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June 10, 2003
This spring, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) awarded New Opportunities grants to three researchers appointed to faculty positions at SFU in the last 18 months.
John McDonald, an assistant professor of psychology, was awarded a $140,000 grant to help finance his creation of an electrophysiological lab. It will enable McDonald to analyse electricity arising from brain activity with the objective of figuring out how we selectively focus our attention and perceive objects in the environment.
Assistant professors Nancy Hawkins and Christopher Beh in the department of molecular biology and biochemistry are sharing a $198,000 grant. It will enable them to equip their lab with a specialized microscope that detects faint, fluorescently tagged proteins within live cells. Hawkins and Beh will analyse molecular interactions that regulate development and cellular function.
CFI, a not-for-profit organization created by the federal government to bolster Canadian research, finances 40 percent of its New Opportunities grants, which are aimed at supporting the growth of new faculty members. Other sources (i.e., university, industry, provincial government) provide the remaining 60 percent.
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Contact
John McDonald, 604.291.5819, jmcd@sfu.ca
Nancy Hawkins, 604.291.3541, nhawkins@sfu.ca
Christopher Beh, 604.291.6801, ctbeh@sfu.ca
Carol Thorbes, Media & PR, 604.291.3035, cthorbes@sfu.ca
John McDonald, an assistant professor of psychology, was awarded a $140,000 grant to help finance his creation of an electrophysiological lab. It will enable McDonald to analyse electricity arising from brain activity with the objective of figuring out how we selectively focus our attention and perceive objects in the environment.
Assistant professors Nancy Hawkins and Christopher Beh in the department of molecular biology and biochemistry are sharing a $198,000 grant. It will enable them to equip their lab with a specialized microscope that detects faint, fluorescently tagged proteins within live cells. Hawkins and Beh will analyse molecular interactions that regulate development and cellular function.
CFI, a not-for-profit organization created by the federal government to bolster Canadian research, finances 40 percent of its New Opportunities grants, which are aimed at supporting the growth of new faculty members. Other sources (i.e., university, industry, provincial government) provide the remaining 60 percent.
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Contact
John McDonald, 604.291.5819, jmcd@sfu.ca
Nancy Hawkins, 604.291.3541, nhawkins@sfu.ca
Christopher Beh, 604.291.6801, ctbeh@sfu.ca
Carol Thorbes, Media & PR, 604.291.3035, cthorbes@sfu.ca