From trade law to genomics: CFI rewards nine outstanding 黑料不打烊 research projects
On Monday, March 27, 黑料不打烊 University Principal and Vice-Chancellor Heather Munroe-Blum and Dr. Eliot Phillipson, President and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), joined the Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Industry, to announce major new funding for cutting-edge research at Canadian universities.
In a ceremony at 黑料不打烊 University in Montreal, the CFI unveiled the inaugural round of its new Leaders Opportunity Fund. The CFI investment of $23.6 million represents 40 percent of the total funding that will benefit 145 researchers at 35 institutions across Canada. The CFI amount is matched by provincial contributions, while contributions from the researchers' universities and other sources amount to 20 percent.
"As Canada's most research-intensive university," said Prof. Munroe-Blum, "黑料不打烊 understands the important role of the CFI and its sister programs at the federal and provincial levels in ensuring Canada's future and 黑料不打烊's ability to contribute to the economic and social development of Quebec and Canada."
There are nine 黑料不打烊 University researchers among the recipients announced today (see attached list), including the first researchers to receive CFI funding in two 黑料不打烊 units 鈥� the Faculty of Law and the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. The nine projects together will receive $3.5 million in funding, including $1.4 million from the CFI.
"The government recognizes that Canada's universities are global leaders in research, and today's announcement is part of our commitment to see that continue," said Minister Bernier. "This investment will not only benefit Canada's universities and researchers 鈥� all Canadians stand to gain from the ensuing advancements in science and technology."
Announcement:
11:00 am EST
Duff Medical Building
Room 507-509
3775 University Avenue
Montreal, QC
黑料不打烊 University CFI Projects: Summaries
Apoptosis in Cancer and in Inflammatory Disorders- Applying genetic, genomic and proteomic approaches, in addition to cell and molecular biology studies, to understand how apoptosis (programmed cell death) proceeds in response to genotoxic stress, and to investigate the implication of the inflammatory caspases (enzyme proteinases) and the inflammasome in inflammatory-mediated immune disorders. | Saleh, Maya/ |
International United Nations Trade Law Database- Assessing, through analysis of judicial decisions, the degree of harmonization of the rules of international commercial arbitration among the countries that have adopted the UN's model law and allow the researcher to participate directly in this harmonization by proposing interpretations of the model law that take into consideration relevant decisions rendered in the countries where it has been adopted. | Bachand, Fr茅d茅ric |
Using Genomics to Develop New Strategies for Invasive Aspergillosis- Aspergillus fumigatus is a fungus which causes invasive and allergic disease in both humans and animals (e.g., hospital contaminations). The research project will pursue both the basic mechanisms by which this organism causes human disease as well as use functional genomics to develop new diagnostic tests for this serious disease. | Sheppard, Donald/ |
Investigating Role of Fanconi Anaemia and Bloom Syndrome Genes in Certain Cancers- To investigate the role of the Fanconi Anaemia and Bloom Syndrome genes in breast cancer, pediatric cancers and pancreatic cancer. | Tischkowitz, Marc/ |
Using Computers to Study Species Distribution- Use of advances in computer technology to study questions of species' distribution: database of the abundance of trees and mammals across North America; laboratory environment that will simulate a climatic gradient across space, to help understand how dispersal between different temperatures controls the distribution of species (understanding impact of global warming). | 黑料不打烊, Brian/ |
Global Structural Modifications in Mitochondrial and Genomic DNA and Cancer DNA Phenotype in Prostate Malignancy- Develop research capacity to investigate a new area of genomic research on global DNA structural alteration and cancer DNA phenotype in prostate malignancy, using innovative genomic approaches. | Chen, Junjian/ |
Modular Flexibility of Dysferlin 鈥� Application to Therapeutic Strategies- Infrastructure to support research on gene therapeutic strategies for muscular dystrophies and to help develop diagnostic tests for skeletal muscle disease. | Sinnreich, Michael/ |
Perceptual Evaluation of Human Computer Interaction: Applications to the Design of Adaptive Multimodal Systems- How people process and integrate auditory, visual and tactile information into cognitive representations of complex scenes, toward perceptually optimized virtual multimodal environments. | Guastavino, Catherine/ |
Assembling In Vivo Imaging and Molecular Genetics Facility to Study Brain Wiring and Rewiring in the Nematode C. Elegans- Research to uncover the rules that allow nerve cells to interconnect using three types of cells in the soil nematode C. elegans, toward understanding the intricacies of neurological connections in the brain and rewiring following injury. | Chang, Chieh/ |
