Hermann Schaetzl, University of Calgary

Research

anti-prion strategies chronic wasting disease (CWD)CWD vaccine prion prion biology and immunology prion disease prion knock-in mice prion shedding

Latest funding

Spatial transcriptomics in prion research
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$137,553
Building capacity for in vitro prion amplification
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$51,875
Chronic wasting disease vaccine: inducing auto-antibodies for interfering in CWD infection and prion shedding
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$252,000

All 4 grants and awards

Spatial transcriptomics in prion research

Co-investigatorNSERC2025Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Gilch, Sabine

Keywords: spatial transcriptomics; prions; chronic wasting disease; neurodegeneration; cwd vaccine; gene-targeted mouse models; immunohistochemistry; prion strain; protein misfolding disease

$137,553

Building capacity for in vitro prion amplification

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Gilch, Sabine

$51,875

Chronic wasting disease vaccine: inducing auto-antibodies for interfering in CWD infection and prion shedding

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Schaetzl, Hermann

Keywords: prion; prion disease; prion vaccine; chronic wasting disease (cwd); cwd vaccine; self-antibodies and tolerance; anti-prion strategies; prion shedding; prion knock-in mice; prion biology and immunology

$252,000

Analyzing how animal prions use existing cellular programs for release and intercellular spread

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Schaetzl, Hermann

$190,000

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: anti-prion strategies Dear Professor Schaetzl, 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 anti-prion strategies 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 "Chronic wasting disease vaccine: inducing auto-antibodies for interfering in CWD infection and prion shedding" (2020), 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]