Christopher Lohans, Queen's University

Research

Antibiotic Resistance Antibiotics Enzyme Inhibition Enzyme Kinetics Enzyme Mechanisms Enzymology NMR Spectroscopy Raman spectroscopy

Latest funding

Colony picking and screening robot for high-throughput microbial analysis
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$150,000
A Benchtop SPR Instrument for High-Throughput Interrogation of Protein-Ligand Interactions
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$136,528
A rapid detection platform to guide the treatment of antibiotic resistant infections
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$125,000

All 6 grants and awards

Colony picking and screening robot for high-throughput microbial analysis

Co-investigatorNSERC2025Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Aristizabal, Maria

Keywords: molecular biology; system biology; biotechnology; biofundry; directed evolution; biosensors; nanobodies

$150,000

A Benchtop SPR Instrument for High-Throughput Interrogation of Protein-Ligand Interactions

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Capicciotti, Chantelle

$136,528

A rapid detection platform to guide the treatment of antibiotic resistant infections

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Lohans, Christopher

Keywords: antibiotic resistance; Raman spectroscopy; label-free sensing; in situ detection; nanostructures; enzyme assays; beta-lactamases; personalized medicine; nanotechnology

$125,000

A rapid detection platform to guide the treatment of antibiotic resistant infections

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Lohans, Christopher

Keywords: antibiotic resistance Raman spectroscopy label-free sensing in situ detection nanostructures enzyme assays beta-lactamases personalized medicine nanotechnology

$125,000

Mechanistic enzymology of beta-lactam antibiotic resistance mechanisms and target proteins

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Lohans, Christopher

$12,500

Mechanistic enzymology of beta-lactam antibiotic resistance mechanisms and target proteins

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Lohans, Christopher

Keywords: enzymology; antibiotic resistance; antibiotics; enzyme mechanisms; enzyme kinetics; nmr spectroscopy; enzyme inhibition

$185,000

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: Antibiotic Resistance Dear Professor Lohans, 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 antibiotic resistance 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 SSHRC-funded project "A rapid detection platform to guide the treatment of antibiotic resistant infections" (2022), 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]