NEWS RELEASE
September 25, 2006
ONTARIO RESEARCH FUNDED PROJECTS
Institution |
Project Title |
MRI Contribution |
Brock University |
Integrated Tools for DNA, RNA and Bioconjugate Synthesis |
$77,309.00 |
Carleton University |
Advanced Concepts Operating Room Research Simulator |
$80,490.00 |
Carleton University |
Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Field Laboratory |
$113,653.00 |
Carleton University |
Advanced Microscopic and Spectroscopic Faclilities to Study Antimicrobial Peptides |
$114,748.00 |
Lakehead University |
Understanding Indigenous Storytelling as Expressions of Identity, Community, Culture, and Pedagogy |
$93,000.00 |
Lakehead University |
Lakehead University Electrochemistry Laboratory |
$125,000.00 |
Laurentian University |
Stopped-flow UV-VIS spectrophotometer/spectroflurometer system for investigations on the mechanism of anthrax lethal factor and other zinc-dependent metalloproteins |
$65,601.00 |
Laurentian University |
Sediment analysis and paleolimnological laboratory |
$49,412.00 |
McMaster University |
Advanced Structural Control Testing Equipment and Full-Scale Monitoring System |
$106,334.00 |
McMaster University |
Function and Regulation of Myogenic Progenitors during Aging and Exercise |
$120,000.00 |
McMaster University |
Equipment for Measuring Biological Responses to Biomaterials |
$99,331.00 |
McMaster University |
Microfabrication and microfluidic testing facility for plastic/polymer based biomedical devices |
$98,418.00 |
McMaster University |
Establishing a research laboratory to measure acute and chronic airway inflammatory changes in obstructive airway disease |
$101,892.00 |
McMaster University |
Infrastructure to investigate the role of T lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of allergic asthma and the development of peptide-based vaccines for the treatment of allergic and autoimmune diseases. |
$197,078.00 |
McMaster University |
Prerequisites for translational research from basic science to the clinic in neuroimmunology |
$162,741.00 |
Queen's University |
Biochemical and molecular mechanisms of peroxisome proliferators-activated receptors (PPARs) – mediated influence on carcinogenesis |
$340,000.00 |
Queen's University |
Integrative facility for the development of novel animal models of atherothrombotic disease |
$60,000.00 |
Queen's University |
Nanophotonics Computer Cluster: Physics and Applications of Photonic Nanostructures |
$165,000.00 |
Queen's University |
Facility for research on the neural basis of the affective component of pain |
$120,000.00 |
Queen's University |
Adolescent Socioemotional Development Laboratory |
$54,970.00 |
Queen's University |
Infrastructure for MEMS/NEMS dynamic testing |
$206,962.00 |
Queen's University |
Integrative approaches to vision research: molecular vision, retinal development, retinal information processing, visually-guided behaviour and biodiversity. |
$230,000.00 |
Queen's University |
Multi-faceted approach to chiral photonic research: nonlinear chiroptical microscopy, self-assembly and surface science, chiroptical and magneto-chiral devices |
$221,600.00 |
Ryerson University |
Satellite System Design and Simulation |
$124,381.00 |
Trent University |
Laboratory For Coherent Control of Novel Molecular States |
$102,637.00 |
Trent University |
The Synthesis, Characterization and Identification of Atmospheric Pollutants and Degradation Products in the Canadian Troposphere |
$191,533.00 |
University of Guelph |
Pattern formation in the cerebellum: deciphering the stripes |
$124,906.00 |
University of Guelph |
Development of Farm Animal Models for Testing and Amelioration of Hormonal Treatments in Women: Influences on Ovarian Function and Consequences for Fertility |
$117,693.00 |
University of Guelph |
Laboratory for the Development of New Analog Integrated Circuits and Microsystems |
$135,004.00 |
University of Guelph |
Development of a comparative epilepsy program |
$80,836.00 |
University of Guelph |
Acquisition of a Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope for live imaging of sub-cellular responses to environmental stimuli |
$124,385.00 |
University of Guelph |
Infrastructure for establishment of a Body Composition and Energy Metabolism (BCEM) Laboratory |
$159,594.00 |
University of Guelph |
Presynaptic Modulation of Neurotransmission |
$124,773.00 |
University of Guelph |
Enhanced Infrastructure for Multi-Media Information and Communication Research for Rural Development |
$44,013.00 |
University of Guelph |
Infrastructure in Behavioural Neuroscience |
$422,793.00 |
University of Ottawa |
Laboratoire des medias audiovisuels pour les cultures et societes (LAMAC&S)/Audiovisual Media Lab for the Study of Culture and Society |
$72,086.00 |
University of Ottawa |
Collaborative Virtual Presence Modelling, Communications, and Applications |
$60,832.00 |
University of Ottawa |
Toward New Synthetic Methods Involving Photochemistry and Transition-Metal Catalysis; Development of Enantioselective Variants; Application to the Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products |
$159,984.00 |
University of Ottawa |
Marine Minerals Research Laboratory |
$100,336.00 |
University of Ottawa |
Laboratory for Integrative Microbiology |
$139,199.00 |
University of Ottawa |
Laboratory for the quantitative analysis of morphogenesis |
$100,000.00 |
University of Ottawa |
Computing infrastructure supporting theoretical developments in molecular evolution, genomics and bioinformatics |
$41,062.00 |
University of Ottawa |
Bioimaging laboratory |
$113,359.00 |
University of Ottawa |
Laboratory for Sensorimotor Neuroscience |
$130,508.00 |
University of Ottawa |
Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Laboratory at the School of Management, University of Ottawa |
$15,085.00 |
University of Ottawa |
Mechanisms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm-specific Resistance to Antibiotics |
$124,191.00 |
University of Ottawa |
Establishment of an experimental embryology, microscopy and electrophysiology laboratory to study the molecular basis of congenital neuronal defects and stroke recovery |
$140,000.00 |
University of Ottawa |
High throughput screening to identify novel oncolytic viruses and mechanisms of therapeutic action |
$140,000.00 |
University of Ottawa |
Research Facility for the “Aging and Movement” research program |
$108,045.00 |
University of Ottawa |
Law and Occupational Health and Safety Laboratory |
$98,250.00 |
University of Ottawa |
The application of high-throughput genomic technology to the study of the signalling mechanisms that govern programmed cell death (apoptosis) |
$180,633.00 |
University of Ottawa |
Starting equipment CRC Metzler |
$4,740.00 |
University of Toronto |
Cross-disciplinary Protein Engineering Laboratory |
$150,000.00 |
University of Toronto |
Bone Engineering |
$396,553.00 |
University of Toronto |
The Study of epithelial polarity in Drosophila |
$359,000.00 |
University of Toronto |
Infrastructure for Manipulation on the Micro and Nano Scales |
$121,782.00 |
University of Toronto |
The Social Construction of Autobiographical Memory |
$20,906.00 |
University of Toronto |
Household-level Urban Socio-Ecology (HOUSE) Laboratory |
$67,619.00 |
University of Toronto |
High Performance Computing Infrastructure for Hybrid and Distributed Heuristic Search |
$75,735.00 |
University of Toronto |
Establishment of a zebrafish aquaculture facility to be used for a molecular and genetic studies of vertebrate embryonic development and cardiovascular biology |
$843,449.00 |
University of Toronto |
Establishment of a molecular biology lab for research into tissue organization and growth control using Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism. |
$357,314.00 |
University of Toronto |
High-throughput cell and molecular biology facility for functional genomics studies of developmental phase transitions and hormone cross-talk in plants |
$100,000.00 |
University of Toronto |
Development Platform and Testbed for Peer Network Protocol Architectures |
$200,000.00 |
University of Toronto |
Developing Social Brains |
$239,747.00 |
University of Toronto |
Systems Biology Facility for Proteomics of Plant-Microbe Interactions |
$199,894.00 |
University of Toronto |
Quaternary Paleoecology Laboratory |
$155,784.00 |
University of Toronto |
Laboratory for Functional Tissue Engineering |
$112,750.00 |
University of Toronto |
Laboratory for Cellular Systems Biology |
$234,313.00 |
University of Toronto |
Numerical Astrophysical Laboratory for Planetary Studies |
$200,000.00 |
University of Toronto |
Facility integrating 2-photon imaging and electrophysiology for neurodevelopmental research |
$302,401.00 |
University of Toronto |
Role of subcellular localization of key sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P)-related signaling proteins in microvascular function. |
$243,103.00 |
University of Toronto |
Molecular Craniofacial Biology |
$124,510.00 |
University of Toronto |
Cognitively Informed Technologies for Education (CITE) |
$166,000.00 |
University of Toronto |
Neural, autonomic, affective, and behavioural responsiveness to infant cues in low and high risk human mothers: Relation to gene polymorphisms |
$201,333.00 |
University of Toronto |
Infrastructure for Biomolecular-Enabled Nanotechnology and Photonics |
$144,000.00 |
University of Toronto |
Evolution of breeding system in Caenorhabditis nematodes: Genomics, population genetics, and experimental evolution |
$173,000.00 |
University of Toronto |
Canada Research Chair on the Biological Chemistry of Metalloproteins |
$47,893.00 |
University of Toronto |
Infrastructure for a state-of-the-art Laboratory for Cellular Mechanobiology |
$127,859.00 |
University of Toronto |
Facility for Surface Patterning and Characterization |
$125,000.00 |
University of Toronto |
Infrastructure for the development and characterization of smart and functional polymers |
$198,597.00 |
University of Toronto |
Life Career Development |
$123,500.00 |
University of Toronto |
Designing Learning Environments for Literacy Development and Knowledge Generation in a Diverse Society |
$166,170.00 |
University of Toronto |
Using technology to bridge neuroscience, children’s mental health, and educational practice |
$238,796.00 |
University of Toronto |
Proteomic Analysis of Ubiquitin-Like Modifiers |
$125,000.00 |
University of Toronto |
Canadian Centre for Ethnography |
$17,440.00 |
University of Toronto |
Infrastructure for Novel Techniques to Characterize Mass-Selected Biological Ions and their Complexes |
$510,000.00 |
University of Toronto |
Immunopathogenesis of Sepsis-Related Acute Lung Injury and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome |
$125,000.00 |
University of Toronto |
Using chemical probes to explore gene function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and to characterize chemotherapeutics |
$211,520.00 |
University of Waterloo |
A portable laboratory for studying human attention in the real world |
$78,927.00 |
University of Waterloo |
High throughput research facility for the study of fatty acids and lipidomics on chronic disease |
$180,000.00 |
University of Waterloo |
Facility for the Advancement of Underwater Sampling Technology |
$159,000.00 |
University of Waterloo |
Innovation and Technical Entrepreneurship Laboratory |
$22,844.00 |
University of Waterloo |
Canada Research Chair in Social Cognition |
$126,750.00 |
University of Waterloo |
Resources for Scientific Computing and Visualization |
$132,273.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
Infrastructure for the study of naturally disordered proteins and diseases |
$182,245.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
Creating complex soil loading states to stimulate realistic geotechnical processes |
$203,112.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
Carbon NanoStructured Material Fabrication Laboratory (CNSMFL) |
$190,506.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
Meteoroid Environment Optical Research Observing Stations |
$223,136.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
Laboratory for Asymmetric Catalysis Research |
$163,375.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
Simulation/Modeling Laboratory for High-Speed Electronic Circuits and MEMS |
$131,133.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
Systematic Evaluation of Assisted Reproduction |
$200,000.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
Novel Transplantation Models to Study the Mechanisms of Graft Protection |
$61,955.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
Equipment for Integrated Research on Deformation Structures in the Continental Lithosphere |
$178,272.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
Lake and Reservoir System Research Facility (LARSRF) |
$235,320.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
Photonic crystal based micro- and nano-sensors facility |
$166,126.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
A mobile field laboratory for integrative ecological research (Western FLIER) |
$295,424.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
Heating, soil monitoring and nutrient analysis infrastructure for long-term climate simulations in the field |
$174,645.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
Molecular Regulation of Breast Cancer Cell Metastasis |
$253,217.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
A Behavioral Gene Discovery Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience |
$353,562.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
The neurobiology of sexual motivation and reward |
$125,852.00 |
University of Western Ontario |
An integrated platform for high throughput biological analysis |
$133,451.00 |
University of Windsor |
Acoustic location systems and advanced recording and playback technology for studying communication networks in temperate and tropical birds |
$50,000.00 |
University of Windsor |
Scientific computing facility for the computational study of ultrafast light-matter interactions |
$50,000.00 |
University of Windsor |
Facility for the Research and Development of Automotive Sensors and Sensing Systems |
$101,000.00 |
University of Windsor |
International Health Communication Data Archive and Repository |
$74,770.00 |
Wilfrid Laurier University |
High-resolution Optical Microscopy and Microspectroscopy System for the Studies of Colloids, Self-assembly, and Advanced Materials |
$24,051.00 |
Wilfrid Laurier University |
Environmental Surface Chemistry Studies: Development of Interdisciplinary Approaches for Investigating Interfacial Processes in Environmental Systems |
$50,662.00 |
Wilfrid Laurier University |
An ultracentrifuge for isolating membranes of chloroplasts and other sub-cellular compartments and for purifying DNA and proteins |
$41,429.00 |
York University |
Laboratory for Molecular and Cell Biology Research |
$317,901.00 |
York University |
Regulation of AGC kinases in Human Disease |
$213,556.00 |
York University |
A facility for long-term limnological and paleoecological research |
$179,302.00 |
York University |
A facility for the biogeographical comparison of the morphology and physiology of invasive plant species |
$203,021.00 |
York University |
Laboratory for the study of energy balance and metabolic partitioning |
$226,518.00 |
York University |
Intense source of cold positronium for precise measurements of atomic structure and tests of QED |
$241,433.00 |
York University |
Facility for Fabrication and In-Situ Micromapping of Polymer-Grafted Membrane-Mimetic Surfaces |
$219,983.00 |
York University |
Brain Mechanisms of Selection & Object Representation |
$236,918.00 |



