Natalie Strynadka BScH, PhD

Dr. Strynadka was trained in Biochemistry at the University of Alberta, where she obtained her B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in 1985 and 1990, respectively, and was appointed a Gordon Kaplan Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow from 1991 to 1994. Subsequently, Dr. Strynadka joined the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of British Columbia, where she is currently a Distinguished Professor and CRC Tier 1 Chair in Antibiotic Discovery.
Dr. Strynadka is a pioneer in the study of proteins and protein assemblies essential to bacterial pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance. Her ground-breaking dissection of complexes involved in infection, virulence and bacterial cell wall synthesis is having a major impact on the development of antibiotics and vaccines. Dr. Strynadka is unquestionably one of Canada's most accomplished biophysicists and is recognized worldwide for her unmatched contributions in defining the structural mechanisms underlying microbial diseases.