A new study led by SFU’s Britton Lab describes a rapid method for generating large libraries of nucleoside analogues for antiviral drug discovery. As part of the collaboration, the Pantophlet Lab screened the compound library against HIV-1, identifying three compounds with activity comparable to approved HIV therapies. The study was published in Science. Dr. Britton […]

On May 6, 2024, the Government of Canada announced a $140 million investment to support Canada’s Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Hub (CIEBH). Led by the University of British Columbia, this initiative includes over 50 partners from academia, industry, non-profits, and the health sector. This funding will drive four crucial projects to speed up the development and […]

Quiana Ang, a Master’s graduate student in the Pantophlet Lab, has won a coveted Paraza Travel Award ($500) to attend the 34th Annual Canadian Society for Immunology Conference, to be held from June 17 – 20, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Quiana will be presenting her latest research on the development of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) spike […]

Further steps to understanding conditions for eliciting HIV-neutralizing antibodies with specificity for oligomannose published in @Scientific Reports [article] and highlighted in SFU’s Scholarly Impact of the Week [PDF]

Ralph Pantophlet has won the 2021 CAHR-CANFAR Excellence in Research Award in the Basic Science category. This recognition, awarded by the Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) and the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR),  is “intended to highlight and celebrate the contributions of Canadian researchers in HIV/AIDS research in Canada and internationally”. The award […]