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Notable Research Funding in 1997-1998
In 1997-98 the university received $66.5 million in external funding for a
wide variety of research and special projects. Some notable examples of grants
received this year are:
- Two major equipment grants were awarded from the Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council (NSERC): 1) to Helene Perreault,
chemistry, $251,823 to purchase a single stage quadrupole mass
spectrometer equipped with electrospray and atmospheric pressure
chemical ionization. This analytical equipment will benefit her research as well
as others in the departments of chemistry, plant science and pharmacy, as well
as the University of Winnipeg's department of chemistry. 2) to
Frank Hawthorne, geological sciences, $209,000 to purchase a
charge-coupled device area detector to be mounted
on a single-crystal X-ray diffractometer in the crystallography laboratory.
- Ranjana Bird, foods and
nutrition, received a three-year grant of $273,000, from the Cancer
Research Society Inc. in support of her research on the relationship between diet
and the development of colon cancer. Included in the award is $45,000
for graduate student support. She was also featured on the cover of the
journal Cancer Research in March, 1998 in recognition of her significant
contributions to the understanding of cancer biology.
- Lea Stirling, classics, received $103,195 from SSHRC for a three-year project
on a Roman kiln complex in Tunisia.
- The National Cancer Institute of Canada announced that Gilbert
Arthur, biochemistry, received a three-year Canadian Cancer Society
operating grant of $253,788 for his research on the mechanism of inhibition of
MCF-7 cell proliferation by the anticancer drug edelfosine and related analogs;
and that Peter Watson, pathology, received a three-year Canadian Breast
Cancer Research Initiative operating grant of $265,429 for his research on
the molecular pathology of hormonal progression in human breast cancer.
- Marian Campbell, foods and nutrition, received a three-year grant of
$300,000 from the National Health Research and Development Program of
Health Canada to support her research on the Manitoba Nutrition Survey. The
survey is being carried out by a team from Manitoba Health and the University
of Manitoba.
Seven U of M researchers received a total of $1,137,980 in new three-year
operating grants from the Medical Research Council. Two of special note were:
- William Orr, pathology, received a three-year grant of $250,023
to investigate how cancer cells may be destroyed within the liver,
thereby preventing the spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body.
- Guangming Zhong, medical microbiology, received a three-year grant
of $207,655 for his work into how chlamydia (a
sexually-transmitted disease) has evolved an ability
to effectively escape a host immune attack, the understanding of which
may lead to effective prevention of chlamydial infection and may also
hold promise for research on other bacteria for which convential vaccines
have failed.
More highlights of the research achievements of our faculty and students.
Industry Liasion and and Technology Transfer
Research Collaboration and Partnerships
  
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