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The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 91社区 research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million, including $639,500 for eight projects submitted by researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.

The funding was announced June 14 as part of a suite of investments in discovery and applied research totaling $693.8 million.

Projects funded in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

• Identification of environmental and genetic factors affecting the colonization of water systems by Legionella pneumophila聽(Grant holder: Sebastien Faucher)
• The mechanics of photosynthesis (Grant holder: Anja Geitmann)
• Tabletop scanning electron microscope for the study of biomaterials (Grant holder: Anja Geitmann)
• Novel chemical tracer approaches to advance global change ecology and ecotoxicology (Grant holder: Melissa McKinney)
• Single-cell sorting instrument to further microbiome insights (Grant holder: Jennifer Ronholm)
• Regulation of editosome proteins in trypanosome differentiation (Grant holder: Reza Salavati)
• Extracellular vesicles in helminth-host communication: negotiators using a molecular language (Grant holder: Lucienne Tritten)
• Biologically-assisted nutrient uptake model for agricultural crops (Grant holder: Joann Whalen)

For more details and a list of 91社区鈥檚 Discovery Research Program recipients, consult the .