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Marla Sokolowski

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ProfessorDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of Toronto

Marla Sokolowski

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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Faculty of Arts and Science

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Principal investigator on 10 research grants (9 NSERC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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The Drosophila foraging gene: gene regulation, pleiotropy and plasticity
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$240,000
Genetic and molecular analysis of multiple functions of the Drosophila melanogaster foraging gene
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$450,000
An early Post-Natal Model of G X E Effects in Chronic Obesity based on Maternal Sensitivity and Reward System Genes
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator

All 20 grants and awards

The Drosophila foraging gene: gene regulation, pleiotropy and plasticity

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Sokolowski, Marla B.

Keywords: genetics; molecular; drosophila; pleiotropy; gene function; gene regulation; cgmp dependent protein kinase; foraging gene; transgenics; interaction

$240,000

Genetic and molecular analysis of multiple functions of the Drosophila melanogaster foraging gene

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Sokolowski, Marla B.

$450,000

An early Post-Natal Model of G X E Effects in Chronic Obesity based on Maternal Sensitivity and Reward System Genes

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Environments, Genes and Chronic Disease - LOI

Principal investigators: Levitan, Robert D; Hamilton, Jill K; Meaney, Michael J

Keywords: Attention Deficit Disorder Genes; Dopamine System Genes; Gene By Environment Interaction; Impulsivity; Maternal Sensitivity; Obesity

Environmental Chambers for Insect Circadian Studies

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Levine, Joel

$52,597

Determinants of Individual Differences in Maternal Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Fleming, Alison S

Keywords: Attachment; Attention; Genetics; Infant Temperament; Maternal Behaviour; Stress

$397,521

Behaviour genetic analysis of natural variation in learning and memory in drosophila

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Sokolowski, Marla

$325,000

Analyses of the multiple functions of the Drosophila foraging gene: a cGMP dependent protein kinase

Nominated PICIHR2009Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Sokolowski, Marla B

Keywords: Drosophila; Fat; Foraging Behaviour; Learning And Memory; Neurogenetics; Pleiotropy

$645,750

Microarray scanner and hybridization system

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Westwood, Timothy

$83,573

The CIHR Team on the Development of Appetite Regulation and Obesity

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Emerging Team Grant: Co-morbidity of brain disorders & other health problems-LOI

Principal investigators: Meaney, Michael J

Keywords: Affect Regulation; Appetite; Attention; Dopamine; Feeding Behaviour

$5,000

Environmental rooms for drosophila rearing

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Westwood, Timothy

$28,284

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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