Professor, University of British Columbia

B. Brett Finlay is a Professor in the Michael Smith Laboratories, and the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Finlay’s research interests are focused on host-pathogen interactions at the molecular level. He has won several prestigious awards including the E.W.R. Steacie Prize, the CSM Fisher Scientific Award, a MRC Scientist, four Howard Hughes International Research Scholar Awards, a CIHR Distinguished Investigator, BC Biotech Innovation Award, the Michael Smith Health Research Prize, the IDSA Squibb ...

VP & Professor, University of Toronto

Professor Leah Cowen has pioneered genome-scale analyses of deadly fungal pathogens to understand how they cause disease and evolve resistance to the limited arsenal of drugs available to kill them. Her interdisciplinary approaches to understand host-pathogen interactions and identify new antifungals and their targets have catalyzed the discovery of novel strategies to treat fungal infectious disease. Cowen is developing life-saving medicines as co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Bright Angel Therapeutics and is transforming global scientific communities by leading both the CIFAR ...

Professor, McMaster University

Prof. Lori Burrows is a world leader in the study of bacterial interactions with surfaces, key to establishing chronic infections through the formation of antibiotic-tolerant biofilm communities. Her innovative work at the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research is leading the fight against drug-resistant superbugs. Her outstanding research accomplishments, international leadership in the microbiology community, and dedicated mentorship of the next generation of scientists were recognized with election in 2017 to the prestigious American Academy of Microbiology and the ...

Professeur - CRC en biologie cellulaire bactérienne, University of Montreal

Professor at the Université de Montréal and Canada 150 Research Chair in Bacterial Cell Biology, Dr. Yves Brun is a world leader in microbiology. His transformative development of cell biology methods has greatly improved the study of many basic processes in bacteria and their evolution such as growth and division, differentiation, and biofilm formation. His methods to study the synthesis of the bacterial cell wall have revolutionized an area of critical importance for the development of antibiotics. His methods to visualise adhesive pili are transforming the study of biofilm formation, ...

Distinguished University Professor, McMaster University

Dr. Eric Brown is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences at McMaster University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and has received a number of awards including a Killam Research Fellowship and Canadian Society of Microbiologists Murray Award. Brown is a former Chair of his department and founding Director of McMaster’s Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization program. He has served on a variety of advisory boards, including a term as President of the Canadian Society of Molecular Biosciences. His research aims to ...

Director, McGill International TB Centre, McGill University

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