Grant: Canada Research Chairs
University of British Columbia
$200,000.00
Fish Physiology, Culture and Conservation
FY 2018-19
Summary
I seek groundbreaking knowledge on cardiac function in fishes. Fishes represent about 50% of all living vertebrate species and have adapted to most aquatic habitats. The heart powers the circulatory life support system, and so cardiac function greatly influences how well a fish performs in a particular environment. I will use experimental approaches that span from whole animal studies through organ and cellular level studies to discover how cardiac design is fine-tuned to permit fish to live at extremely warm temperature or with little oxygen. This basic physiological knowledge will be applied to fish conservation and fish aquaculture.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
1000231711-2017
Name nom
Farrell, Anthony
Department département
Land and Food Systems
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2018
Competition year année de concours
2017
Award amount
200000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
5500
Research subject group en
Animal biology
Research subject group fr
Biologie animale
Research subject en
Animal biology
Research subject fr
Biologie animale
Partie
0
Nb partie
NA
Application title
Fish Physiology, Culture and Conservation
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
I seek groundbreaking knowledge on cardiac function in fishes. Fishes represent about 50% of all living vertebrate species and have adapted to most aquatic habitats. The heart powers the circulatory life support system, and so cardiac function greatly influences how well a fish performs in a particular environment. I will use experimental approaches that span from whole animal studies through organ and cellular level studies to discover how cardiac design is fine-tuned to permit fish to live at extremely warm temperature or with little oxygen. This basic physiological knowledge will be applied to fish conservation and fish aquaculture.
