Rebecca Case, University of Alberta

Latest papers

Niche-based assembly of bacterial consortia on the diatom Thalassiosira rotula is stable and reproducible.
The ISME journal · 2020
3D biofilms: in search of the polysaccharides holding together lichen symbioses.
FEMS microbiology letters · 2020

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Host-microbe systems in the ocean: identifying genetic determinants of Phaeobacter inhibens pathogenesis of the phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$144,000
Small molecules mediate interactions between Emiliania huxleyi and roseobacters
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$26,000
Ecosystem function of Glass Sponge Reef habitats in Hecate Strait & Queen Charlotte Sound
NSERC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$326,022

All 6 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Niche-based assembly of bacterial consortia on the diatom Thalassiosira rotula is stable and reproducible.

Mönnich J, Tebben J, Bergemann J, Case R, Wohlrab S, Harder T

The ISME journal2020

DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-0631-5 PMID: 32203123

02

3D biofilms: in search of the polysaccharides holding together lichen symbioses.

Spribille T, Tagirdzhanova G, Goyette S, Tuovinen V, Case R, Zandberg WF

FEMS microbiology letters2020

DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnaa023 PMID: 32037451

Host-microbe systems in the ocean: identifying genetic determinants of Phaeobacter inhibens pathogenesis of the phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Case, Rebecca

$144,000

Small molecules mediate interactions between Emiliania huxleyi and roseobacters

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Case, Rebecca

$26,000

Ecosystem function of Glass Sponge Reef habitats in Hecate Strait & Queen Charlotte Sound

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Ship Time

Principal investigators: Leys, Sally

$326,022

Ecophysiology of Glass Sponge Reefs in the Strait of Georgia

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Ship Time

Principal investigators: Leys, Sally

$145,570

Fluorescence imaging system for conventional and 3D deconvolution applications

Co-investigatorNSERC2013Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Ali, Declan

$81,670

The dynamics of biologically active small molecules during algal blooms in polar environments

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Case, Rebecca

$125,000

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

Frequent collaborators

Toby Spribille

Department of Biological Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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