Twenty-seven UBC projects have received more than $5.8 million in combined funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
UBC was among 39 universities across Canada to receive funding totalling $51 million, announced today by Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science.
“Investments in Canada’s research infrastructure, like those we are celebrating today, are incredibly important to our nation’s future. They help us to attract and retain the very best scientists and give Canadian researchers the tools they need to perform excellent cutting-edge research, train the scientists of tomorrow and enable innovative new discoveries that improve our environment, economy and communities," said Minister Duncan.
The UBC recipients are:
Statistical Machine Learning Laboratory
Jeffrey Andrews, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Science, Okanagan
Funding received: $35,758
Facility for Molecular and Materials Simulation
Gino DiLabio, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Science, Okanagan
Funding received: $138,500
Advanced Electron Beam Lithography for Quantum Devices
Joshua Folk, Science
Funding received: $800,000
Laboratory for Single Molecule Mechanobiology
Isaac Li, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Science, Okanagan
Funding received: $155,000
Electromagnetics Testing and Characterization Laboratory
Loic Markley, Applied Science
Funding received: $133,750
Myology Suite: When Academia Meets International Opportunities
Pascal Bernatchez, Medicine
Funding received: $95,000
First Response Indicators of Inflammation
Kelly Brown, Medicine
Funding received: $119,619
Health Effects of Secondary Organic Aerosols
Christopher Carlsten, Medicine
Funding received: $92,649
New Models for Biogeochemical Cycles and Microbial Ecology
Sean Crowe, Science
Funding received: $120,000
Research Program to Optimize Recovery after Stroke
Janice Eng, Medicine
Funding received: $75,000
HemaPATH - Precision Medicine Applied to Blood Products and Treatment of Blood Disorders
Charles Haynes, Medicine
Funding received: $798,034
Infrastructure to Monitor and Optimize Reactions Through In Situ Kinetic Analysis
Jason Hein, Science
Funding received: $195,000
Targeted Approach to Validating Epigenetic Signatures of Socio-environmental Exposures Across the Lifespan
Michael Kobor, Medicine
Funding received: $95,000
Cerebrovascular Health of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: Expansion of Autonomic Research Laboratory
Andrei Krassioukov, Medicine - ICORD
Funding received: $95,000
Development of Polymer- and Lipid-based Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery
Shyh-Dar Li, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Funding received: $125,000
A High-throughput Nucleic Acid and Protein Analysis Platform for Plant Immunity Research
Xin Li, Science
Funding received: $123,508
Pairing Phenomena in Quantum Gases
Kirk Madison, Science
Funding received: $100,000
Centre for Translational Research in Behaviour Change for People with Chronic Conditions
Kathleen Martin-Ginis, Health and Social Development, Okanagan
Funding received: $600,000
Climate-controlled Growth Flumes
Patrick Martone, Science
Funding received: $96,980
Longitudinal Monitoring of Neoplasia and Inflammatory Disease and Effectiveness of Therapeutics
Kelly McNagny, Medicine
Funding received: $75,000
Development of Novel Pharmacotherapeutics for Treating Epithelial Barrier-associated Diseases
Ed Putnins, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Funding received: $142,730
Quantitative Imaging for Diagnosis and Therapy
Septimiu Salcudean, Applied Science
Funding received: $639,322
Secure Greenhouse for Cannabis Research
Lacey Samuels, Science
Funding received: $250,000
Integrative Physiology Laboratory to Study the Effects of Aging on Human Lung Function During Exercise
William Sheel, Education
Funding received: $76,127
Gene Therapy for Vision Loss: Ophthalmology for Mice
Elizabeth Simpson, Medicine
Funding received: $99,284
The Physics of Radio Transients
Ingrid Stairs, Science
Funding received: $100,000
Well Integrity and the Clean Extraction of Unconventional Energy Reserves
Anthony Wachs, Science
Funding received: $446,098