Université Laval

$25,000.00 CAD

≈ 4 months of average Canadian pay
Department
National Research Council Canada
Program
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2019-2020
Agreement period
April 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020
Reference
nrc-cnrc:172-2019-20-Q1-925669

Published purpose

Funds will be used to employ proteomics strategies to elucidate cellular mechanisms that enable the remarkable desiccation tolerance of intertidal seaweeds. These findings will be leveraged to identify homologous systems in terrestrial plants that may be exploited to confer increased tolerance to environmental stressors including drought, extreme temperatures and salinity.

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