Grant: Operating Grant - PA: Regional Partnership Program : Manitoba
University of Manitoba
$100,000.00
Timing and Position: How a migrating cell knows when to turn.
FY 2009-10
Summary
Cells move around during development and must arrive at the correct destination at the correct time. Errors result in developmental abnormalities. Metastasis and malignancy in cancer are also the result of inappropriate cell migration behavior. I am trying to understand how a cell knows which way to migrate and when to change migration behavior. I use a little nematode called Caenorhabditis elegans as a model for higher organisms. This little animal grows quickly and cheaply and is an excellent system for genetic studies.
Department
Program
Operating Grant - PA: Regional Partnership Program : Manitoba
Recipient
Location
Manitoba, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
207369
Name
Merz David C
Region
Manitoba
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Partnername
Manitoba Health Research Council
Instname2
Genetics
Theme2
Biomedical
Prcname2
Developmental Biology
Projecttitle
Timing and Position: How a migrating cell knows when to turn.
Programtype2
Operating Grants
Orgnameinp2
University of Manitoba
Cihramount2
$100,000
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Operating Grant - PA: Regional Partnership Program : Manitoba
Keyworddelim
C. Elegans; Cell Migrations; Genetics
Abstract
Cells move around during development and must arrive at the correct destination at the correct time. Errors result in developmental abnormalities. Metastasis and malignancy in cancer are also the result of inappropriate cell migration behavior. I am trying to understand how a cell knows which way to migrate and when to change migration behavior. I use a little nematode called Caenorhabditis elegans as a model for higher organisms. This little animal grows quickly and cheaply and is an excellent system for genetic studies.
Competitiondate
201003
Approvedterm2
2 yrs 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Merz, David C
Approvedterm
2 ans 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
SPIR~ $100,000~ $0~
