James Wells, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

11th Annual Joint Meeting of the Great Lakes GPCR Retreat and le Club des Récepteurs à 7 TM
CIHR · 2010 · Principal investigator
$10,000
Mechanism and Structure of G Protein-Coupled Receptors
CIHR · 2009 · Nominated PI
$742,632
A polymer supported spherical cell membrane construct for receptor function studies: Synthesis, characterization, and application to G-protein coupled receptor cooperativity
NSERC · 1999 · Co-investigator
$131,500

All 4 grants and awards

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11th Annual Joint Meeting of the Great Lakes GPCR Retreat and le Club des Récepteurs à 7 TM

Principal investigatorCIHR2010Dissemination Events

Principal investigators: Angers, Stephane; Hampson, David R; Heximer, Scott P; Wells, James W

Keywords: Cell Signalling; G Protein Coupled Receptors; Heterotrimeric G Proteins; Signal Transduction

$10,000

Mechanism and Structure of G Protein-Coupled Receptors

Nominated PICIHR2009Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Wells, James W

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Biochemistry And Molecular Pharmacology; Co-Operativity; G Protein-Coupled Receptor; G Protein-Mediated Signalling; Heart Disease; Ligand-Receptor Interaction; M2 Muscarinic Receptor; Mathematical Models; Mechanism; Oligomers; Purified And Reconstituted Receptor; Receptor Biophysics; Schizophrenia

$742,632

A polymer supported spherical cell membrane construct for receptor function studies: Synthesis, characterization, and application to G-protein coupled receptor cooperativity

Co-investigatorNSERC1999Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Pennefather, Peter

$131,500

Mechanism of transduction via G protein-linked receptors

Principal investigatorNSERC1993Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wells, James

$45,000

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.

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