2026 Gairdner Award Laureate Lectures

Hear directly from the 2026 Canada Gairdner Award recipients as they share the stories and and science behind their discoveries.
About this Event

The Laureate Lectures offer a rare opportunity to hear directly from the 2026 Canada Gairdner Award recipients as they share the stories and science behind their discoveries.

Agenda

🕑: 09:00 AM
Introductory Remarks

Info: Dr. Morag Park, President & Scientific Director, Gairdner Foundation

🕑: 09:05 AM
Neural gateways treating cardiovascular paralysis

Info: Dr. Aaron Phillips, 2026 Peter Gilgan Canada Gairdner Momentum Award Laureate

🕑: 09:38 AM
Discovering the Immune Systems of Bacteria

Info: Dr. Karen Maxwell, 2026 Peter Gilgan Canada Gairdner Momentum Award Laureate

🕑: 10:10 AM
Oral cholera vaccine: From concept to public health reality

Info: Dr. Jan Holmgren, 2026 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award Laureate

🕑: 10:50 AM
Health Break
🕑: 11:08 AM
Cryo-electron tomography: The power of seeing the whole picture

Info: Dr. Wolfgang Baumeister, 2026 Canada Gairdner International Award Laureate

🕑: 11:40 AM
Adventures in Protein Chemistry using Mass Spectrometers

Info: Dr. John Yates, 2026 Canada Gairdner International Award Laureate

🕑: 12:12 PM
The proteome as complex adaptive system

Info: Dr. Ruedi Aebersold, 2026 Canada Gairdner International Award Laureate

🕑: 12:44 PM
From molecular machines to medicine: three decades of mass spectrometry-based

Info: Dr. Matthias Mann, 2026 Canada Gairdner International Award Laureate

🕑: 01:16 PM
Scientific Origins of the First Drug for Treating a Human Amyloid Disease?

Info: Dr. Jeffery W. Kelly, 2026 Canada Gairdner International Award Laureate

🕑: 01:46 PM
Closing Remarks

Info: Dr. Morag Park, President & Scientific Director, Gairdner Foundation