Tamara Franklin, Dalhousie University

Research

mouse stress dominance social behaviours in vivo electrophysiology immunofluorescence olfaction histone acetylation

Latest funding

Neural bases for social function in male and female mice
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$54,000
Upgrade to Protein Imaging Suite
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$140,000
Investigating brain penetrance after oral administration of novel cannabinoid extracts in mice
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$23,920

Neural bases for social function in male and female mice

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Franklin, Tamara

Keywords: mouse; stress; dominance; social behaviours; in vivo electrophysiology; immunofluorescence; olfaction; histone acetylation; adolescence

$54,000

Upgrade to Protein Imaging Suite

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Marignani, Paola

$140,000

Investigating brain penetrance after oral administration of novel cannabinoid extracts in mice

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Franklin, Tamara

$23,920

Critical need for cryostat to support research in behavioural neuroscience

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Phillmore, Leslie

$62,997

Social dominance: mechanisms of the prefrontal cortex

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Franklin, Tamara

$210,000

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: mouse Dear Professor Franklin, 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 mouse 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 "Neural bases for social function in male and female mice" (2024), 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]