Grant: Canada Research Chairs
Université de Montréal
$200,000.00
Engineering of Applied Proteins
FY 2023-24
Summary
Proteins are essential for life: they accelerate chemical reactions for metabolic function, confer immunity and defense against pathogenic organisms and shape our cells. Engineered proteins can improve the quality of life. The CRC1 in Engineering of Applied Proteins will promote research and development in experimental and computational methodologies to modify proteins to perform rapid and sensitive medical biosensing for vaccine development, provide advanced therapeutic treatments, improve the battle against antibiotic resistance and make the chemical industry more sustainable. Training will prepare the next generation of scientists from diverse social, cultural and academic backgrounds to be leaders in biotechnology.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2020-00171
Name nom
Pelletier, Joelle
Department département
Chimie - Université de Montréal
Organization id
63
Institution établissement
Université de Montréal
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2023
Competition year année de concours
2020
Award amount
200000
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
RDF10403;RDF10601
Field of research list names en
Organic chemistry;Biochemistry
Field of research list names fr
Chimie organique;Biochimie
Application title
Engineering of Applied Proteins
Keyword
Protein engineering
Enzyme engineering
Directed evolution
Biocatalysis
Biosensing
Therapeutic proteins
Antibiotic resistance
Enzyme inhibition
Metagenomic screening
High-throughput screening
Computational methods
Biophysical methods
Protein Dynamics
Application summary
Proteins are essential for life: they accelerate chemical reactions for metabolic function, confer immunity and defense against pathogenic organisms and shape our cells. Engineered proteins can improve the quality of life. The CRC1 in Engineering of Applied Proteins will promote research and development in experimental and computational methodologies to modify proteins to perform rapid and sensitive medical biosensing for vaccine development, provide advanced therapeutic treatments, improve the battle against antibiotic resistance and make the chemical industry more sustainable. Training will prepare the next generation of scientists from diverse social, cultural and academic backgrounds to be leaders in biotechnology.
