Collaborative Research
Faculty members in the Department of Biology – both regular & affiliated – are actively involved in collaborative, interdisciplinary research at Western and in the broader academic community. Memberships in formal research groups, centers, and institutes are listed below.
Research Groups
Research Centers
Centre for Translational Cancer Research (CTCR)
Centre for Animals on the Move (Centre for Animals on the Move)
Regular Biology Faculty
- Alice Boyle
- Brian Branfireun
- Robert Buchkowski
- David Coltman
- Erin Fraser
- Chris Guglielmo
- Tim Hain
- Nusha Keyghobadi
- Beth MacDougall-Shackleton
- Paul Mensink
- Natasha Mhatre
- Yolanda Morbey
- Bryan Neff
- Caroline Strang
- Graeme Taylor
- Liana Zanette
Brain and Mind Institute (BMI)
Research Institutes
Biomedical Imaging Research Centre (BIRC)
Centre for Building Sustainable Value at Ivey (Centre for Building Sustainable Value)
Western Institute for Neuroscience (WIN)
Lawson Health Research Institute
Children's Health Research Institute (CHRI)
Lawson Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI)
Interdisciplinary Programs for Research and Training
Biomedical Engineering Graduate Research Program (Western Biomedical Engineering)
Developmental Biology Program (Developmental Biology)
Neuroscience Program (Neuroscience)
Synthetic Microbial Genomes @ Western (SynGenMicrobes@Western)
Research Institutes & Organizations outside of Western
Children's Health Research Institute (CHRI)
Ontario Institute of Regenerative Medicine (OIRM)
Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Toronto (Vector Institute)
Windsor Cancer Research Group (WCRG)
Canadian Glycomics Network (GlycoNet)
Institutes
The Rotman Institute of Philosophy (Rotman)
