Gairdner Foundation- lecture for high school students

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)
Dr. Christian Landry

Dr. Christian Landry

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"Microbes and evolution in our everyday life."

Please note this event is now at capacity and we will not be accepting further registrations. Email Heather at hneufeld@uwaterloo.ca if you would like to be placed on a waitlist.

Speaker: DrChristian Landry, Professor of biology and biochemistry, Laval University; Canada Research Chair in Cellular Systems and Synthetic Biology

The Canada Gairdner Awards celebrate the world’s best biomedical and global health researchers. These award-winners present lectures to researchers and students across Canada.

High school students are invited to join us at UWaterloo to hear Canada Gairdner Momentum Award Laureate, Dr. Christian Landry, discuss his research around how mutations change the way cells work and alter their performance, and how that can affect traits and diseases.

  • Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024
  • 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT (lecture followed by Q&A)
  • Location: On-campus at the William G. Davis Computer Research Centre

Groups who attend will also have the opportunity for extra learning opportunities:

You can read all about Dr. Landry and his work at the Gairdner Foundation website: https://www.gairdner.org/winner/christian-landry


Register your class to attend the Gairdner high school lecture (in person at UW campus)