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Peter Roy
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Latest funding
- $1,273,726
The Further Development of New Compounds to Kill Mosquito Vectors of Disease
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
- $1,193,400
A Systematic Investigation of How Animals Defend Against Toxic Cationic Amphiphilic Drugs
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
- $1,143,675
PEXIL- A Novel Massively Parallel Drug Screening Technology to Identify Compounds to Combat Multiple Human Pathogens
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
No publications available.
The Further Development of New Compounds to Kill Mosquito Vectors of Disease
Principal investigators: Roy, Peter J
Keywords: Arboviral Infections (Dengue, Zika, West Nile); Cell-Based Assays; Drug Screens; Malaria Infections; Mosquito Testing; Mosquito-Borne Diseases; Yeast (S. Cerevisiae)
A Systematic Investigation of How Animals Defend Against Toxic Cationic Amphiphilic Drugs
Principal investigators: Roy, Peter J
Keywords: C. Elegans Nematodes; Cads (Cationic Amphiphilic Drugs); Drug Detoxification; Drug Metabolism; Drug Screens; Gene Expression Analyses; Genomics Of Natural Products; Phospholipidosis; Small Molecule-Protein Interactions; Whole-Genome Sequencing
PEXIL- A Novel Massively Parallel Drug Screening Technology to Identify Compounds to Combat Multiple Human Pathogens
Principal investigators: Roy, Peter J
Keywords: Cell Based Drug Screens; Cytochrome P450s; Dna Barcodes; Drug-Resistant Pathogens And Parasites; Functional Genomics; High-Throughput Assay; Infectious Disease; Next-Generation Sequencing; Pre-Clinical Drug Discovery; Prodrugs
Canada Reseach Chair - Tier 1
Principal investigators: Roy, Peter J
Keywords: Cr
The Development of Novel Neuroactive Compounds to Combat Parasitic Nematodes
Principal investigators: Roy, Peter J
Keywords: Anthelmintics; C. Elegans; Chemical Genetics; Infection; Nematicide; Nervous System; Parasitic Nematodes; Small Molecule Screens; Synapse; Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter (Vacht)
Novel nematicidal agents to improve crop production
Principal investigators: Roy, Peter PJ
Market Assessment of Novel Nematicidal Agents to Improve Crop Production
Principal investigators: Roy, Peter
Understanding the Plasma Membrane as a Barrier to Drug Accumulation and Nutrient Absorption
Principal investigators: Roy, Peter J
Keywords: C. Elegans; Chemical Genetics; Chemical-Biology; Drug Accumulation; Drug Screens; P-Glycoprotein Pump; Sphingomyelin Synthesis
Exploiting Caenorhabditis elegans as a Platform for Novel Drug and Target Discovery
Principal investigators: Roy, Peter J
Keywords: Anthelmintics; C. Elegans; Chemical Biology; Chemoinformatics; Genetics; Novel Small Molecule Tools; Parasites; Proteomics; Small Molecule Screens; Zebrafish
CRC Tier 1
Principal investigators: Roy, Peter J
Keywords: Crc
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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Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.