Oana Birceanu, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Urgent expansion needed in zebrafish facility for multigenerational and interdisciplinary work
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$150,000
Mechanisms of coping with a lifetime of environmental challenges: Integrating growth, metabolism and stress physiology across multiple generations
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$12,500
Mechanisms of coping with a lifetime of environmental challenges: Integrating growth, metabolism and stress physiology across multiple generations
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$87,000

All 3 grants and awards

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Urgent expansion needed in zebrafish facility for multigenerational and interdisciplinary work

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Birceanu, Oana

Keywords: Biochemistry; Development; Fish physiology; Mechanism of action; Metabolism; Multigenerational effects; Reproduction; Stress physiology; Toxicology; Transgenerational effects

$150,000

Mechanisms of coping with a lifetime of environmental challenges: Integrating growth, metabolism and stress physiology across multiple generations

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Birceanu, Oana

$12,500

Mechanisms of coping with a lifetime of environmental challenges: Integrating growth, metabolism and stress physiology across multiple generations

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Birceanu, Oana

Keywords: metabolism; pharmaceutical exposure; metabolic capacity; stress physiology; mitochondria physiology; detoxification capacity; growth; swim performance; multigenerational effects; epigenetics

$87,000

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 Birceanu, 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 "Urgent expansion needed in zebrafish facility for multigenerational and interdisciplinary work" (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]