Back grounder
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MANITOBA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FUND
Research support is being provided to projects at the Universities of Manitoba and Winnipeg include
the fields of environmental studies, Arctic climate change, geology, immunology, genomics,
cardiovascular systems, physics, nanotechnologies, advanced materials, and Aboriginal culture and
health issues”.
The University of Manitoba
Lead Investigator
Bruce Ford/Robert Roughley
Cynthia Ellison
Michael Gericke
Davinder Jassal
Olanrewaju Ojo
Jennifer van Wijngaarden
Warren Cariou
David Barber
Andrey Bekker
Jitender Sareen
Frank Schweizer/Scott Kroeker
Wen Zhong
Torsten Hegmann
Feiyue Wang
Geoff Hicks
Sabine Mai
Project Name
Collaboration with the Canadian University Biodiversity Consortium
network database to allow high-resolution mapping of various
species and an analysis of distribution data, Canada Foundation for
Innovation (CFI)
Infrastructure to study immunoregulatory interactions between
epithelia and cells of the immune system (CFI)
Development lab for new particle detector technology (CFI)
Advanced small animal cardiovascular imaging lab (CFI)
Development of bulk nanostructured and ultra-rine grained
lightweight materials (CFI)
A novel broadband microwave spectrometer for probing reactive
intermediates (CFI)
Narrative, community and indigenous cultures: creative
communities studio (CFI)
L-band scatterometer to support sea ice and Arctic climate change
research (CFI)
Gas-source stable-isotope-ratio mass spectrometry infrastructure
for multiple S and O isotope analysis of geological samples and S
compounds from modern atmosphere (CFI)
Population-based studies laboratory Focused on Aboriginal suicide
prevention, military mental health and anxiety disorders (CFI)
Versatile NMR console for biomedical research and materials
science (CFI)
Health-care and medical textile research laboratory (CFI)
Small and wide-angle X-ray scattering system for liquid crystal
nanocomposite research (CFI)
Sea-ice Environmental research facility (CFI)
A toolbox for genome alterations using novel site-specific
recombinases (Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology/Genome Prairie)
3-D telomere analysis and 3-D fluorescent cell-scanning
workstation (CancerCare Manitoba)
TOTAL
Funding
2008-09
$ 57,089
$ 100,000
$ 93,940
$ 100,000
$ 98,759
$ 100,000
$
74,740
$ 125,000
$ 133,654
$
98,808
$ 182,447
$ 100,000
$ 360,708
$ 389,250
$ 55,884
$
86,932
$2,157,211
The University of Winnipeg
Lead Investigator
Melanie Martin
Craig Willis
Charles Wong
Project Name
In Vivo experimental animal magnet resonance microscopy (MRM)
centre application for funding for startup scanner time
Bioenergetics of small, wild mammals: variability, flexibility and
responses to change
Occurrence, fate processes and effects of emerging organic
contaminants for environmental exposure and toxicity assessment and
abatement
TOTAL
Funding
2008-09
$ 30,000
$
79,511
$
75,000
$ 184,511