Katherine Willmore, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Effects of transient cranial cartilages on intramembranous bone development: Investigating the role of molecular signaling and biomechanical support
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$63,000
High Efficiency X-ray Macroscope for Imaging of Musculoskeletal Development and Aging at the Canadian Light Source Synchrotron
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$150,000
Role of Connexin 43 in Cranial Neural Crest Cell Differentiation
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$25,000

All 4 grants and awards

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Effects of transient cranial cartilages on intramembranous bone development: Investigating the role of molecular signaling and biomechanical support

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Willmore, Katherine

Keywords: skull; bone; cartilage; development; biomechanics; molecular signaling; mouse models; geometric morphometrics; imaging

$63,000

High Efficiency X-ray Macroscope for Imaging of Musculoskeletal Development and Aging at the Canadian Light Source Synchrotron

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Cooper, David

$150,000

Role of Connexin 43 in Cranial Neural Crest Cell Differentiation

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Willmore, Katherine KE

$25,000

Phenotypic and Biomechanical Effects of Altered Cell Proliferation and Differentiation in the Mouse Skull

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Willmore, Katherine

Keywords: biomechanics; evo-devo; finite element modeling; histology; morphology; morphometrics; mouse model; skull; variation

$273,000

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 Dear Professor Willmore, 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 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 NSERC-funded project "Effects of transient cranial cartilages on intramembranous bone development: Investigating the role of molecular signaling and biomechanical support" (2024), 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]