David Sankoff, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Algorithms and analyses for the evolution of plant chromosomes and gene orders
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$144,000
Bioinformatics for the polyploidization-fractionation cycle in angiosperms
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$450,000
Mathematical Genomics
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$450,000

All 10 grants and awards

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Algorithms and analyses for the evolution of plant chromosomes and gene orders

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Sankoff, David

Keywords: whole genome duplication; fractionation; gene loss; branching processes; flowering plants; ancestral genome reconstruction; gene order; rearrangements; algorithms

$144,000

Bioinformatics for the polyploidization-fractionation cycle in angiosperms

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Sankoff, David

$450,000

Mathematical Genomics

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Sankoff, David

Keywords: evolution computational biology flowering plants gene ; order chromosomal rearrangement algorithms

$450,000

Mathematical Genomics

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Sankoff, David

$750,000

Mathematical Genomics

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Sankoff, David

$200,000

Mathematical genomics

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Sankoff, David

$528,000

Mathematical Genomics

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Sankoff, David

Keywords: CRC

$1,200,000

Mathematical Genomics

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Sankoff, David

Keywords: CRC

$200,000

Mathematical genomics

Principal investigatorNSERC2003Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Sankoff, David

$346,500

Canada Research Chair in Mathematical Genomics

Principal investigatorNSERC2001Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Sankoff, David

$201,230

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 Dear Professor Sankoff, 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 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 "Algorithms and analyses for the evolution of plant chromosomes and gene orders" (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]