John Archibald, Dalhousie University

Research

bioinformatics comparative genomics genome sequencing horizontal gene transfer microbial eukaryotes molecular biology molecular evolution pan-genomes

Latest papers

The Biodiversity Cell Atlas: mapping the tree of life at cellular resolution.
Nature · 2025

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Gene transfer in microbial eukaryotes
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$414,000
Endosymbiosis and genome evolution in eukaryotic microbes
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$425,000
An in-house high-throughput DNA sequencing instrument.
NSERC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$147,455

All 9 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

The Biodiversity Cell Atlas: mapping the tree of life at cellular resolution.

Sebé-Pedrós A, Tanay A, Lawniczak MKN, Arendt D, Aerts S, Archibald J, Arnone MI, Blaxter M, Cleves P, Coelho SM, Dias M, Dunn C, Elek A, Frazer J, Gabaldón T, Gillis J, Grau-Bové X, Guigó R, Hobert O, Huerta-Cepas J, Irimia M, Klein A, Lewin H, Lowe CJ, Marlow H, Musser JM, Nagy LG, Najle SR, Pachter L, Paez S, Papatheodorou I, Passalacqua MJ, Rajewsky N, Rhee SY, Richards TA, Sauka-Spengler T, Saunders LM, Seuntjens E, Solana J, Song Y, Technau U, Wang B, Biodiversity Cell Atlas meeting participants

Nature2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09312-4 PMID: 40993253

Gene transfer in microbial eukaryotes

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Archibald, John

Keywords: bioinformatics; comparative genomics; genome sequencing; horizontal gene transfer; microbial eukaryotes; molecular biology; molecular evolution; pan-genomes; phylogenetics

$414,000

Endosymbiosis and genome evolution in eukaryotic microbes

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Archibald, John

$425,000

An in-house high-throughput DNA sequencing instrument.

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

Principal investigators: Slamovits, Claudio

$147,455

Endosymbiosis, parasitism, and genome evolution

Nominated PICIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Archibald, John M

Keywords: Endosymbiosis; Genome Reduction; Genome Sequencing; Molecular Biology; Parasitism; Transcriptomics

$569,780

Endosymbiosis, parasitism, and genome evolution

Nominated PICIHR2010Operating Grant - PA: Regional Partnership Program - Nova Scotia

Principal investigators: Archibald, John M

Keywords: Endosymbiosis; Genome Reduction; Genome Sequencing; Molecular Biology; Parasitism; Transcriptomics

$18,912

Genomics and proteomics of nucleomorph-containing algae

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Archibald, John

$170,000

An Xserve computer cluster for phlogenetic and comparative genomic analyses

Co-investigatorNSERC2007Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Roger, Andrew

$55,591

Impact of secondary endosymbiosis on eukaryotic genome evolution

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Special Research Opportunity Program - Project

Principal investigators: Archibald, John

$219,100

Genome reduction in eukaryotes

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Archibald, John

$181,950

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: bioinformatics Dear Professor Archibald, 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]. I read your paper "The Biodiversity Cell Atlas: mapping the tree of life at cellular resolution." (2025), and it 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 "Gene transfer in microbial eukaryotes" (2019), 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]