Cassandre Lazar, Université du Québec à Montréal

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Université du Québec à Montréal profile.

Latest funding

Continental Subsurface Microbiomes
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$50,000
Platform for high-throughput sequencing and culturing of microbial biodiversity
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$148,959
Assessing Canadian history and past human life in archaeological sites using paleomicrobiology
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$40,000

All 9 grants and awards

No publications available.

Continental Subsurface Microbiomes

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Lazar, Cassandre

Keywords: microbial ecology; subsurface ecosystems; groundwater ecology; sessile microbial community; ecosystem function; community ecology; microbial culture; microbial genomics

$50,000

Platform for high-throughput sequencing and culturing of microbial biodiversity

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Kembel, Steven

$148,959

Assessing Canadian history and past human life in archaeological sites using paleomicrobiology

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Lazar, Cassandre CS

$40,000

Ecology of microbial communities in flooded abandoned ore mines: life after destruction

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Lazar, Cassandre CS

Keywords: Adaptation microbienne; Anthropologie de l'environnement; Contamination métaux; Eau souterraine; Ecologie microbienne; Génomique et métagénomique

$135,000

Linking microbial community composition, metabolic functions and ecology in terrestrial subsurface and surface habitats

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Lazar, Cassandre

$12,500

Linking microbial community composition, metabolic functions and ecology in terrestrial subsurface and surface habitats

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Lazar, Cassandre

Keywords: microbial ecology; microbial adaptation; microbial genomics; microbial metagenomics; aquifer ecosystems; groundwater ecosystems; terrestrial subsurface; microbial communities

$180,000

Aquatic Environmental Genomics

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Lazar, Cassandre

$190,000

Aquatic Environmental Genomics

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Lazar, Cassandre

$120,000

Aquatic Environmental Genomics

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Lazar, Cassandre

Keywords: microbial ecology subsurface aquatic ecosystems groundwater ecology sessile microbial community high-throughput sequencing metagenomics bioinformatics stable isotope probing ecosystem function community ecology

$290,000

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 Lazar, 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 "Continental Subsurface Microbiomes" (2022), 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]