Antonio Facciuolo, University of Toronto

Research

Agricultural Reservoir Environmental Contamination Food Production Host Response Immune Response Livestock Reverse Zoonosis Transmission

Latest funding

Assessing mpox virus susceptibility, transmission, host immune responses, and virus evolution in key Canadian livestock species
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$498,000

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Assessing mpox virus susceptibility, transmission, host immune responses, and virus evolution in key Canadian livestock species

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: Mpox (monkeypox) and zoonotic threats - Ecological and zoonotic pool

Principal investigators: Kozak, Robert A; Facciuolo, Antonio

Keywords: Agricultural Reservoir; Environmental Contamination; Food Production; Host Response; Immune Response; Livestock; Reverse Zoonosis; Transmission; Viral Evolution; Viral Pathogenesis

$498,000

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: Agricultural Reservoir Dear Professor Facciuolo, 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 agricultural reservoir 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 "Assessing mpox virus susceptibility, transmission, host immune responses, and virus evolution in key Canadian livestock species" (2023), 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]