Walter Algar, University of British Columbia

Research

Extracellular Vesicles Fluorescence Immunolabeling Nanoparticles Nanoscale Flow Cytometry Polymer Dots Prostate Cancer Quantum Dots

Latest funding

Materials and Technologies for Highly Sensitive Biomarker Analysis of Extracellular Vesicles Toward Cancer Diagnostics
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$367,200
Platform technology for blood diagnostics integrating microneedle blood sampling and quantum-dot based multiplexed assays
CIHR · 2017 · Principal investigator
$356,025

All 2 grants and awards

Materials and Technologies for Highly Sensitive Biomarker Analysis of Extracellular Vesicles Toward Cancer Diagnostics

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Algar, Walter R; Williams, Karla

Keywords: Extracellular Vesicles; Fluorescence; Immunolabeling; Nanoparticles; Nanoscale Flow Cytometry; Polymer Dots; Prostate Cancer; Quantum Dots; Single-Molecule Imaging

$367,200

Platform technology for blood diagnostics integrating microneedle blood sampling and quantum-dot based multiplexed assays

Principal investigatorCIHR2017Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Stoeber, Boris; Staykov, Radoslav; Algar, Walter R; Conway, Edward M; Kizhakkedathu, Jayachandran N

Keywords: Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Technology; Blood Clot Resisting Coating; Lab-On-A-Chip; Medical Equipment & Apparatus; Microfluidics; Quantum Dot Labelling; Thrombin Activity Testing

$356,025

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: Extracellular Vesicles Dear Professor Algar, 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 extracellular vesicles 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 "Materials and Technologies for Highly Sensitive Biomarker Analysis of Extracellular Vesicles Toward Cancer Diagnostics" (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]