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Dr. Francesca Capon appointed Senior Scientist – Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics (CMMT)  / Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, UBC

Joining us from King’s College London, Dr. Capon’s key research interest is the genetic basis of psoriasis, and her research is aimed at characterizing genes that cause auto-inflammation in both rare and common diseases, which the group analyses using genetic (e.g. association studies and whole-exome sequencing) and functional approaches.

CMMT Newsletter July 2024

Dr. Ben LifeA Life-Changing Research Path It was curiosity about Huntington’s disease research that led Benjamin Life to Dr. Blair Leavitt’s lab as a master’s student in 2018. Having completed his undergraduate degree at the University of British Columbia, Ben had in fact planned to take a year off, live in his van and do […]