Updating of our equipment replacement roadmap and progressive investment in facilities, including in collaboration with existing and new partners

Core Area
Research
Strategic Area
Targeted infrastructure development to propel our research
Goal Status
In Progress
Objectives
  • Apply for Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grant to support obtaining new equipment acquisition (2025–27).
Achieved Goals
  • Identified strategic approach to equipment replacement to best support multiple research units (2024).
  • Expanded upon the Faculty’s existing suite of highly productive infrastructure by adding new capabilities for mass spectrometry and cytometry; upgrading the existing confocal microscopy infrastructure; and upgrading in vivo imaging capabilities (2024).
  • Contributed to/supported large-scale bio-manufacturing and pandemic preparedness initiatives (COMPLETED, PROGENITER, awarded) (https://progenitor.ca/) (2024).
  • Promoted collaboration with UBC’s Immunoengineering and biomanufacturing Hub (CIEBH) for the upcoming CFI-IF competition to leverage our Faculty’s strengths in drug delivery and increase/upgrade our research infrastructure capacity respectively (2024).
  • Applied for Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grant to support obtaining new equipment acquisition as per plan; 2 applications to CFI-JELF (2024–25). Drs. Joel Finbloom and Laura Schummers awarded funding through CFI-JELF (2024).

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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