Jennifer Bruin, University of Alberta

Research

Biobanking Diabetes Genomics Islets Of Langerhans Metabolomics Proteomics Electrophysiology Environmental Contaminants

Latest funding

A deep phenotyping network for understanding human islet variation in health and diabetes
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$1,000,000
A deep phenotyping network for understanding human islet variation in health and diabetes
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$10,000

A deep phenotyping network for understanding human islet variation in health and diabetes

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Team Grant: DM/TS - CIHR-JDRF - ß-cell and Pancreatic Islet Physiology

Principal investigators: MacDonald, Patrick E; Bruin, Jennifer E; Johnson, James D; Xia, Jianguo

Keywords: Biobanking; Diabetes; Electrophysiology; Environmental Contaminants; Genetic Risk; Genomics; Islets Of Langerhans; Metabolomics; Proteomics; Resources

$1,000,000

A deep phenotyping network for understanding human islet variation in health and diabetes

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Team Grant: DM/TS - CIHR-JDRF - ß-cell and Pancreatic Islet Physiology - LOI

Principal investigators: MacDonald, Patrick E; Bruin, Jennifer E; Johnson, James D; Xia, Jianguo

Keywords: Biobanking; Diabetes; Environmental Toxicology; Genetics; Genomics; Insulin; Islets Of Langerhans; Metabolomics; Pancreas; Proteomics

$10,000

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: Biobanking Dear Professor Bruin, 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 biobanking 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 CIHR-funded project "A deep phenotyping network for understanding human islet variation in health and diabetes" (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]