NMIN Scientific Meeting
The NMIN scientific meeting focuses on the advancement of nanomedicine-based diagnostics and therapeutics, with the aim of benefiting patients, the national health research system, and the Canadian economy. The 2022 meeting was held in Toronto, Canada. We want to congratulate Dr. Daniel Berard, postdoctoral fellow at the Leslie Lab, for receiving a second-place postdoctoral prize […]
NMIN’s Grand Challenges Grant
This grant is intended to fund ambitious research programs that offer the potential for large benefits to society. Multidisciplinary teams will conduct research that will keep Canada in the vanguard of nanomedicine technology development. The Leslie Lab is excited to announce that we are joining a talented team of scientists who have been awarded $1,500,000 […]
UBC Support for Teams to Advance Interdisciplinary Research Grant
Interdisciplinary collaborations are necessary to tackle challenging problems in science and UBC’s Support for Teams to Advance Interdisciplinary Research (STAIR) grants serve as a starting point for impactful research that can later be taken further by external funding opportunities. The Leslie Lab is pleased to announce that we will be conducting collaborative research with Ed […]
First PacifiCan Microscope Received
We received our new Nikon AX R microscope and our team is very excited for the research we’ll be able to accomplish with this! We are honored to be the second laboratory in western Canada to house the AX R. Thank you to PacifiCan for making this possible! See link for more information: AX / […]
Telluride Science Research Center Workshop
Sabrina was invited to give a talk at a workshop in beautiful Telluride, Colorado and found time to do some hiking! Sabrina visits Telluride every two years and is grateful that these workshops have resumed following the COVID-19 pandemic. Interdisciplinary theorists and experimentalists from a broad range of fields were brought together to discuss topics […]
Frontiers in Biophysics 2022
The Leslie Lab attended the Frontiers in Biophysics 2022 conference in downtown Vancouver! We had a great time sharing our posters, watching presentations, and engaging in conversation with other biophysicists. The conference was focused on quantitative biology and biophysics and we are looking forward to next year’s event! More information can be found here
Liposome Research Days 2022
Members of the Leslie Lab attended the 17th Liposome Research Days right here in Vancouver at the University of British Columbia! One of our postdocs, Albert Kamanzi, gave a talk on lipid nanoparticle fusion dynamics. Other members of our lab got to watch presentations, build meaningful connections, and socialize with other researchers interested in similar […]
UBC School of Biomedical Engineering Annual Symposium
The Leslie Lab was represented at the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) Symposium by several members of our team. It was a wonderful opportunity to share our findings with the broader UBC community and we look forward to attending again next year! More information can be found here
UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship
Sabrina receives UBC’s 2021 faculty research award with the UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship (KARF), supporting early-career researchers ready to launch the next stage of their careers. Find the official announcement here. Faculty Research Awards, such as the KARF, recognize the research excellence and scholarly achievements of faculty from across all disciplines, ranging from medicine and applied […]
Biophysical Society of Canada Annual Meeting
Two of our PhD students, Cindy Shaheen and Frank Stabile, attended the Biophysical Society of Canada’s annual meeting in Ottawa, Ontario. Frank presented a poster on CRISPR kinetics and Cindy presented a poster and a student talk on DNA structural dynamics. Congratulations to Cindy for winning the BSC travel award! More information can be found […]