It is with great pleasure we announce Dr. Xin Li, long standing member of the Michael Smith Laboratories (MSL), has been nominated as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Plant Immunity, beginning fall of 2022. The Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP) invests approximately $311 million per year to attract and retain top researchers across Canada in post-secondary institutions. The program is at the heart of a national strategy to make Canada one of the leading research and development countries in the world. Selected chairholders are world experts in their fields that strengthen Canada’s international competitiveness and help to teach and train the next generation of scientific leaders at our universities. The funding available from the program contributes to salary support and the expansion of the Li Lab’s trainee program.
