Dr. Pieter Cullis named 2022 Canada Gairdner Award laureate
Award recognizes contributions to foundational technologies for the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines Former LSI Director Dr. Pieter Cullis has been named a 2022 Canada Gairdner International Award laureate for his pioneering work developing the lipid nanoparticle delivery technology that enables mRNA therapeutics such as the highly effective COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. The Gairdner Awards annually recognize scientists […] Read More
Winners of the 2022 3MT competition
Ten graduate students competed in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final on March 30th to find out who could best summarize and present years of research in only three minutes. Our graduate students, Mopelola Akinlaja (Foster Lab) and Nicolas Pereyra (Devine Lab) was selected as the finalists and one of the four winners. Second place […] Read More
Diana Vasyliuk Defended MSc Thesis
Congratulations Diana! On February 25, 2022. Diana Vasyliuk successfully defended her thesis, “Structural characterization of the yeast SAGA complex”. Diana is a trainee in Dr. CalvinYip’s Lab. Read More
2021-2022 Undergraduate 3MT Competition Winner – Alandra Mendez!
Alandra Mendez, a Biochemistry & Molecular Biology undergraduate student, won UBC’s annual Undergraduate 3 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on Saturday March 5th. Congratulations! The title of Alandra’s thesis is “Isolating the Interactome: Dounce vs. Freeze-Thaw”. The UBC Undergraduate 3MT competition is a UBC wide competition open to any undergraduates engaged in UBC research projects and is funded […] Read More