Biology Professors awarded NSERC research funding
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:
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
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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/
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Rob Ness, $84,000 Research Tools & Instrumentation grant for his project Flow cytometry for high throughput microbial experimentation.