Dr. Katherine Ryan, a professor at UBC Chemistry, has been appointed the new Canadian Research Chair (CRC) in biosynthetic enzymes.
Dr. Ryan’s research focuses on understanding how natural products are made, including those with applications as antibacterial agents and anti-cancer drugs. Her lab works to isolate new biosynthetic pathways from microbes, to engineer enzymes that catalyze new reactions, and to generate natural product derivatives through combinatorial engineering and chemo-enzymatic synthesis.
Congratulations Katherine!
More information can be found here.