Grant: Canada Research Chairs
Université de Sherbrooke
$120,000.00
Applied Microbial Ecology
FY 2023-24
Summary
Microbial ecology, a synergy between microbiology, ecology, and bioinformatics, has revealed an important role for host-microbe interactions as drivers of terrestrial ecosystem functions such as productivity and resilience. The objective of the CRC is to explore multi-domain host-microbe interactions in a context of (1) temporal variation of taxonomic and functional microbial community structure; (2) increasing abiotic stresses due to global change; and (3) development of microbial bio-control technologies (synthetic communities) as an alternative to chemicals. The CRC in Applied Microbial Ecology will both expand our mechanistic understanding of plant-microbe symbioses and improve technologies aimed at maintaining ecosystem productivity and resilience.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2018-00140
Name nom
Laforest-Lapointe, Isabelle
Department département
Physiology and Pharmacology, Pediatrics - University of Calgary
Organization id
68
Institution établissement
Université de Sherbrooke
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2023
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
120000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR 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
10000
Research subject group en
The field of research available
Research subject group fr
The field of research available
Research subject en
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Research subject fr
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF10606
Field of research list names en
Genetics
Field of research list names fr
Génétique
Application title
Applied Microbial Ecology
Keyword
microbial ecology
host-microbe interactions
plant ecology
phyllosphere
community ecology
bioinformatics
high-throughput sequencing
genomics
metagenomics
metabolomics
biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship
statistics
plant community productivity
plant community resilience and resistance
Application summary
Microbial ecology, a synergy between microbiology, ecology, and bioinformatics, has revealed an important role for host-microbe interactions as drivers of terrestrial ecosystem functions such as productivity and resilience. The objective of the CRC is to explore multi-domain host-microbe interactions in a context of (1) temporal variation of taxonomic and functional microbial community structure; (2) increasing abiotic stresses due to global change; and (3) development of microbial bio-control technologies (synthetic communities) as an alternative to chemicals. The CRC in Applied Microbial Ecology will both expand our mechanistic understanding of plant-microbe symbioses and improve technologies aimed at maintaining ecosystem productivity and resilience.
