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Faculty

The exceptional breadth of expertise among Michael Smith Laboratories faculty reaches from tissue engineering to medical diagnostics, and explores organisms as diverse as bacteria, worms, mice and trees. This powerful blend of strengths and resources creates unique opportunities for cross-disciplinary approaches to the full range of exciting biotechnology issues. Many of the faculty are highly regarded leaders in their field, garnering numerous national and international awards. The research of the faculty is loosely divided between the four areas listed below. To learn more about an individual faculty members' research, use the links to go to their homepages:

Medical and Animal 
Molecular Genetics

Bioengineering and 
Bioanalytical/Process
Technologies

Plant and Forestry
Molecular Genetics
Statistics, Genomics and
Experimental Evolution 
Dr. B. Finlay
Dr. P. Hieter
Dr. W. Jefferies
Dr. T. Snutch
Dr. H. Brumer
Dr. C. Haynes
Dr. C. Kastrup
Dr. D. Kilburn
Dr. J. Piret
Dr. R. Turner
Dr. J. Bohlmann
Dr. B. Ellis
Dr. X. Li
Dr. J. Bryan
Dr. J. Kronstad, (Director)
Dr. N. Tokuriki
Centre for High-Throughput Biology (CHiBi)Advanced Molecular Biology Teaching Lab (AMBL)

Dr. L. Foster
Dr. J. Gsponer
Dr. C. Hansen

Dr. M Hirst
Dr. T. Mayor
Dr. I. Meyer

Dr. P. Pavlidis
Dr. S. Withers (CHiBi Director)

Dr. D. Ng (AMBL Director)
Dr. J. Fox

 

Associate Members

The Michael Smith Laboratories is fortunate to have a strong group of associate faculty members whose expertise further strengthens the linkages between the Lab and the academic departments.

Plant BiotechnologyGenome BiologyProtein ChemistryBiological Engineering
Dr. C. Douglas
Dr. G. Haughn
Dr. L. Kunst
Dr. H. van Vuuren
Dr. S. Jones
Dr. M. Marra
Dr. V. Measday
Dr. D. Moerman
Dr. N. Strynadka
Dr. L. McIntosh
Dr. J. Kast
Dr. A. Marziali