Walker's Research Business Information
A publisher of Business Information since 1983  
  
 
Search Business Search Executive   Advanced Search
 
Sign In  |  Hints

Profile of Brett Finlay
 

Brett Finlay

 
Member - Scientific, Member - Clinical Advisory Board - ViRexx Medical Corp.
 
Brett Finlay Email :
Please login
 
Company Name : ViRexx Medical Corp.
 
Company Website : www.virexx.com
 
Company Address : 8223 Roper Rd. NW
, Edmonton, AB,
Canada,
 
Brett Finlay Profile :
Member - Scientific, Member - Clinical Advisory Board - ViRexx Medical Corp.
 
Brett Finlay Biography :

Dr. B. Brett Finlay is a Professor in the Michael Smith Laboratories, and the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia. He obtained a B.Sc. (Honors) in Biochemistry at the University of Alberta, where he also did his Ph.D. (1986) in Biochemistry under Dr. William Paranchych, studying F-like plasmid conjugation. His post-doctoral studies were performed with Dr. Stanley Falkow at the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he studied Salmonella invasion into host cells. In 1989, he joined UBC as an Assistant Professor in the Biotechnology Laboratory. Dr. Finlayâ€s research interests are focussed on host-pathogen interactions, at the molecular level. By combining cell biology with microbiology, he has been at the forefront of the emerging field called Cellular Microbiology, making several fundamental discoveries in this field, and publishing over 300 papers. His laboratory studies several pathogenic bacteria, with Salmonella and pathogenic E. coli interactions with host cells being the primary focus. He is well recognized internationally for his work, and has won several prestigious awards including the E.W.R. Steacie Prize, the CSM Fisher Scientific Award, a MRC Scientist, five Howard Hughes International Research Scholar Awards, a CIHR Distinguished Investigator, BC Biotech Innovation Award, the Michael Smith Health Research Prize, the IDSA Squibb award, the Jacob Biely Prize, the prestigious Canadian Killam Health Sciences Prize, the Flavelle Medal of the Royal Society, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and is the UBC Peter Wall Distinguished Professor. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and Order of British Columbia. He is a cofounder of Inimex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Director of the SARS Accelerated Vaccine Initiative. He also serves on several editorial and advisory boards, and is a strong supporter of communicating science to the public.

 
Brett Finlay Colleagues :
Name Title Email

Andrew Stevens

VP - Clinical, Regulatory Please login

Irwin Griffith

VP Development, Embolotherapy Please login

Macaraig Canton

Pres., COO Please login

Bruce Brydon

Board Dir. Please login

Jacques Lapointe

Board Dir. Please login


            Home  |  About Us  |  Product Information   |  Subscription  |  List Builder   |  Executive List   |  Email Lists   |  Contact Us  |  Site Map  |  Browse Directory   
 

© 2009, Walkers's Research - A publisher of Business Information since 1983, All Rights Reserved.