Jeella Acedo, Mount Royal University

Research

Antimicrobial peptides Bacteriocins Bioinformatics Genome mining Heterologous expression Mass spectrometry Peptide characterization Peptide purification

Latest funding

Integrating the Concept of Traditional Storytelling in Exploring the Nexus of Arctic Environmental Change, Landscape Transformation and Evolution of Novel Antibiotics and Resistance
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$124,600
Genome-guided Discovery of Bacteriocins
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$120,000
Genome-guided Discovery of Bacteriocins
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 3 grants and awards

Integrating the Concept of Traditional Storytelling in Exploring the Nexus of Arctic Environmental Change, Landscape Transformation and Evolution of Novel Antibiotics and Resistance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Nwaishi, Felix

Keywords: Arctic environment; Climate change; Permafrost thaw; Antimicrobial resistance; Metagenomics; Bioinformatics; Environmental DNA (eDNA); Antibiotics; Indigenous Studies; Traditional Storytelling

$124,600

Genome-guided Discovery of Bacteriocins

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Acedo, Jeella

Keywords: bacteriocins; antimicrobial peptides; ribosomal peptides; genome mining; bioinformatics; peptide purification; peptide characterization; heterologous expression; mass spectrometry; structure-activitiy studies

$120,000

Genome-guided Discovery of Bacteriocins

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Acedo, Jeella

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Antimicrobial peptides Dear Professor Acedo, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on antimicrobial peptides connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Genome-guided Discovery of Bacteriocins" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]