Benjamin Matthews

Research

Behaviour Disease Vectors Drosophila Feeding Mosquito Neural Circuits Reproduction Sensory Receptors

Latest funding

Urgent replacement of real-time PCR machine
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$35,690
Dissecting the gustatory and mechanosensory basis of feeding and egg-laying behaviour in disease-vectoring mosquitoes
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$810,900
The cellular and molecular mechanisms of lactic acid taste in flies and disease-vectoring mosquitoes.
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$604,350

All 5 grants and awards

Urgent replacement of real-time PCR machine

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Schulte, Patricia

$35,690

Dissecting the gustatory and mechanosensory basis of feeding and egg-laying behaviour in disease-vectoring mosquitoes

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Matthews, Benjamin J

Keywords: Behaviour; Disease Vectors; Drosophila; Feeding; Mosquito; Neural Circuits; Reproduction; Sensory Receptors; Taste; Touch

$810,900

The cellular and molecular mechanisms of lactic acid taste in flies and disease-vectoring mosquitoes.

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gordon, Michael D

Keywords: Behaviour; Calcium Imaging; Disease Vectors; Drosophila; Feeding; Mosquitoes; Neural Circuits; Receptors; Sour; Taste

$604,350

Molecular basis of egg-laying across mosquitoes

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Matthews, Benjamin

$235,000

Molecular basis of egg-laying across mosquitoes

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Matthews, Benjamin

$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: Behaviour Dear Professor Matthews, 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 behaviour 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 "Dissecting the gustatory and mechanosensory basis of feeding and egg-laying behaviour in disease-vectoring mosquitoes" (2023), 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]