Gairdner Symposium (in-person and online)
Date: Monday, October 23, 2:15– 4:00pm PT
Location: Life Sciences Centre, LSC 1002 LT2, Life Sciences Institute, UBC, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 2A1
Zoom: RSVP to jshum@cmmt.ubc.ca
Hosted by Michael Hayden & Bruce Verchere, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
This free inspiring public lecture will feature:
1. Bonnie L. Bassler
Recipient of the Canada Gairdner International Award 2023
“For their discoveries of how bacteria communicate with each other and surrounding non-bacterial cells, providing a new paradigm for how microbes behave and yielding novel avenues for therapeutics against infectious diseases.”
Squibb Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
2. Samuel Weiss
Recipient of the Canada Gairdner International Award 2008
“For his seminal discovery of adult neural stem cells in the mammalian brain and its importance in nerve cell regeneration.”
Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary
For questions or more information please contact Jessica at jshum@cmmt.ubc.ca
Source: Vancouver Gairdner National Symposium and Gairdner Foundation