We are a research laboratory within the Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. Together with contiguous laboratories with research programs in gap junction biology, we collectively occupy over 3000 square feet of space in the Dental Science Building. Personnel in the Laird laboratory have direct access to a variety of core instruments and facilities located on the same floor as the main laboratory space. Principal Investigator: Dale W. Laird, Ph.D. Dr. Laird holds a B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Prince Edward Island, and a M.Sc. and Ph.D., both in Biochemistry, from the University of British Columbia. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship at the California Institute of Technology in 1992, his initial academic appointment as an Assistant Professor was at McGill University in Montreal. After receiving promotion and tenure to Associate Professor, Dr. Laird relocated to the University of Western Ontario in 1997 where he was promoted to Full Professor in 2002. Contact Information: Department of Anatomy & Cell BiologyWelcome to the Laird Lab!
Dr. Laird has been the recipient of the Premier's Research Excellence Award, the Medical Research Council Scientist Award, a Faculty Scholar Award and the Dean’s Research Excellence Award. He currently holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair until 2018. Dr. Laird's research interests encompass studies related to the function of gap junction proteins, connexins, and a related family of channel proteins, pannexins, in health and disease. 
University of Western Ontario
Dental Science Bldg., Rm. 00077
London, Ontario
N6A 5C1 Canada
Phone: (519) 661-2111 Ext. 86827
Fax: (519) 850-2562
Email: Dale.Laird@schulich.uwo.ca
