Yan Wu, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

Canada monetary policy financial intermediaries financial stability Effectiveness Firm Investment Cash holdings Financial Flexibility

Latest papers

An amphipathic lytic peptide for enhanced and selective delivery of ellipticine.
Journal of materials chemistry. B · 2016
Design and evaluation of endosomolytic biocompatible peptides as carriers for siRNA delivery.
Molecular pharmaceutics · 2015

All 2 publications

Latest funding

How Does Monetary Policy Impact Canadian Firm Investment?
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$24,998
COVID-19: Policy Responses to the Safe Asset Shortage in the wake of Covid-19
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$24,318
Shadow banking and Canada's monetary policy
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$24,988

All 4 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

An amphipathic lytic peptide for enhanced and selective delivery of ellipticine.

Lu S, Ding Y, Wu Y, Wang R, Pan R, Wan Z, Xu W, Zhang L, Yuan YF, Chen P

Journal of materials chemistry. B2016

DOI: 10.1039/c6tb00529b PMID: 32263417

02

Design and evaluation of endosomolytic biocompatible peptides as carriers for siRNA delivery.

Xu W, Pan R, Zhao D, Chu D, Wu Y, Wang R, Chen B, Ding Y, Sadatmousavi P, Yuan Y, Chen P

Molecular pharmaceutics2015

DOI: 10.1021/mp500429u PMID: 25378277

How Does Monetary Policy Impact Canadian Firm Investment?

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Wu, Yan

Keywords: Canada; Monetary policy; Effectiveness; Firm Investment; Cash holdings; Financial Flexibility; Leverage

$24,998

COVID-19: Policy Responses to the Safe Asset Shortage in the wake of Covid-19

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) COVID-19 Special Initiative

Principal investigators: Wu, Yan

Keywords: Canada; COVID-19; safe asset; financial regulation; financial intermediaries; financial stability; government debt

$24,318

Shadow banking and Canada's monetary policy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Wu, Yan

Keywords: Canada; credit channel; monetary policy; shadow banking; financial intermediaries; financial stability

$24,988

Reforming executive compensation inside debt and information manipulation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Huang, Hui

Keywords: inside debt; information manipulation; CEO incentives; pensions; deferred compensation; corporate governance

$59,613

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: Canada Dear Professor Wu, 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]. I read your paper "An amphipathic lytic peptide for enhanced and selective delivery of ellipticine." (2016), and it 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 SSHRC-funded project "How Does Monetary Policy Impact Canadian Firm Investment?" (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]