Melissa Chee, Carleton University

Research

Anxiety Chemogenetics Circuit Mapping Dopamine Gaba In Vitro Imaging Metabolism Optogenetics

Latest funding

Implantable wireless telemetry system
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$150,000
State-dependent anxiolysis at zona incerta projections to the superior colliculus
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$872,100
Role of melanin-concentrating hormone on energy expenditure
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$63,000

All 7 grants and awards

Implantable wireless telemetry system

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Chee, Melissa

Keywords: brain; EEG; glucose; inflammation; metabolism; pain; physiology; sleep; spinal cord; stress

$150,000

State-dependent anxiolysis at zona incerta projections to the superior colliculus

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Chee, Melissa J

Keywords: Anxiety; Chemogenetics; Circuit Mapping; Dopamine; Gaba; In Vitro Imaging; Metabolism; Optogenetics; Sleep; Slice Electrophysiology

$872,100

Role of melanin-concentrating hormone on energy expenditure

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Chee, Melissa

Keywords: melanin-concentrating hormone; dopamine; ventral tegmental aea; transgenics; electrophysiology; imaging; behavior; energy balance; locomotor activity; feeding

$63,000

Comparative effects of dietary fructose, glucose, and sucrose on metabolic syndrome

SupervisorCIHR2023CIHR-ICRH Travel Awards - General pool

Principal investigators: Dumiaty, Yasmina

Keywords: Metabolic Syndrome

$1,500

Neurobiology of fructose-induced obesity

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Chee, Melissa J

Keywords: Electrophysiology; Feeding; Neurocircuitry; Obesity; Plasticity

$761,175

Whole body composition analysis for live animals

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Chee, Melissa

$132,833

Interactive function of classical neurotransmitters and neuropeptides

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Chee, Melissa

$231,000

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: Anxiety Dear Professor Chee, 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 anxiety 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 "Implantable wireless telemetry system" (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]