News & Announcements

Drs. Sabrina Leslie and Xin Tang have been awarded funding through the 2026/27 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) competition at UBC to launch a new research cluster that brings together advanced imaging and AI technologies to accelerate research. The GCRC program, jointly created by the Vice-President, Research & Innovation

Sabrina Leslie presented at PepTalk (January 19–22, 2026) on the application of CLiC technology for single-particle, high-resolution characterization of mRNA–lipid nanoparticles (mRNA-LNPs). Her talk highlighted how CLiC enables deep insight into payload content and molecular organization at the individual particle level capabilities that are increasingly critical for the development and

We are moving into a new era of genomic medicines that will target cancer, viruses and disease by editing our DNA and RNA. But the path to developing these drugs is not yet clear because of the incredibly small-scale drug developers are working with — our cells — and the

The lab of Dr. Sabrina Leslie (MSL, Physics and Astronomy; SBME affiliate member) brings together researchers and approaches from physics and biology to drive forward the field of nanomedicine. Their work involves the use of their high-resolution Convex Lens-induced Confinement (CLiC) imaging technology to look closely at lipid nanoparticles (LNPs),

Biofilm MEDIA, with support from Nikon Canada Inc., recently met with the Michael Smith Laboratories’ Leslie Lab to feature their work in single molecule imaging. “We’re also pushing the limit with optics to look at untethered single macromolecules. And with partners like Nikon, we are excited to be rapidly advancing

Congratulations to Dr. Leonard Foster and Dr. Sabrina Leslie on being awarded grants through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Innovation Fund! This funding will allow Foster and Leslie to acquire new equipment that will help to advance their research projects. Their research projects will contribute to the fundamental science