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James Gurd

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Professor EmeritusDepartment of Biological SciencesUniversity of Toronto

James Gurd

Professor Emeritus

Department of Biological Sciences

University of Toronto Scarborough

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
No publications on record.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 NSERC), most recently in 2006.

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Latest funding

Canadian Stroke Network (2006 Renewal Competition)
NSERC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$500,000
Canadian Stroke Network (2006 Renewal Competition)
NSERC · 2009 · Co-investigator
$8,361,135
Molecular interactions of the NMDA receptor following status epileticus: mechanisms and modulation
NSERC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$201,000

All 15 grants and awards

Canadian Stroke Network (2006 Renewal Competition)

Co-investigatorNSERC2013Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Hakim, Antoine

$500,000

Canadian Stroke Network (2006 Renewal Competition)

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Hakim, Antoine

$8,361,135

Molecular interactions of the NMDA receptor following status epileticus: mechanisms and modulation

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gurd, James

$201,000

Tyrosine phosphorylation and structure of the postsynaptic density: the effect of status epilepticus

Principal investigatorNSERC2001Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gurd, James

$245,000

Automated table-top film processor

Co-investigatorNSERC2000Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Youson, John

$14,496

UV/visible spectrophotometer

Principal investigatorNSERC2000Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Gurd, James

$11,995

Centre for Integrative Research on Stress and the Brain

Co-investigatorCFI2000Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund (1999-2005)

Principal investigators: Brown, Ian

Keywords: central nervous system, stress, molecular/cellular response, physiological/ behavioural response, aging, ischemia/hypoxia, epilepsy, hyperthermia, neurogenesis, neuroendocrine stress axis

$1,501,800

Cryostat

Co-investigatorNSERC1998Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Boonstra, Rudy

$36,241

UV gel documentation system

Co-investigatorNSERC1998Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Fulthorpe, Roberta

$20,594

Investigations of the tyrosine phosphorylation of the NMDA receptor

Principal investigatorNSERC1997Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gurd, James

$148,618

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Profile data last refreshed on September 29, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and public research funding records.

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