Molecular Environmental Science

分子环境科学

• 批准号: CRC-2019-00162
• 负责人: Pickering, Ingrid
• 金额: $ 14.57万
• 依托单位: University of Saskatchewan
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=730662
• 关键词: Molecular; Environmental; Science

Several metals are essential to life, but many others are toxic. In each case their action depends not only on the metal¿s speciation but also on an intricate interconnectedness between the roles of elements, as they may counteract or magnify each other¿s positive or deleterious roles. The Chair will develop and deploy synchrotron techniques to investigate heavier elements in living systems, with a particular emphasis on selenium and its interplay with mercury. By taking a holistic approach, from laboratory studies, through environmental outcomes to human cases, the program seeks an overview of the molecular mechanisms underlying these intricate interrelationships.

有几种金属是生命所必需的，但其他许多金属是有毒的。在每一种情况下，它们的作用不仅取决于S的金属形态，还取决于元素角色之间错综复杂的相互联系，因为它们可能相互抵消或放大-S积极或有害的角色。主席将开发和部署同步加速器技术，以研究生命系统中较重的元素，特别强调硒及其与汞的相互作用。通过采取整体的方法，从实验室研究，到环境结果，再到人类病例，该计划寻求对这些复杂相互关系背后的分子机制的概述。