Dr. Karen Lam received her B.Sc. Honours degree in Genetics (2003) and her Ph.D. in Medical Genetics (2009) from the University of British Columbia. Her Ph.D. research focused on uncovering novel mechanisms that regulate protein quality control and transport at the endoplasmic reticulum, using genomic and cell biological approaches. Prior to joining the PROOF Centire she did two years of postdoctoral training at UBC, combining high-content screening and biochemical methods to characterize drugs that affect autophagy (cellular “self-eating”) to combat cancer and tuberculosis. Dr. Lam has published in peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Cell Biology, Molecular Biology of the Cell, and PLoS ONE. She has received awards from UBC University Graduate Fellowships, NSERC, and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research.
Her role at the PROOF Centre is to evaluate prospective and existing biomarker projects from business and scientific perspectives and to create strategic plans to effectively translate the technology consistent with PROOF’s objectives.
