Congratulations to LKSIoV Members and Recipients of the CIHR Fall 2021 Project Funding!

23 February 2022

Congratulations to our members who are recipients of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fall 2021 Project Funding!


Portrait of Dr. Shokrollah Elahi

Dr. Shokrollah Elahi
Associate Professor, Department of Dentistry and
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology

Project Title: Erythroid progenitors and precursors impair tumor immunogenicity and promote tumour progression in breast cancer.


Portrait of Dr. M. Joanne Lemieux

Dr. M. Joanne Lemieux
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and
Director, Membrane Protein Disease Research Group

Project Title: Targeting SARS-CoV-2 main protease and variants for effective antiviral development.


Portrait of Dr. Maya Shmulevitz

Dr. Maya Shmulevitz
Canada Research Chair in Molecular Virology and Oncotherapy and
Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology

Project Title: Advanced immunotherapeutic oncolytic reovirus combination therapy for breast cancer.


Portrait of Dr. Richard Wozniak

Dr. Richard Wozniak
Professor, Department of Cell Biology

Project Title: The role of mitotic sumoylation events in establishing nuclear envelope structure.


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