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Alexander Ensminger

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ProfessorDepartment of BiochemistryUniversity of Toronto

Alexander Ensminger

Professor

Department of Biochemistry

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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No publications on record.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (6 CIHR, 3 NSERC, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.

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B.Sc.
Ph.D.

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Research

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Bacterial Pathogenesis Molecular Microbiology Legionella Legionella Pneumophila Metaeffectors Intracellular Replication Mobile Genetic Elements Phage

Latest funding

Interrogating effector interactions to uncover fundamental mechanisms of molecular pathogenesis.
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,220,175
How an integrative mobile element manipulates Legionella.
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$761,176
Prospecting for phage: developing new bioremediation tools through an integrative approach.
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$250,000

All 10 grants and awards

Interrogating effector interactions to uncover fundamental mechanisms of molecular pathogenesis.

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ensminger, Alexander W

Keywords: Bacterial Pathogenesis; Chlamydia; Effectors; Legionella; Metaeffectors; Molecular Microbiology; Protein Structure; Yeast

$1,220,175

How an integrative mobile element manipulates Legionella.

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ensminger, Alexander W

Keywords: Bacterial Pathogenesis; Intracellular Replication; Legionella Pneumophila; Legionellosis; Mobile Genetic Elements; Molecular Microbiology; Phage

$761,176

Prospecting for phage: developing new bioremediation tools through an integrative approach.

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Ensminger, Alexander

Keywords: phage environmental metagenomics genomics bioremediation synthetic biology bacteriology built environment

$250,000

How an integrative mobile element manipulates Legionella.

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Infection and Immunity

Principal investigators: Ensminger, Alexander W

Keywords: Bacterial Pathogenesis; Intracellular Replication; Legionella Pneumophila; Mobile Genetic Elements; Molecular Microbiology; Phage

$100,000

The molecular circuitry of toxin-antitoxin systems and their contribution to microbial dormancy.

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ensminger, Alexander

$252,000

The molecular circuitry of toxin-antitoxin systems and their contribution to microbial dormancy.

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Ensminger, Alexander

$120,000

Using a novel class of effectors to probe fundamental mechanisms of intracellular disease.

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ensminger, Alexander W

Keywords: Bacterial Pathogenesis; Fundamental Mechanisms Of Microbial Disease; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Legionella; Metaeffectors; Microbial Systems Biology; Molecular Microbiology; Structure-Function Studies; Translocated Effectors; Ubiquitination

$956,250

Studying CRISPR-Cas to identify modulators of a waterborne pathogen's fitness

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ensminger, Alexander W

Keywords: Bacterial Genetics; Bacteriophage; Crispr-Cas; Legionella; Legionnaires Disease; Microbial Evolution; Microbial Genomics; Microbiology; Pathogenesis; Waterborne Disease

$554,264

The evolutionary repurposing of eukaryotic genes into bacterial effectors.

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ensminger, Alexander

$205,000

Functional genomic dissection of Legionnaires' disease outbreaks.

Nominated PICIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Ensminger, Alexander W

Keywords: Bacterial Pathogenesis; Genetics; Genomics; Legionella Pneumophila; Microbiology; Molecular Biology; Next-Generation Sequencing; Outbreaks; Pathogenomics

$698,323

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 25, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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