Michael Smith Laboratories
In 1987, the University of British Columbia made a bold investment in the future by establishing Canada's first interdisciplinary biotechnology unit. There is a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary interaction and overlap of interest among the different groups. Awards from prestigious national and international organizations are continually recognizing the faculty members for their excellence. In 1993, Dr. Michael Smith received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Bohlmann, Joerg | plant biochemistry, forestry genomics, forest health, conifers, poplar, bark beetle, mountain pine beetle, natural products, secondary metabolites, terpenes, floral scent, grapevine, Conifer genomics Forest health genomics Mountain pine beetle, fungus, pine interactions and genomics Chemical ecology of conifer, insect interactions |
| Brumer, Harry | Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms, Chemical Synthesis and Catalysis, Enzymes, polysaccharides, carbohydrates, biomass, cellulose, plant cell walls, microbiota |
| Finlay, B Brett | Infectious agents, bacteria, microbial infections and how humans react to it |
| Foster, Leonard | Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms, Microbiology, Cell Signaling and Infectious and Immune Diseases, Immune System, Agriculture, Proteomics, Honey bees, host-pathogen interactions, antigen presentation, Systems Biology |
| Gsponer, Joerg | Protein-DNA, protein-RNA and protein-protein interactions |
| Haynes, Charles | Protein purification, recombinant proteins, molecular thermodynamics, biocompatible polymers |
| Hieter, Philip | Molecular biology of eukaryotic chromosome transmission |
| Jefferies, Wilfred Arthur | Iron transport molecules |
| Kastrup, Christian | drug delivery, coagulation, biomaterials, atherosclerosis, in-vivo imaging, microfluidics |
| Kronstad, James | Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, Genomics and Proteomics, Pathogenesis of infectious diseases, Medical Mycology, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Fungal diseases of plants |
| Li, Xin | Molecules in plants, plants defence against pathogen infection, plant genes |
| Piret, James | Biomedical engineering, regenerative medicine Cell-based therapies have the potential to provide improved treatments for major diseases such as cancer and diabetes |
| Snutch, Terrance Preston | Molecular and genetic analysis of the nervous system |
| Tokuriki, Nobuhiko | Experimental evolution of proteins and molecular networks. |
| Turner, Robin | Biomedical Technologies |
| Zandstra, Peter | Stem cell bioengineering, Bioengineering, Biological imaging, Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical imaging, Biotechnology, Computational Biology, Computational modeling, Gene/Cell Therapy Systems, genomics, Immunology, personalized medicine, Regenerative medicine, Synthetic biology |