In studying how adenovirus interacts with the host cell, Dr. Peter Pelka, a professor at the department of microbiology, and his team explore how they can learn more about cancer development using the virus. Pelka is one of the prominent researchers who has participated in establishing the Prairie Pandemic Preparedness Hub, including the University of Manitoba, Alberta, Calgary and Saskatchewan. The hub has recently received $57 million for both research and infrastructure aspects from the Government of Canada to lead Canada toward independence in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Pelka’s vision for the future is new, safe and inexpensive vaccines that are easy to administer. He calls on enthusiastic future students to join the Faculty of Science and approach researchers to be part of the interesting and world-changing research happening at UM.
To learn more about this project and Pelka's research, please watch the interview on the Faculty of Science’s YouTube channel.
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