Melanie Dobson, Dalhousie University

Latest funding

Yeast plasmid segregation: investigation of host/plasmid interactions
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$186,000
Yeast plasmid segregation: investigation of host/plasmid interactions
NSERC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$200,000
Multi-user digital imaging system
NSERC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$65,435

All 8 grants and awards

Yeast plasmid segregation: investigation of host/plasmid interactions

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Dobson, Melanie

$186,000

Yeast plasmid segregation: investigation of host/plasmid interactions

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Dobson, Melanie

$200,000

Multi-user digital imaging system

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Dobson, Melanie

$65,435

Role of SUMO modification in yeast plasmid segregation

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Dobson, Melanie

$276,500

Molecular analysis of yeast plasmid stability

Principal investigatorNSERC2001Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Dobson, Melanie

$212,000

Yeast micromanipulator

Co-investigatorNSERC1997Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Murray, Lois

$9,000

Molecular analysis of yeast plasmid segregation

Principal investigatorNSERC1997Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Dobson, Melanie

$149,940

Molecular analysis of yeast plasmid segregation

Principal investigatorNSERC1994Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Dobson, Melanie

$96,000

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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