Grant: Canada Research Chairs
The University of British Columbia
$100,000.00
Protist Ecology
FY 2024-25
Summary
Most large eukaryotes¿hosts¿are colonized by microbial symbionts. These symbionts often profoundly impact the health and biology of their host, for example by defending against disease or altering growth and development. My research uses surveys, experiments, and data synthesis to identify symbionts, determine their distribution, and understand their functional roles. Are they unique to a particular host species or widespread across hosts and their environment? Can many symbionts substitute to perform a given function? Knowing their distribution, we can then investigate the consequences of symbiosis for microbial ecology and evolution across the tree of life.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2019-00252
Name nom
Parfrey, Laura
Department département
Botany - University of British Columbia
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
The University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2024
Competition year année de concours
2019
Award amount
100000
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
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF10606
Field of research list names en
Genetics
Field of research list names fr
Génétique
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Not available
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Non disponible
Application title
Protist Ecology
Keywords
microbial ecology; symbiosis; epibiota; gut microbiome
Application summary
Most large eukaryotes¿hosts¿are colonized by microbial symbionts. These symbionts often profoundly impact the health and biology of their host, for example by defending against disease or altering growth and development. My research uses surveys, experiments, and data synthesis to identify symbionts, determine their distribution, and understand their functional roles. Are they unique to a particular host species or widespread across hosts and their environment? Can many symbionts substitute to perform a given function? Knowing their distribution, we can then investigate the consequences of symbiosis for microbial ecology and evolution across the tree of life.
