Max Cynader is one of several UBC researchers to to receive funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
More than $1.4 million has been pledged by the federal government to help fund projects ranging from stroke therapy to tissue regeneration in the Faculty of Medicine.
The Faculty of Medicine projects are among eighteen projects at UBC that will split $2,269,140 in funding from the CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund, designed to help post-secondary institutions attract top research talent.
“CFI’s continued support helps UBC break new ground in research and discovery,” said John Hepburn, UBC vice president, research and international. “This will allow our researchers to push the limits of inquiry so their projects can have maximum impact on Canada and the world.”
UBC was among 32 Canadian universities to receive CFI funding totalling $30 million, announced today by Ed Holder, Minister of State for Science and Technology, at McMaster University in Hamilton.
“To spark new ideas at Canada’s universities, researchers need the state-of-the-art tools that allow them to take these ideas from the lab to the marketplace,” said Holder. “Our government believes significant investment in these tools is essential to create the kind of innovative environment that leads to economic prosperity and the improves the lives of Canadians.”
The Faculty of Medicine recipients are:
Amee Manges, Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Applied genomics and metagenomics for population and public health ($125,000)
Alexander Beristain, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Comprehensive Placenta Processing Suite (CPPS) ($125,000)
Edward Conway, Professor, Director, Centre for Blood Research
Investigating the role of blood-based proteolytic cascades in health and disease ($144,273)
Max Cynader, Director, Brain Research Centre and Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
New therapeutic strategies for stroke ($240,000)
Xiaoyan Jiang, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Genetics
Elucidation of driver molecular pathways in human leukemia ($75,000)
Hugh Kim, Principal Investigator, Centre for Blood Research
The molecular basis of oral and cardiovascular disease: regulation by platelet signaling ($125,000)
Edwin Moore, Professor, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
Cardiomyocyte Imaging ($71,327)
Haakon Nygaard, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology
Novel translational approaches for targeting misfolded proteins in Alzheimer’s disease ($118,439)
Alexander Rauscher, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
Investigation of cerebrovascular function ($27,360)
Colin Ross, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Personalized genomic medicine for improved pediatric drug safety and effectiveness ($110,698)
Michael Underhill, Professor, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
Infrastructure to study and improve stem cell function in tissue regeneration ($275,000)