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
Integrative Avian Research Group (Department of Psychology).
Biology, Philosophy, Evolution Discussion Group (BiPED; Department of Philosophy).
Research Centers
Biotron Experimental Climate Change Research Centre (Biotron).
Soochow-Western Centre for Synchrotron Radiation Research (SWC-English)
Research Institutes
Biomedical Imaging Research Centre (BIRC)
Brain and Mind Institute
Lawson Health Research Institute
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
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
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Consciousness (at CIFAR)
Children's Health Research Institute (CHRI)
Ontario Institute of Regenerative Medicine (OIRM)
Laboratório de Neurodegeneração e Infecção, Faculdade de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Brasil (ICB UFPA)
London Regional Cancer Program (Program at London Health Sciences Centre)
Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Toronto (Vector Institute)
Windsor Cancer Research Group (WCRG)