PROGENITER is organized for success with a closely knit core team and a layered interaction network that enables synergistic collaboration with adjacent disciplines within the broader expertise of CIEBH teams including social sciences, biomanufacturing, cell therapy and LNP formulation.
Our network is also directly linked to our academic and industrial partners to achieve seamless translation of the discoveries into products, with IP aspects proactively facilitated by the technology transfer offices at The University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University.
Director
Sriram Subramaniam
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Founder and CEO of Gandeeva Therapeutics
Dr. Subramaniam is globally recognized for his leading contributions to cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). He is a Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, in the Faculty of Medicine at The University of British Columbia, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Precision Cancer Drug Design and Founder and CEO of Gandeeva Therapeutics.
Dr. Subramaniam’s decades-long experience in working with the structural biology of HIV-1, influenza, and Ebola, coupled with his longstanding experience in pioneering development and application of cryo-EM technology, as well as his role in founding Gandeeva Therapeutics and leading its AI-driven cryo-EM platform make him ideally suited to lead all elements of the project.
Researchers
James Piret
Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science / Michael Smith Laboratories, UBC
Ralph Pantophlet
Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences / Associate Member, Dept. of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SFU
Maria Tokuyama
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Science, UBC
Steve Plotkin
Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science, UBC
Horacio Bach
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Eric Jan
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Khanh Dao Duc
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics / Associate Member, Dept. of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, UBC
Eden Fussner-Dupas
Assistant Professor of Teaching, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine UBC
Kelley Lee
Professor, Canada Research Chair Tier I in Global Health Governance, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU
Shyh-Dar Li
Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC
Anna Blakney
Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering / Michael Smith Laboratories, UBC
Leonard Foster
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology / Michael Smith Laboratories, UBC
Larry Lynd
Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC
Kayla King
Professor, Dept. of Zoology and Microbiology and Immunology, UBC; Professor of Evolutionary Ecology, Dept. of Biology, Oxford