Javier Di Noia and Hua Gu, both researchers from the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), have each received a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). With a total value of $1.6 million, this five-year support was awarded to them through the CIHR’s Spring 2019 Project Grant Competition.
Funded projects
- Javier Di Noia, Director of the Mechanisms of Genetic Diversity Research Unit ($845,326). Project: Regulation of germinal center B cell function during antibody responses
- Hua Gu, Director of the Molecular Immunology Research Unit ($726,750). Project: Molecular mechanisms controlling T follicular helper (TFH) cell biology
The CIHR Project Grant program is designed to capture ideas with the greatest potential to advance health-related fundamental or applied knowledge, health research, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes.
