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Rod Merrill

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Retired ProfessorDepartment of Molecular and Cellular BiologyUniversity of Guelph

Rod Merrill

Retired Professor

Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology

College of Biological Science

University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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No publications on record.
Principal investigator on 12 research grants (10 NSERC, 2 CIHR), most recently in 2015.

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Latest funding

Maintaining and Enhancing Core Centrifugation Capacity for Life Sciences Research at Guelph
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$149,625
Control of Paenibacillus larvae, the causative agent of American Foulbrood in honeybees
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Membrane Biophysical Studies of the Colicin E1 Channel
NSERC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$290,000

All 17 grants and awards

Maintaining and Enhancing Core Centrifugation Capacity for Life Sciences Research at Guelph

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Merrill, Rod

$149,625

Control of Paenibacillus larvae, the causative agent of American Foulbrood in honeybees

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Merrill, Rod

$25,000

Membrane Biophysical Studies of the Colicin E1 Channel

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Merrill, Rod

$290,000

Membrane Biophysical Studies of the Colicin E1 Channel

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Merrill, Rod

$120,000

Bio-Rad ChemiDoc MP System

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Gillis, Todd

$82,580

Applied Photophysics Stopped-Flow Upgrade

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Merrill, Rod

$33,081

Laser illumination & ablation system for functional studies in biology

Co-investigatorNSERC2011Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Bernier, Nicholas

$69,528

Structural Elucidation and Characterization of Bacterial Virulence Factors from Pathogenic Bacteria

Nominated PICIHR2010Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Merrill, Rod A

Keywords: Bacterial Infections And Diseases; Bacterial Virulence Factors; Bioinformatics; Enzyme Inhibitors; Enzyme Mechanisms; Fluorescence Spectroscopy; Protein Crystallography; Protein-Protein Interactions

$857,094

Automated fluorescence spectometer for life science research

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Merrill, Rod

$88,676

Structural Elucidation and Characterization of Bacterial Virulence Factors from Pathogenic Bacteria

Nominated PICIHR2009Operating Grant - Priority Announcement: Infection and Immunity (Bridge Funding)

Principal investigators: Merrill, Rod A

Keywords: Bacterial Infections And Diseases; Bacterial Virulence Factors; Bioinformatics; Enzyme Mechanisms; Protein Crystallography; Protein-Protein Interactions

$100,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Profile data last refreshed on September 29, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and public research funding records.

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