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The Michael Smith Laboratories Celebrates 20 Years Since Building Opening

By October 1, 2024No Comments

The Michael Smith Laboratories building opened 20 years ago today, on September 24, 2004.

Originally known as the Biotechnology Laboratory when founded in 1987 under the leadership of Dr. Michael Smith, this was Canada’s first interdisciplinary biotechnology unit. The concept was to bring together faculty with appointments across UBC, using biotechnology as a platform to collaborate. These collaborations now span the faculties of Science, Medicine, Applied Science, Forestry, Land and Food Systems, Pharmaceutical Sciences and beyond.