Marcel Behr, University of Ottawa

Research

Covarr-Net Covid-19 Rapid-Response Sars-Cov-2 Variants Of Concern

Latest funding

Host-directed drug development for tuberculosis
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$750,000
Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network: CoVaRR-Net - Extension
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$9,000,000

Host-directed drug development for tuberculosis

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies Research

Principal investigators: Sun, Jim

Keywords: Autophagy; Host Response To Tuberculosis; Host-Directed Drug Discovery; Host-Directed Therapy; Innate Immune Response; Macrophage Antibacterial Pathways; Metal Dependent Phosphatases; Mycobacterium Tuberculosis; Ppm1a; Tuberculosis

$750,000

Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network: CoVaRR-Net - Extension

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.: Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network (CoVaRR-Net) Extension

Principal investigators: Langlois, Marc-Andre; Abraham, Ninan; Behr, Marcel A; Brouwers, Melissa C; Crawley, Angela M; Flamand, Louis; Gingras, Anne-Claude; Gommerman, Jennifer L; Grimshaw, Jeremy M; Hsu, Amy T; Huyser, Kimberly R; Manuel, Douglas G; Muhajarine, Nazeem; Ragoussis, Ioannis; Rasmussen, Angela; Shapiro, Jesse

Keywords: Covarr-Net; Covid-19; Rapid-Response; Sars-Cov-2; Variants Of Concern

$9,000,000

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: Covarr-Net Dear Professor Behr, 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 covarr-net 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 CIHR-funded project "Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network: CoVaRR-Net - Extension" (2021), 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]