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Heather McFarlane

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Cell and Systems BiologyUniversity of Toronto

Heather McFarlane

Associate Professor

Department of Cell and Systems Biology

Faculty of Arts and Science

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Principal investigator on 9 research grants (9 NSERC), most recently in 2024.

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Dissecting plant growth regulation via sugar signalling using chemical genetics and cell biology
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$25,000
An automated system for high-throughput screening of plant seedlings
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$96,710
Plant Cell Biology
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$75,000

All 10 grants and awards

Dissecting plant growth regulation via sugar signalling using chemical genetics and cell biology

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: McFarlane, Heather HE

Keywords: calcium signalling; endoplasmic reticulum; live cell imaging; membrane contact sites; plant cell biology; plant growth regulation; plasma membrane; signal transduction; sugar signalling

$25,000

An automated system for high-throughput screening of plant seedlings

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: McFarlane, Heather

Keywords: cell wall signaling; high-throughput screening; luminescence; mutant screen; plant cell walls; signal transduction; transcriptional reporters

$96,710

Plant Cell Biology

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: McFarlane, Heather

Keywords: plant cell biology; plant cell walls; cell wall signaling; signal transduction; phosphorylation; Golgi apparatus; secretion

$75,000

Advanced Platform for Plant Stress Signalling Analysis

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Yoshioka, Keiko

$126,224

Channeling sugar substrates into specific cell wall products through different nucleotide sugar transporters

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: McFarlane, Heather HE

$25,000

Uncovering the mechanisms of plant cell wall signalling and responses

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McFarlane, Heather

Keywords: plant cell biology; cell wall signaling; plant cell walls; golgi apparatus; secretion; endomembrane trafficking; cell signaling; post-translational modifications; live cell imaging; electron microscopy

$190,000

Uncovering the mechanisms of plant cell wall signalling and responses

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: McFarlane, Heather

$12,500

Plant Cell Biology

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: McFarlane, Heather

Keywords: plant cell biology; plant cell walls; cell wall signaling; ; secretion; membrane trafficking; live cell imaging; spinning ; disc microscopy; plant molecular biology; plant genetics

$385,000

Plant Cell Biology

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Mcfarlane, Heather

$95,000

Plant Cell Biology

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Mcfarlane, Heather

$120,000

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 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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