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Claudiu Gradinaru

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ProfessorDepartment of Chemical and Physical SciencesUniversity of Toronto

Claudiu Gradinaru

Professor

Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences

University of Toronto Mississauga

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 NSERC), most recently in 2025.

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Ultraprecise photon detection for studying dynamic biological systems at the single molecule level
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$36,845
Biological Function Emerging from Disorder and Dynamics: Proteins under a Single-Molecule Microscope
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$134,000
The physical underpinnings of intrinsically disordered proteins: conformations, dynamics and interactions
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$270,000

All 8 grants and awards

Ultraprecise photon detection for studying dynamic biological systems at the single molecule level

Principal investigatorNSERC2025Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Gradinaru, Claudiu

Keywords: optical spectroscopy; time-resolved fluorescence; single-photon counting; single-molecule biophysics; protein dynamics; g protein coupled receptors; intrinsically disordered proteins; fluorescence microscopy; autocorrelation analysis; instrument design

$36,845

Biological Function Emerging from Disorder and Dynamics: Proteins under a Single-Molecule Microscope

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gradinaru, Claudiu

Keywords: protein structure and dynamics; protein-protein interactions; single-molecule imaging and spectroscopy; intrinsically disordered proteins; g protein coupled receptors; conformational ensembles; machine learning; kinetic models; allosteric coupling; live cell microscopy

$134,000

The physical underpinnings of intrinsically disordered proteins: conformations, dynamics and interactions

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gradinaru, Claudiu

$270,000

Design and assessment of a DNA-ladder for biomarker detection using single-molecule fluorescence methods

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Gradinaru, Claudiu

$25,000

Proteins in Motion: Measuring Disorder and Interactions at Single Molecule Level

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gradinaru, Claudiu

$125,000

A spectrometer attachment for a computer controlled DSLR camera for medicine identification and quality evaluation

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Gradinaru, Claudiu

$25,000

CIHR Training Program in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics: Principles and Diseases

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Training Grant

Principal investigators: Houry, Walid A; Forman-Kay, Julie D

Keywords: Absorbance; Alzheimer; Analytical Ultracentrifugation; Bacterial Infection; Bioinformatics; Cancer; Chaperones; Circular Dichroism; Computational Biology; Disease; Fluorescence; Folding; Microscopes; Misfolding; Nmr; Parkinson; Prions; Protein-Protein Interactions; Proteins; Proteomics; Training; X-Ray

$1,950,000

Watching proteins fold one at a time

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gradinaru, Claudiu

$147,680

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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