Jonathan Schertzer

Research

Biosensor Glucose Hormones Insulin Liver Obesity Personalized Tracking Prediabetes

Latest funding

Moving beyond blood glucose with continuous multiplexed hormone measurement
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$956,250

Moving beyond blood glucose with continuous multiplexed hormone measurement

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Poudineh, Mahla; Schertzer, Jonathan D

Keywords: Biosensor; Glucose; Hormones; Insulin; Liver; Obesity; Personalized Tracking; Prediabetes; Real-Time Measurement; Type 2 Diabetes

$956,250

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Biosensor Dear Professor Schertzer, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on biosensor connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Moving beyond blood glucose with continuous multiplexed hormone measurement" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]