Sally Aitken
Professor
Forest genetics, climate change, conservation, ecology, genomics, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases
Vanessa Auld, PhD
Professor
Cell biology, genetics, model systems, development of the nervous system, glia, barriers in the body
Hugh W. Brock, D.Phil
Professor
Development, embryology, model organisms (fruit flies), gene regulation, leukemia
Shoukat Dedhar
Professor
Molecular biology, molecular biology as it relates to disease, developing new therapeutics for cancer, how brain cells (neurons) make connections, therapeutics for cancer, molecular genetics and cancer, medical research, cancer, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases
Max Cynader, CM, OBC, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS
Professor of Opthalmology & Visual Sciences
Eye diseases, glaucoma, dyslexia, stroke, neurotrauma, memory, vision, learning disabilities, hearing development, recovery after brain damage, ischemia, gene therapy
Peter Paré, MD
Professor
Asthma, emphysema, genetics, lung disease
Dr. Steven Pelech, PhD
Professor
Cancer, Neurological disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, Diabetes, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Biochemistry, Signal Transduction, Cell signalling, Protein kinases, Protein phosphatase, Transcription factors, Cell receptors, Proteins, Peptides, Peptide synthesis, SPOT peptide synthesis, Antibodies, Antibody microarrays, Serological tests, Bioinformatics, Ethics, Evolution, Social intelligence, Cellular intelligence, Molecular intelligence, Biotechnology,
Andrew Riseman, PhD
Associate Professor
Plant breeding, plant genetics, horticulture, roots, stress physiology
Dr. Elizabeth M. Simpson, BSc, MSc, PhD
Professor
Genetics, genomics, mouse modeling, CRISPR, aniridia, blindness,
Siân Spacey
Associate Clinical Professor, Neurology
Director, UBC Headache Clinic
Headaches, migraines, ataxia
Eric Taylor
Professor; Curator, UBC Fish Museum
Possible threats to native fish, native BC fish biodiversity, fish biology and conservation, evolution, biological diversity
Jane Roskams, PhD
Professor
Neural regeneration, neural degeneration, neural stem cells, spinal cord regeneration, epigenetics, sensory loss, developmental brain disorders, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, brain tumours
David G. Huntsman, MD, FRCPC, FCCMG
Professor
Hereditary cancer, molecular pathology, cancer biomarkers
Andre Marziali
Associate Professor
Director of Engineering Physics
Teaching methods, pedagogy, robotics in education, nanotechnology, engineering physics, genomics
Susan Cox, PhD
Associate Professor
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar
Genetic testing, experiences of hereditary risk, social and ethical implications of genetics, interpersonal and family communication, qualitative research, narrative and story, human genome, gene mutation
Fabio Rossi, MD, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Medical Genetics
Canada Research Chair in Regenerative Medicine
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Fellow
Stem cell, regenerative medicine, blood
James W. Kronstad
Professor
Fungi, pathogens, genomics, molecular genetics
Paul Pavlidis, PhD
Professor
Bioinformatics, genomics, gene networks, systems biology, computational biology, human genome, gene mutation
Dr. Steven Hallam, PhD
Professor
Microbial ecology, biological engineering, bioinformatics, entrepreneurship, genomics, single-cell genomics, metabolic pathway inference, metagenomics, environmental genomics, automation systems, synthetic biology, machine learning, information aesthetics, science communication, scholarship of education leadership, functional screening, biocatalyst discovery, bioeconomy, bioenergy, microplastics, anaerobic digestion, cyanobacteria, metabolic interaction networks, symbiosis, climate change, oxygen minimum zones, oceanography, sustainability,
Rosie J. Redfield, PhD
Professor
Genetic exchange, genetics in the news, MOOCs, online education