Grant: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
University of Saskatchewan
$54,612.00
Robotic support for QPCR analysis of gene prevalence, expression and composition in plant, fungal and microbial ecosystems
EF 2008-09
Résumé
A robot is requested to prepare QPCR and PCR assays. We use these assays to assess gene prevalence across a divesity of ecosystems to answer fundamental questions of how to protect our land and water and sustain agricultural ecosystems. This QPCR robot will reduce the cost of our assays by 50% and triple our productivity. The robot is small, easy to use and robust. It will be located in 5E75.2 which is our shared use facility that includes our QPCR machine and DNA microchip reader.
The applicant team consists of five different scientists from three different departments in the College of Agriculture. The team has successfully collaborated before in the purchase of the QPCR machine and DNA microchip reader. As such, the requested infrastructure will be available to a wide variety of graduate students and research projects. We have made arrangements to incorporate the requested robot into our gradate mentorship programs and classes as well as directly incorporating into our undergraduate training.
Programme
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Saskatchewan, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
375954-2009
Name nom
Siciliano, Steven
Department département
Soil Science
Organization id
16
Institution établissement
University of Saskatchewan
Province en
Saskatchewan
Province fr
Saskatchewan
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2008
Competition year année de concours
2009
Award amount
54612
Program id
EQPEQ
Program nane en
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Program name fr
Outils et instruments de recherche - catégorie 1 (<150 000$)
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
9
Committee name en
Environmental Earth Sciences
Committee name fr
Sc. de la Terre : environ.
Area of application code
400
Area of application group en
Environment
Area of application group fr
Environnement
Area of application en
Environment
Area of application fr
Environnement
Research subject code
4802
Research subject group en
Soil science
Research subject group fr
Science du sol
Research subject en
Biology and microbiology
Research subject fr
Biologie et microbiologie
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Robotic support for QPCR analysis of gene prevalence, expression and composition in plant, fungal and microbial ecosystems
Keyword
NA
Application summary
A robot is requested to prepare QPCR and PCR assays. We use these assays to assess gene prevalence across a divesity of ecosystems to answer fundamental questions of how to protect our land and water and sustain agricultural ecosystems. This QPCR robot will reduce the cost of our assays by 50% and triple our productivity. The robot is small, easy to use and robust. It will be located in 5E75.2 which is our shared use facility that includes our QPCR machine and DNA microchip reader.
The applicant team consists of five different scientists from three different departments in the College of Agriculture. The team has successfully collaborated before in the purchase of the QPCR machine and DNA microchip reader. As such, the requested infrastructure will be available to a wide variety of graduate students and research projects. We have made arrangements to incorporate the requested robot into our gradate mentorship programs and classes as well as directly incorporating into our undergraduate training.
