Dalhousie lab snags $2.9 million federal grant
Date: July 29, 1999
Time: 2:51 pm
Researchers at the Atlantic Research Centre (ARC) at the Dalhousie Medical School in Halifax announced today they have received a $2.9 million Medical Research Council of Canada grant to study the causes and treatments of genetic diseases and disorders related to fat storage.
"Our research is very fundamental, but it relates to specific disease types, like cardiovascular disease, cholesterol transport, inflammation, Alzheimer disease, cancer and lipid-storage disorders," said Dr. Harold Cook, ARC director and professor of pediatrics and associate professor of biochemistry at Dal.
The researchers expect their work will lead to new methods for detecting, preventing and treating a number of these conditions. The majority of their research focuses on identifying genes and mutations, and discovering how lipids send signals and move throughout cells in the body.
To receive an MRC group grant, each investigator must submit a separate research application along with the group's core application. The ARC's core application and 4 individual ones were all successful.
The university expects that the $2.9 million in federal funding will mean more jobs at the medical school and the IWK Grace Health Centre -- the locations where ARC researchers work. Dalhousie estimates that roughly 60% of all research grant money is used to pay the salaries of lab technicians, graduate students, research coordinators and administrative secretaries.
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