The Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research

CMDR
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

"Novel Approaches to Infectious Diseases and Host Defences"

Important Notice

Due to a planned electrical shut-down by UBC for required utility work, the CMDR server will be off line on Saturday November 11, 2006 from approximately 7 am- 9 pm. During this time, access to CMDR web pages will not be available.

Announcement! CMDR has moved to a new building on the UBC campus. New Fax number: (604) 827-5566 (office and lab phone numbers remain unchanged). Click here for more information.

The CMDR is a multi-faculty, multi-department consortium of world class microbial diseases and immunology researchers. Its scope encompasses the molecular mechanisms of bacterial, viral, fungal and microbial parasite pathogenesis, host responses to and defences against these agents, basic mechanisms of host immunity, and novel therapeutic and clinical approaches to the treatment of microbial and immunological diseases. The objectives of CMDR are (1) to encourage collaboration among microbial diseases and immunology researchers utilizing different approaches to pursue similar problems, (2) to increase access to research funding by encouraging involvement from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, and by promoting group and collaborative research grant proposals, and (3) to promote graduate and undergraduate education in microbial diseases and immunology.