Canadian training program on the evolution of fungal pathogens: EvoFunPath

加拿大关于真菌病原体进化的培训计划：EvoFunPath

• 批准号: 555337-2021
• 负责人: Landry, ChristianCR
• 金额: $ 23.46万
• 依托单位: Université Laval
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Training Experience
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=744957
• 关键词: Canadian; training; program; evolution; fungal

Fungi are amongst the deadliest human pathogens, and by far, the costliest plant pathogens in agriculture and forestry in Canada. Every year, more than half a million Canadians are affected by fungal infections. Some pathogenic fungi have led to the disappearance of entire populations of trees such as elms, chestnuts, and white pines, and threaten bat and amphibian diversity. In agriculture, the cost of fungal diseases and mycotoxin contaminations is several billion dollars of losses a year in North America alone. Canadian companies and government agencies are constantly contending with the ability of fungi to evolve higher pathogenicity and resistance to the limited number of mitigation strategies that are currently available. Canada needs highly qualified personnel equipped with the latest knowledge and technologies on fungal pathogens, and the leadership and entrepreneurship skills to develop innovative solutions that will control and prevent fungal diseases. We are proposing to develop a pan-Canadian interdisciplinary training program on the evolution of fungal pathogens (EvoFunPath) centered around multidisciplinary Canadian and international experts in the field. Over the next 6 years, 69 MSc, Ph.D., and postdoctoral EvoFunPath fellows will be trained and ready for positions in academia, Canadian companies, and government agencies. These fellows will also have the skills needed to develop new technological solutions and to create new companies across Canada. EvoFunPath fellows will be prepared to broadly contribute their expertise towards ensuring the delivery of safe food to Canadians, reducing the detrimental effects of fungi on human and agricultural health, and towards maintaining the integrity of our natural and managed ecosystems.

真菌是最致命的人类病原体之一，也是迄今为止加拿大农业和林业中最昂贵的植物病原体。每年，超过五十万加拿大人受到真菌感染的影响。一些病原真菌导致榆树、栗树和白松等树木全部消失，并威胁蝙蝠和两栖动物的多样性。在农业领域，仅在北美，真菌病害和霉菌毒素污染每年造成的损失就达数十亿美元。加拿大公司和政府机构一直在应对真菌进化出更高致病性的能力以及对目前可用的有限缓解策略的抵抗力。加拿大需要高素质人员，配备有关真菌病原体的最新知识和技术，以及领导力和创业技能，以开发控制和预防真菌病的创新解决方案。我们提议制定一个关于真菌病原体进化的泛加拿大跨学科培训计划（EvoFunPath），以该领域的多学科加拿大和国际专家为中心。未来 6 年，69 名硕士、博士和博士后 EvoFunPath 研究员将接受培训，为在学术界、加拿大公司和政府机构任职做好准备。这些研究员还将具备开发新技术解决方案和在加拿大各地创建新公司所需的技能。 EvoFunPath 研究员将准备广泛贡献他们的专业知识，以确保向加拿大人提供安全食品，减少真菌对人类和农业健康的不利影响，并维护我们自然和管理生态系统的完整性。