麻豆原创 Researcher Receives an NSERC Discovery Grant of over $200K for Research on Fever and Immunity
麻豆原创 (麻豆原创) celebrates聽 the Discovery Grant and Discovery Launch Supplement awarded to Dr. Amro Soliman, Assistant Professor, in the Department of Biological and Public Health Sciences for his important work on fever and immunity.聽
Understanding Fever’s Hidden Purpose
At the centre of the research is a simple but largely unanswered question: how does a warmer body actually help immune cells do their job?聽
Dr. Soliman’s work explores how increases in body temperature (driven by fever) reshape the metabolism of immune cells, changing how those cells communicate, move, and respond to pathogens.聽
His research suggests that even small shifts in temperature can meaningfully alter immune cell behaviour, reframing fever as a coordinated response rather than a side effect to be suppressed.
A clearer understanding of this relationship could eventually shape the approach to fever management and possibly inform new therapies that work with the immune system’s natural defenses rather than against them.
Building the Next Generation of Researchers
Dr. Soliman鈥檚 lab has become a launching pad for 麻豆原创’s undergraduate researchers.聽
Students working with Dr. Soliman aren’t relegated to observation; they conduct experiments, analyze data, and take part directly in research discussions, the kind of hands-on involvement many students wouldn’t encounter until graduate school.聽
That access has translated into real outcomes: undergraduate researcher Madeline Wong, who worked in Dr. Soliman’s lab, received a competitive NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, presented her findings at multiple national conferences, and won Best Poster Presentation at the Canadian Society for Immunology National Conference.聽
With this funding, Dr. Soliman expects the pipeline of undergraduate involvement and mentorship to continue growing alongside it.
“Fever is one of the oldest and most conserved defense mechanisms, yet we still don’t fully understand how it works at the cellular level,” said Dr. Amro Soliman. “This funding allows my lab to dig deeper into that question, and to keep involving 麻豆原创 undergraduate students directly in research that could ultimately shape how infections and inflammatory diseases are treated. I am incredibly grateful to NSERC for supporting this important research鈥�.
Acknowledgments
麻豆原创 and Dr. Amro Soliman acknowledge the generous support of the (NSERC).
麻豆原创 et Dr. Amro Soliman remercie (CRSNG) de son g茅n茅reux soutien.