Biology Professors awarded NSERC research funding

University of Toronto Mississauga researchers received five years of funding through the 2019 NSERC Discovery Grant program. One researcher received a one-time Research Tools and Instruments grant.

Maeve Doyle (OVPR)

The NSERC Discovery Grant program fosters high-quality research excellence by providing sustained funds to enable the pursuit of research interests with long-term goals.

Three faculty members from the Department of Biology are the recipients of NSERC Discovery Grants:

B Liu

Baohua Liu, $225,000 Discovery Grant for his project Cell-type-specific connectivity of brainstem circuits mediating the cortical control of innate reflexes.  

https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/dean/news/baohua-liu

Shannon McCauley

  • Shannon McCauley, $140,000 Discovery Grant for her project Effects of local and regional processes on freshwater metacommunities in a changing world.

http://www.shannonjmccauley.com/

 

Rob Ness

  • Rob Ness, $84,000 Research Tools & Instrumentation grant for his project Flow cytometry for high throughput microbial experimentation.

https://ness.bio/

 

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