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Microbiology and Immunology

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Steven Hallam

Steven Hallam

Professor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Email: shallam@mail.ubc.ca

Office Tel: 604-827-3420

Office Location: 2553/2554 - 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Sciences Centre

Microbial ecology; metagenomics; biological engineering; synthetic biology; bioinformatics; machine learning; entrepreneurship

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Bob Hancock

R.E.W. (Bob) Hancock

Professor; Director of Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research; Canada Research Chair

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Email: bob@hancocklab.com

Office Tel: 604-822-2682

Office Location: 232 – 2259 Lower Mall Research Station, UBC

Cationic peptides as anti-biofilm agents; systems immunology

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Kenneth Harder

Kenneth Harder

Professor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Email: ken.harder@ubc.ca

Office Tel: 604-827-4349

Office Location: 3556 - 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Sciences Centre

Immunotherapy; role of phagocytes in disease and immunity; systems immunology; lipid nanoparticle delivery systems; cancer; vaccines; obesity; autoimmunity

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Martin Hirst

Martin Hirst

Professor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Michael Smith Laboratories

Email: hirst@chibi.ubc.ca

Office Tel: 604-822-6373

Office Location: NCE 408 - 2125 East Mall, Networks of Centres of Excellence

Carcinogenesis; cellular differentiation; epigenomics; leukemia; molecular genetics

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Francois Jean

François Jean

Professor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Email: fjean@mail.ubc.ca

Office Tel: 604-822-0256

Office Location: 3558 - 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Sciences Centre

Medical virology; host-directed antivirals; natural products; molecular diagnostics

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Wilfred Jefferies

Wilfred Jefferies

Professor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Department of Medical Genetics
Michael Smith Laboratories

Email: wilf@msl.ubc.ca

Office Tel: 604-827-5167

Office Location: MSL 215 - 2185 East Mall, Michael Smith Laboratories

Tumour immunology; cancer immunotherapy; antigen presentation and vaccines; blood-brain barrier; angiogenesis

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Kayla King

Kayla King

Professor; Canada Excellence Research Chair

Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Department of Zoology

Email: kayla.king@ubc.ca

Office Tel: 604-822-0217

Office Location: 4502 - 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Sciences Centre

Host-pathogen interactions; biodiversity; ecology; evolution; zoonosis

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