Gairdner Foundation- lecture for high school students

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: Dr. Christian 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:

• Evolution and the Tree of Life workshop, developed by Dr. Laura Hug for Let's Talk Science
• Tour of Science
• Tour of Campus
• Q&A session with current science student ambassadors

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