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2021 research grants competition - results by peer review committee
| Applicant name | Institution | Program | Title | Term | Amount awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acedo, Jeella Department Chemistry and Physics |
Mount Royal University | RGPIN | Genome-guided Discovery of Bacteriocins | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Affar, El Bachir Department Médecine |
Université de Montréal | RGPIN | Novel mechanisms of ubiquitin signaling coordinating ribosome maturation and function | 5 | $58,000.00 |
| Ardolino, Michele Department Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology |
University of Ottawa | RGPIN | The immune system beyond protection: role of innate lymphoid cells in the regulation of the estrous cycle. | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Audet, Martin Department Pharmacologie |
Université de Sherbrooke | RGPIN | A multiscale structural understanding of organic anion transporting polypeptide transporters (OATPs) functions | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Barbier, Olivier Department Pharmacie, Faculté de |
Université Laval | RGPIN | Elucidating the differential contribution of sulfonation and glucuronidation in controlling nuclear receptor activity. | 5 | $50,000.00 |
| Barjesteh, Neda Department Médecine, Faculté de |
Université de Montréal | RGPIN | Elucidating the Mechanisms Involved in the Regulation of Innate Antiviral Responses against Respiratory Pathogens in Chickens | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Barsyte-Lovejoy, Dalia Department Pharmacology and Toxicology |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Protein arginine methylation in nuclear organization, function, and stress response | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Basta, Sameh Department Biomedical and Molecular Sciences |
Queen's University | RGPIN | M2a macrophage activation and the regulation of immune functions | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| Bowdish, Dawn Department Pathology and Molecular Medicine |
McMaster University | RGPIN | Macrophage senescence impairs phagocytosis and phagosome function | 5 | $50,000.00 |
| Braid, Lorena Department Molecular Biology and Biochemistry |
Simon Fraser University | RGPIN | Characterizing mesenchymal stem/stromal cells as signaling sensors and switches in the stromal hub | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Bridgewater, Darren Department Pathology and Molecular Medicine |
McMaster University | RGPIN | Shroom3 in nephron formation | 5 | $42,000.00 |
| Bridle, Byram Department Pathobiology |
University of Guelph | RGPIN | Calming the Cytokine Storm: Elucidating Mechanisms Contributing to Toxic Inflammatory Responses to Viruses | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| Brosseau, Jean-Philippe Department Biochimie |
Université de Sherbrooke | RGPIN | Deciphering the alternative splicing regulatory program driving the myofibroblast state | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Bukong, Terence Department INRS |
Institut national de la recherche scientifique | RGPIN | Specificity determinants of the cargo content sorted into cell-derived microvesicles | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Burger, Dylan Department Medicine, Faculty of |
University of Ottawa | RGPIN | Extracellular vesicles in cellular aging | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Burrows, Lori Department Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences |
McMaster University | RGPIN | Bacterial biofilm development in response to toxic molecules | 5 | $50,000.00 |
| Burrus, Vincent Department Biologie |
Université de Sherbrooke | RGPIN | Initiation of conjugative transfer of IncC conjugative plasmids and associated genomic islands circulating in Gammaproteobacteria | 5 | $50,000.00 |
| Cameron, Lisa Elizabeth Department Pathology |
The University of Western Ontario | RGPIN | Hormonal Regulation of Immune Responses | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| Campanucci, Veronica Department Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology (APP) |
University of Saskatchewan | RGPIN | Chloride homeostasis and DRG neuron excitability | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Choe, Katrina Department Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour |
McMaster University | RGPIN | The role of CASPR2 in central oxytocin system development | 5 | $37,000.00 |
| Chu, Li-Fang (Jack) Department Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine |
University of Calgary | RGPIN | Genetic regulation of developmental clocks | 5 | $37,000.00 |
| Clarke, David Department Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology |
Simon Fraser University | RGPIN | Exercise-responsive signaling network dynamics in skeletal muscle cells | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| Connor, Steven Department Biology |
York University | RGPIN | Molecular Mechanisms of Forgetting | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Côté, Patrice Department Biology |
Dalhousie | RGPIN | Influence of Voltage Gated Sodium Channels on Cellular Motility and Inflammation | 5 | $30,540.00 |
| Cowan, Kyle Department Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
University of Ottawa | RGPIN | Pannexin Interactome: from Discovery to Functional Screening | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| Crome, Sarah Department Immunology |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Defining factors that control human innate lymphoid cell development and function | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Desgagné-Penix, Isabel Department Chimie, biochimie et physique |
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières | RGPIN | ORIGINATRA : elucidatiOn and engineeRInG of the bIosyNthesis of Alkaloids from moTher natuRe's pharmacopoeiA | 5 | $58,000.00 |
| Dieudé, Mélanie Department Microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie |
Université de Montréal | RGPIN | Role of natural immunity to self apoptotic exosomes in maintaining immune homeostasis | 5 | $37,000.00 |
| Dillon, Marcus Department Biology (Mississauga) |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | The evolutionary genomics of infectious phytopathogen emergence | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Downey, Michael Department Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
University of Ottawa | RGPIN | Molecular control of non-histone protein acetylation in budding yeast | 5 | $69,000.00 |
| Drouin-Ouellet, Janelle Department Pharmacie, Faculté de |
Université de Montréal | RGPIN | Mechanisms of direct dopaminergic neuronal reprogramming to study aging | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Dumaine, Robert Department Pharmacologie |
Université de Sherbrooke | RGPIN | Cellular mechanisms controlling the expression and activity of sodium channels | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Emery, Gregory Department Institut de recherche en immunologie et en cancérologie |
Université de Montréal | RGPIN | Rab GTPases and the collective migration of MDCK cells | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| FitzHarris, Greg Department Obstétrique |
Université de Montréal | RGPIN | Examining cytokinesis in reductive cell divisions | 5 | $58,000.00 |
| Flamand, Nicolas Department Médecine, Faculté de |
Université Laval | RGPIN | Cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the biosynthesis and hydrolysis of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol and its congeners | 5 | $42,000.00 |
| Fullerton, Morgan Department Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology |
University of Ottawa | RGPIN | Mitochondrial choline metabolism in innate immunity | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Ganesan, Aravindhan Department Pharmacy, School of |
University of Waterloo | RGPIN | Development of computational models to understand the dynamic molecular recognition mechanisms of cannabinoid receptors | 5 | $37,000.00 |
| Gibon, Julien Department Okanagan |
The University of British Columbia | RGPIN | Signaling mechanisms of the pro Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (proBDNF) and the prodomain BDNF (pBDNF) in neurons | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Gibson, Spencer Department Biochemistry and Medical Genetics |
University of Manitoba | RGPIN | Role of LC3 binding proteins in regulating autophagy mediated cell survival and death. | 5 | $42,000.00 |
| Gray, Douglas Department Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology |
University of Ottawa | RGPIN | Evolutionary and functional relationships between Lgr proteins and ubiquitin-specific proteases | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| Hemberger, Myriam Department Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
University of Calgary | RGPIN | Epigenetic Control of Development: Establishment and function of placenta-specific DNA methylation patterns | 5 | $58,000.00 |
| Hickson, Gilles Department Pathologie et biologie cellulaire |
Université de Montréal | RGPIN | Mechanisms of assembly and function of the septin cytoskeleton in Drosophila | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| Hu, Pingzhao Department Biochemistry and Medical Genetics |
University of Manitoba | RGPIN | Flexible and robust deep learning models for integrative analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing data | 5 | $42,000.00 |
| Hughes, Sarah Department Medical Genetics |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | Mechanisms affecting targeting of Moesin to specific domains of the plasma membrane | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Iturria Medina, Yasser Department Neurology and Neurosurgery |
McGill University | RGPIN | Characterizing Genetic, Neurotransmitter receptors and Macroscopic Brain Interactions via Multi-scale Analytical Modeling | 5 | $37,000.00 |
| Jackson, Hartland Department Molecular Genetics |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Quantitative Tissue Architecture | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Jaumouillé, Valentin Department Molecular Biology and Biochemistry |
Simon Fraser University | RGPIN | Mechanosensing through surface receptor-cytoskeleton coupling in innate immune cells | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Joly-Lopez, Zoé Department Chimie |
Université du Québec à Montréal | RGPIN | Contribution of cis-regulatory elements in a plant's response to environmental stress | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Julian, Lisa Department Biological Sciences |
Simon Fraser University | RGPIN | Biological mechanisms of developmental stem cell plasticity | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Kohandel, Mohammad Department Applied Mathematics |
University of Waterloo | RGPIN | Integrative mathematical, computational, and experimental approach to study biological systems | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| Koritzinsky, Marianne Department Radiation Oncology |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Mechanisms of disulfide bond formation in the endoplasmic reticulum | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Krueger, Stefan Department Physiology and Biophysics |
Dalhousie | RGPIN | Modulation and plasticity of neurotransmission: Presynaptic mechanisms | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Kumar, Ayush Department Microbiology |
University of Manitoba | RGPIN | Determining physiological role(s) of Resistance-Nodulation-Division efflux pumps of Acinetobacter baumannii | 5 | $58,000.00 |
| Kunze, Wolfgang Department Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences |
McMaster University | RGPIN | Decoding vagal firing patterns in gut to brain signalling | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Kurata, Harley Department Pharmacology |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | Surveying the landscape of ion channel regulatory partners | 5 | $50,290.00 |
| Lacy, Paige Department Medicine |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | Understanding the function of recycling endosomes | 5 | $42,000.00 |
| Lawson, Christopher Department Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Engineering Anaerobic Microbiomes for Resource Recovery | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Lee, Amy Department Molecular Biology and Biochemistry |
Simon Fraser University | RGPIN | Dissecting the virulence and antibiotic resistance potential of Klebsiella pneumonaie in disparate environments | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Lemieux, Hélène Department Campus Saint |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | Divergences in the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation process and the role they play on reactive oxygen species production and aging | 5 | $42,000.00 |
| Lin, Francis Department Physics and Astronomy |
University of Manitoba | RGPIN | Investigation of Immune Cell Trafficking in Complex Cellular Environment | 5 | $58,000.00 |
| Liu, Qian Department Parasitology, Institute of (Macdonald) |
McGill University | RGPIN | The biogenesis of a paramyxovirus | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Loewen, Matthew Department Veterinary Biomedical Sciences |
University of Saskatchewan | RGPIN | Advancing a comparative understanding of the molecular regulation of solute carriers and channels | 5 | $42,000.00 |
| Lomax, Alan Department Biomedical and Molecular Sciences |
Queen's University | RGPIN | Analysis of the vagal afferent innervation of the mouse colon | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Lorincz, Matthew Department Medical Genetics |
The University of British Columbia | RGPIN | Using PGCLCs as a model system for early germ cell development to characterize the roles of histone marks and their readers in DNA methylation homeostasis and transcriptional regulation | 5 | $69,000.00 |
| Mastromonaco, Gabriela Department Biomedical Sciences |
University of Guelph | RGPIN | Markers of cellular reprogramming potential in fibroblast cell lines | 5 | $37,200.00 |
| Mattiazzi Usaj, Mojca Department Chemistry and Biology |
Toronto Metropolitan University | RGPIN | Quantitative dissection of sources of phenotypic heterogeneity | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| McGuigan, Alison Department Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Platforms to quantitatively interrogate cellular competition in heterogeneous tissues | 5 | $69,000.00 |
| McQuibban, George Department Biochemistry (St. George Campus) |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Understanding how the mitochondrial phosphatase PGAM5 regulates mitochondrial dynamics | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| Michnick, Stephen Department Biochimie et médecine moléculaire |
Université de Montréal | RGPIN | Dynamic protein interaction networks to map molecular origins of envronmental and genomic variations. | 5 | $58,000.00 |
| Min, Jinrong Department Physiology |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Molecular basis for the recognition of N- and C-degrons | 5 | $50,000.00 |
| Mizumoto, Kota Department Zoology |
The University of British Columbia | RGPIN | Elucidating the mechanisms of gradient dependent and independent Wnt signaling in neuronal development | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Montenegro Burke, J. Rafael Department Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Discovery of novel metabolites using click-chemistry tools | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Murphy-Royal, Ciaran Department Neurosciences |
Université de Montréal | RGPIN | Bioenergetic role of astrocytes in neuronal plasticity and behaviour | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Murugan, Nirosha Department Biology and Chemistry |
Algoma University | RGPIN | Biophysical Control of Cellular Programming and Tissue Patterning | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Nguyen Ba, Alex Department Biology (Mississauga) |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | High-throughput evolutionary systems biology for expanded genotype-phenotype mapping | 5 | $37,000.00 |
| Nodwell, Justin Department Biochemistry (St. George Campus) |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Development of CRISPR-Cas3 for genome editing tool in Streptomyces | 5 | $50,000.00 |
| Panchenko, Anna Department Pathology and Molecular Medicine |
Queen's University | RGPIN | Deciphering the Mechanisms of Modulation of DNA Accessibility in Chromatin: Discovery of Novel Pioneer Transcription Factors | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Parker, Seth Department Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
The University of British Columbia | RGPIN | Interrogating amino acid transport and organelle exchange | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Percival-Smith, Anthony Department Biology |
The University of Western Ontario | RGPIN | Phenotypic non-specificity of transcription factor function in Drosophila melanogaster | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Philip, Anie Department Surgery |
McGill University | RGPIN | Role of endoglin in the regulation of extracellular matrix dynamics in the skin | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| Poulin, Jean-Francois Department Neurology and Neurosurgery |
McGill University | RGPIN | TIRANT: A novel transsynaptic labeling approach to map neuronal circuits | 5 | $37,000.00 |
| Pozzi, Silvia Department Psychiatrie et de neurosciences |
Université Laval | RGPIN | Unravelling the functions of Peptidyl-Prolyl Isomerase A in axonal transport and neuromuscular junction development and maintenance. | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Raivio, Tracy Department Biological Sciences |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | Interactions between envelope stress responses, bacteriophages and the environment | 5 | $58,000.00 |
| Rajakumar, Rajendhran Department Biology |
University of Ottawa | RGPIN | From Model Organism to Model Clade: Plasticity and Evolution of Interorgan Communication Networks | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Riddell, Meghan Department Obstetrics and Gynecology |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | Regulation of trophoblast stem cell homeostasis and differentiation by atypical protein kinase-C isoforms | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Ryan, Scott Department Molecular and Cellular Biology |
University of Guelph | RGPIN | Cysteine oxidation in the remodelling of dendritic spines | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| SAMARUT, ERIC Department Neurosciences |
Université de Montréal | RGPIN | The role of GABA signaling in nervous system formation and homeostasis | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Sanders, Shaun Department Molecular and Cellular Biology |
University of Guelph | RGPIN | S-acylation dependent regulation of fast axonal transport in neurons | 5 | $37,000.00 |
| Segura, Mariela Department Médecine, Faculté de |
Université de Montréal | RGPIN | The structure-function relationships between capsular polysaccharides and the immune system during Streptococcus suis infections | 5 | $58,000.00 |
| Senatore, Adriano Department Cell and Systems Biology (St. George Campus) |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Studying mechanisms for the evolution of synaptic and electrical signaling in the nervous system | 5 | $50,000.00 |
| Sharif, Tanveer Department Pathology |
University of Manitoba | RGPIN | Understanding the role of pyruvate metabolism-dependent signaling networks in the differentiation of neural stem cells | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Shum, Michael Department Médecine Moleculaire |
Université Laval | RGPIN | Understanding mitochondria and lipids droplet interactions in cell biology | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Simmen, Thomas Department Cell Biology |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as a key regulator of metabolism | 5 | $42,000.00 |
| Spencer, Gaynor Department Biological Sciences |
Brock University | RGPIN | Understanding how retinoic acid affects neurite outgrowth and synaptic function using invertebrate neurons. | 5 | $50,000.00 |
| Stavrinides, John Department Biology |
University of Regina | RGPIN | Uncovering the genetic basis for host-specific adaptation and opportunism in the bacterial pathogen, Pantoea | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Stefanska, Barbara Department Land and Food Systems, Faculty of |
The University of British Columbia | RGPIN | Diet and the epigenome: Investigating the impact of the environment on cell biology | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Stratton, Jo Department Neurology and Neurosurgery |
McGill University | RGPIN | Ependymal cells in adulthood | 5 | $37,000.00 |
| Stroberg, Tom Department Mechanical Engineering |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | Understanding physical constraints on cell biology through multiscale modeling | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Stuart, David Department Biochemistry |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | Regulation of lipid biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Thomassin, Jenny-Lee Department Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology (BMI) |
University of Saskatchewan | RGPIN | Identification and characterization of the type II secretion system in carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 | 5 | $30,000.00 |
| Tokuyama, Maria Department Microbiology and Immunology |
The University of British Columbia | RGPIN | Specialized functions of endogenous retroviruses in innate immune cells | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Vahidi, Siavash Department Molecular and Cellular Biology |
University of Guelph | RGPIN | Deciphering the mechanisms underlying the operational plasticity of AAA+ motors | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Vallières, Luc Department Médecine Moleculaire |
Université Laval | RGPIN | Mécanisme d'action d'ASPRV1 dans l'inflammation | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Van Raay, Terence Department Molecular and Cellular Biology |
University of Guelph | RGPIN | Regulation of Wnt Signaling during Vertebrate Development | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| van Teeffelen, Sven Department Microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie |
Université de Montréal | RGPIN | Regulation of bacterial volume growth | 5 | $36,000.00 |
| Vanderperre, Benoît Department Sciences biologiques |
Université du Québec à Montréal | RGPIN | Function of novel proteins encoded in non-canonical open reading frames | 5 | $37,000.00 |
| Willis, Elizabeth Department Biological Sciences |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | Role of polysialic acid in sex-specific immune responses | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Wong, Judy Department Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of |
The University of British Columbia | RGPIN | Structure-Function Relationship Study of Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase's Non-Canonical Activities | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| Xiao, Changting Department Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology (APP) |
University of Saskatchewan | RGPIN | Regulation of Cytoplasmic Lipid Droplet Mobilization in Intestinal Enterocyte | 5 | $32,000.00 |
| Yauk, Carole Department Biology |
University of Ottawa | RGPIN | Characterizing mechanisms of toxicological action for data-poor priority pollutants in Canada using novel model systems and transcriptomic methodologies | 5 | $50,000.00 |
| Yuzwa, Scott Department Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Neural stem cell fate decisions: clonal and spatially-resolved approaches. | 5 | $41,000.00 |