John Arbuckle, University of Toronto

Research

Diagnostics Infectious Disease Nanotechnology Point Of Care

Latest funding

A vascularized human organoid platform for disease modelling and preclinical testing
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
Engineering DNAzyme-gold nanoparticle diagnostic device
CIHR · 2017 · Principal investigator
$353,172
Screening Assay for Inhibition of Cancer Cell Invasion
CIHR · 2014 · Co-investigator
$354,383

A vascularized human organoid platform for disease modelling and preclinical testing

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Attisano, Liliana; Louis, Sharon A; Yip, Christopher M

Keywords: Cerebral Organoids; Drug Development; High-Resolution Imaging; Human Disease Modelling; Human Organoids; Intestinal Organoids; Preclinical Model; Tissue Engineering; Vascularization

Engineering DNAzyme-gold nanoparticle diagnostic device

Principal investigatorCIHR2017Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Chan, Warren C; Arbuckle, John; Gubbay, Jonathan B; Mubareka, Samira

Keywords: Diagnostics; Infectious Disease; Nanotechnology; Point Of Care

$353,172

Screening Assay for Inhibition of Cancer Cell Invasion

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: McCulloch, Christopher A; Simmons, Craig A

Keywords: Biomedical Engineering-1102; Biomedical Technology-1901; Cell Adhesions; Cell Extensions; Collagen; Cytoskeleton; Extracellular Matrix-5106; Medical And Health Science-1211; Microscopy; Remodeling

$354,383

Screening technologies for identification of bacterial vascular dissemination inhibitors and testing of novel antibiotic-complementing therapeutic molecules

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Moriarty, Tara J; Simmons, Craig A

Keywords: Antimicrobial-Complementing Inhibitors; Bacterial Adhesion; Bacterial Extravasation; Chronic Inflammation/Arthritis; High Throughput Assay; Imaging-Based Technologies; Infection Of Cardiovascular System; Microfluidics Technologies; Microvasculature; Systemic Spread Of Pathogens

$313,633

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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