Award-winning research straight from the source - 2023 Gairdner Science Week Laureate Lectures
The highly anticipated annual Laureate Lectures took place on October 26 as part of Gairdner Science Week. The MaRS Discovery District Auditorium was filled as the seven 2023 Canada Gairdner Award laureates and two Early Career Investigator (ECI) Award recipients took to the stage to present their research.
The 2023 laureates took to the stage delivering presentations on their award-winning research. We learned about quorum sensing from Drs. Bonnie Bassler, Michael Silverman and Peter Greenberg, whose pioneering work in the field of bacteria communication has yielded novel avenues for therapeutics against infectious diseases. How can AI accelerate scientific discovery? We now know thanks to presentations from Drs. Demis Hassabis and John Jumper. Dr. José Belizán, explored how calcium prevents hypertension during pregnancy. Canada Gairdner Momentum Award winners Dr. Gelareh Zadeh discussed the integration of molecular information to advance patient care in real time and Dr. Christopher Mushquash detailed his community-led Indigenous mental health and addiction research.
Watch the full recording below.
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Bonnie L. Bassler
PhD Squibb Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator -
José Belizán
Senior Scientist, Department of Research in Maternal and Child Health, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS) Argentina; Superior Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET); Researcher, Bone Biology Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Rosario, Argentina. -
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PhD Eugene and Martha Nester Endowed Professor of Microbiology, Department of Microbiology and Molecular & Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington School of Medicine -
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Christopher Mushquash
Ph.D., C.Psych Professor, Department of Psychology, Lakehead University; Psychologist, Dilico Anishinabek Family Care; Vice President Research, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre; Chief Scientist, Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute -
Michael R. Silverman
PhD Emeritus Investigator, The Agouron Institute; Emeritus Adjunct Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography -
Gelareh Zadeh
MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FAANS Professor and Neurosurgery Division Chair, Dan Family Chair in Neurosurgery, Wilkins Family Chair in Brain Tumor Research, Department of Surgery, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; Head, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Sprott Department of Surgery, University Health Network; Co-Director, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network; Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network
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Guest Speakers
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Elena Kuzmin
Canada Research Chair Tier II in Synthetic and Functional Genomics; Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Centre for Applied Synthetic Biology, Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics, Concordia University; Adjunct Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University -
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Related event
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2023 Canada Gairdner Award Announcement
Join us on March 30, 2023 from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. ET when we announce the 2023 Canada Gairdner Awards laureates, including our inaugural Canada Gairdner Momentum Award winners.
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