Faculty profile

Grant Brown

ResearcherBiochemistryUniversity of Toronto

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Signals and details

Research

Dna Replication Functional Genomics Genome Instability Dna Repair Genetics Dna Damage Yeast Genetics Crispr/Cas

Latest funding

Catalyzing a Microplastic-Free Future: Discovering Ultra-Efficient and Safe PET-Degrading Enzymes through AI-Guided Functional Genomics
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,216,350
Genetic analysis of mutagenesis by APOBEC3 cytidine deaminases
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,086,300
Yeast whole-cell catalysts for PET plastic depolymerization, bio-conversion, and recycling
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$74,000

All 14 grants and awards

Catalyzing a Microplastic-Free Future: Discovering Ultra-Efficient and Safe PET-Degrading Enzymes through AI-Guided Functional Genomics

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Babaian, Artem

Keywords: Bioinformatics; Functional Genomics; High-Throughput Screening; Microplastics; Yeast

$1,216,350

Genetic analysis of mutagenesis by APOBEC3 cytidine deaminases

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Brown, Grant W

Keywords: Crispr/Cas; Cytidine Deaminase; Dna Repair; Dna Replication; Genetic Interactions; Genetics; Mutagenesis; Therapy Resistance

$1,086,300

Yeast whole-cell catalysts for PET plastic depolymerization, bio-conversion, and recycling

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Brown, Grant

Keywords: synthetic biology; yeast genetics; surface display; polyethylene terephthalate; mhetase; petase; recycling; upcycling; depolymerization; laboratory evolution

$74,000

Genetic analysis of mutagenesis by APOBEC3 cytidine deaminases

Nominated PICIHR2024Operating Grant - PA: Genetics (Bridge Funding: Research Priorities)

Principal investigators: Brown, Grant W

Keywords: Crispr/Cas; Cytidine Deaminase; Dna Repair; Dna Replication; Genetic Interactions; Genetics; Mutagenesis; Therapy Resistance

$100,000

Canada Research Chairs - Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2020Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Brown, Grant W

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

Targeting the DNA Replication Stress Response in Pancreatic Cancer

SupervisorCIHR2018Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Ubhi, Tajinder

Keywords: Combination Therapy; Crispr-Cas9; Dna Replication Stress; Functional Genomics; Gemcitabine; Genome-Wide Screening; Mechanisms Of Resistance; Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

$105,000

A platform for live-cell time-lapse imaging

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Brown, Grant

$147,925

A global analysis of ploidy maintenance in S. cerevisiae

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Brown, Grant

$320,352

Mechanisms of Genome Instability

Nominated PICIHR2017Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Brown, Grant W

Keywords: Chromosome Transmission; Dna Damage; Dna Repair; Dna Replication; Functional Genomics; Genetics; Genome Instability; High Content Imaging; Model Organisms; Single Molecule Analysis

$2,848,146

The role of mRNA processing bodies in genome stability

Nominated PICIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Brown, Grant W

Keywords: Dna Damage; Dna Replication; Functional Genomics; Genome Instability; High Content Screening; Mrna Decay; Yeast Genetics

$823,600

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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