounted sensor for #ML-based real-time monitoring of #dairy #calf activity : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A great spotlight on Génome Québec in Le Journal de Montréal!
Since 2019, students have been exploring Québec’s lake biodiversity through environmental DNA. Science, education, and action—all in one project. 🧬🌊🐟
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#eDNA #Genomics #CommunityScience
Since 2019, students have been exploring Québec’s lake biodiversity through environmental DNA. Science, education, and action—all in one project. 🧬🌊🐟
🔗 cutt.cx/5hCz
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#eDNA #Genomics #CommunityScience
Des poissons rouges dans nos lacs: des élèves révèlent les secrets de nos cours d’eau grâce à l’ADN
En collectant de simples échantillons d’eau, des jeunes aident les chercheurs à dresser un portrait plus précis de la biodiversité des lacs du Québec.
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July 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A great spotlight on Génome Québec in Le Journal de Montréal!
Since 2019, students have been exploring Québec’s lake biodiversity through environmental DNA. Science, education, and action—all in one project. 🧬🌊🐟
🔗 cutt.cx/5hCz
.
#eDNA #Genomics #CommunityScience
Since 2019, students have been exploring Québec’s lake biodiversity through environmental DNA. Science, education, and action—all in one project. 🧬🌊🐟
🔗 cutt.cx/5hCz
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#eDNA #Genomics #CommunityScience
Interesting application of computer vision in livestock: detecting digital dermatitis using a camera positioned in the footbath! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A novel system for automated continuous on-farm assessment of digital dermatitis using artificial intelligence
Digital dermatitis (DD) is a major cause of lameness in cattle, significantly affecting animal well-being and reducing productivity across the dairy i…
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July 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Interesting application of computer vision in livestock: detecting digital dermatitis using a camera positioned in the footbath! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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come join us in our brand new research building!
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July 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
come join us in our brand new research building!
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New paper led by Tesnime Touil:
Can we predict SARA in cows from milk?
Tested 36 ML models on FTIR spectra from 107 cows.
✔️ SARA predicted with up to 69% accuracy
❌ Reticuloruminal pH not reliably predictable
Read more:
journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...
#DairyScience #ML #FTIR
Can we predict SARA in cows from milk?
Tested 36 ML models on FTIR spectra from 107 cows.
✔️ SARA predicted with up to 69% accuracy
❌ Reticuloruminal pH not reliably predictable
Read more:
journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...
#DairyScience #ML #FTIR
Predicting reticuloruminal pH and subacute ruminal acidosis of individual cows using machine learning and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy milk analysis
Low reticuloruminal pH (rpH) for a prolonged period could lead to SARA. This disease
negatively affects cow health and is associated with monetary losses for the dairy
industry. The aim of this study ...
journalofdairyscience.org
June 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
New paper led by Tesnime Touil:
Can we predict SARA in cows from milk?
Tested 36 ML models on FTIR spectra from 107 cows.
✔️ SARA predicted with up to 69% accuracy
❌ Reticuloruminal pH not reliably predictable
Read more:
journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...
#DairyScience #ML #FTIR
Can we predict SARA in cows from milk?
Tested 36 ML models on FTIR spectra from 107 cows.
✔️ SARA predicted with up to 69% accuracy
❌ Reticuloruminal pH not reliably predictable
Read more:
journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...
#DairyScience #ML #FTIR
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🔷 IA + données omiques : un duo qui accélère la recherche contre le cancer grâce au soutien d'IVADO, @genomequebec.bsky.social, l'Oncopole et au Fonds Apogée Canada.
🔗 Dossier complet réalisé avec CScience → lesconnecteurs.ca/dossier-canc...
#IA #cancer #génomique #innovation
🔗 Dossier complet réalisé avec CScience → lesconnecteurs.ca/dossier-canc...
#IA #cancer #génomique #innovation
May 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🔷 IA + données omiques : un duo qui accélère la recherche contre le cancer grâce au soutien d'IVADO, @genomequebec.bsky.social, l'Oncopole et au Fonds Apogée Canada.
🔗 Dossier complet réalisé avec CScience → lesconnecteurs.ca/dossier-canc...
#IA #cancer #génomique #innovation
🔗 Dossier complet réalisé avec CScience → lesconnecteurs.ca/dossier-canc...
#IA #cancer #génomique #innovation
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
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Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
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May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
May 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Lol, Elon has encouraged the development of the TRANS car: born a Tesla, but identifies as something else.
April 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Lol, Elon has encouraged the development of the TRANS car: born a Tesla, but identifies as something else.
Reposted by Eric Paquet
Reposted by Eric Paquet
A paper in Nature Communications maps air pollution from power plants supplying electricity to US Bitcoin mines and finds that 1.9 million people in 2022-23 breathed toxic amounts of Bitcoin mine attributable pollution, particularly around New York City and Houston. 🧪
The environmental burden of the United States’ bitcoin mining boom - Nature Communications
The paper maps air pollution from power plants supplying electricity to US Bitcoin mines. It finds that 1.9 million people in 2022-2023 breathed toxic amounts of Bitcoin mine attributable pollution, particularly around New York City and Houston.
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April 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A paper in Nature Communications maps air pollution from power plants supplying electricity to US Bitcoin mines and finds that 1.9 million people in 2022-23 breathed toxic amounts of Bitcoin mine attributable pollution, particularly around New York City and Houston. 🧪
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“Recruiting U.S. scientists is a fine idea – except we’re barely supporting Canadian scientists as it is”
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April 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“Recruiting U.S. scientists is a fine idea – except we’re barely supporting Canadian scientists as it is”
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Use of a priority lane to increase voluntary visits to a milking robot in dairy cows
www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...
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Use of a priority lane to increase voluntary visits to a milking robot in dairy cows
Voluntary visits to the milking robot are the basis of automatic milking system functionality.
Therefore, problems arise when cows are undermotivated to visit the robot. Cows with
reduced competitive ...
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April 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Use of a priority lane to increase voluntary visits to a milking robot in dairy cows
www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...
www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...
Really need to read this : Mapping the landscape of social behavior
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Mapping the landscape of social behavior
Computer vision and machine learning approaches map a multi-scale social behavioral
landscape, revealing ASD signatures and establishing an atlas of rodent sociality.
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April 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Really need to read this : Mapping the landscape of social behavior
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Rejoignez-nous pour une après-midi passionnante le 25 mai autour des rythmes biologiques et de leurs impacts sur notre santé et notre quotidien.
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April 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Rejoignez-nous pour une après-midi passionnante le 25 mai autour des rythmes biologiques et de leurs impacts sur notre santé et notre quotidien.
researchsleep.ca/workshops-webinars
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Impressive work : Leveraging computer vision, large language models, and multimodal machine learning for optimal decision-making in dairy farming
www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...
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Leveraging computer vision, large language models, and multimodal machine learning for optimal decision-making in dairy farming
This article explores various applications of artificial intelligence technologies
in dairy farming, including the use of computer vision systems (CVS) for animal identification,
body condition score ...
www.journalofdairyscience.org
April 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Impressive work : Leveraging computer vision, large language models, and multimodal machine learning for optimal decision-making in dairy farming
www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...
www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...
Water use dynamics with conventional and automated milking systems on a dairy farm
"With AMS the farm used significantly more water, produced significantly more milk, and achieved significantly better water use efficiency per L of milk."
www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...
"With AMS the farm used significantly more water, produced significantly more milk, and achieved significantly better water use efficiency per L of milk."
www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...
Water use dynamics with conventional and automated milking systems on a dairy farm
An increasing proportion of dairy farms are adopting automated milking systems (AMS).
At the same time, the dairy industry is actively exploring strategies to reduce the
water footprint of milk produc...
www.journalofdairyscience.org
April 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Water use dynamics with conventional and automated milking systems on a dairy farm
"With AMS the farm used significantly more water, produced significantly more milk, and achieved significantly better water use efficiency per L of milk."
www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...
"With AMS the farm used significantly more water, produced significantly more milk, and achieved significantly better water use efficiency per L of milk."
www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S002...
New publication in Canadian Journal of Animal Science!
We explore the economics of raising Holstein heifers in Québec & how farm-level factors impact costs.
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Kudos to Léonie Laflamme-Michaud & co-authors, and thanks to Lactanet & Les PLQ for their support!
We explore the economics of raising Holstein heifers in Québec & how farm-level factors impact costs.
shorturl.at/oNCbv
Kudos to Léonie Laflamme-Michaud & co-authors, and thanks to Lactanet & Les PLQ for their support!
April 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
New publication in Canadian Journal of Animal Science!
We explore the economics of raising Holstein heifers in Québec & how farm-level factors impact costs.
shorturl.at/oNCbv
Kudos to Léonie Laflamme-Michaud & co-authors, and thanks to Lactanet & Les PLQ for their support!
We explore the economics of raising Holstein heifers in Québec & how farm-level factors impact costs.
shorturl.at/oNCbv
Kudos to Léonie Laflamme-Michaud & co-authors, and thanks to Lactanet & Les PLQ for their support!
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Reviewers want 'more contemporary literature' to support cross-validation. Since when are good old classic papers—cited thousands of times—not enough? What ‘contemporary’ sources do you need for a method studied since the 1970s?
April 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Reviewers want 'more contemporary literature' to support cross-validation. Since when are good old classic papers—cited thousands of times—not enough? What ‘contemporary’ sources do you need for a method studied since the 1970s?
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"I want to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship." Philosopher Jason Stanley is leaving Yale and taking up a position at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
Stanley from Yale to Toronto - Daily Nous
Jason Stanley, currently professor of philosophy at Yale University, will be moving to the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Professor Stanley is well known...
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March 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"I want to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship." Philosopher Jason Stanley is leaving Yale and taking up a position at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
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2025 Conference Chronobiology: from the Cell to Medicine and Society
Fourwaves - 2025 Conference Chronobiology: from the Cell to Medicine and Society
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March 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Montreal | May 25-27, 2025
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4 reviewers is a lot of reviewers.
March 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
4 reviewers is a lot of reviewers.
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February 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM