CAGEF News

CAGEF is very happy to announce that the following students have been awarded Genome Biology Undergraduate Research Awards for 2009.

Christos Josephides 

Modelling the evolution of a classic genetic switch.

Supervisor: Alan Moses

Abhishek Chattopadhyay

Dissection of plant sugar and hormone signalling crosstalk via complementary pharmacogenetic approaches.

Supervisors: Malcolm Campbell and Nick Provart

Feng Yi Cao 

Involvement of salicylic acid biosynthesis in abiotic and biotic stress responses in plants.

Supervisors: Eiji Nambara and Keiko Yoshioka

Malika Khakimova

Pseudomonas syringae type III effector interactome.

Supervisors: Darrell Desveaux and David Guttman

Congratulations to all of you!

The Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function (CAGEF) was established through generous funding by the University of Toronto's Academic Initiative Fund in 2006 in order to bring together researchers with interests in comparative, evolutionary, and functional analyses of genomes and proteomes. CAGEF's mission is to promote interdisciplinary studies and intellectual interactions among biologists interested in fundamental questions in genome biology. CAGEF provides access, technical and financial support for high-throughput genomic, proteomic, metabolomic, chemical genomic, and bioinformatic platforms. It promotes the training, education and support of undergraduate and graduate students and post-docs through courses, workshops and research awards. Finally, CAGEF fosters research in genome biology through research initiatives and support for competitive research awards.

CAGEF is an interdepartmental unit supported by scientists interested in fundamental questions in the broadly defined field of genome biology. CAGEF is closely allied with the Department of Cell and Systems and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto, although all member of the university community are welcome. CAGEF is also a proud supporter and sponsor of the Collaborative Graduate Program in Genome Biology and Bioinformatics.