Our mission will be to understand the organization, function, and development of neural circuits that process sensory information in the tiny brain of the fruit fly.
The Life Sciences Institute is an innovative multi-Faculty, multi-Department research institute. The goal of the LSI is to generate and sustain innovative, interdisciplinary research dedicated to discovering fundamental biological processes of life, advancing our understanding of disease processes and developing potential therapeutics.
Gifts from friends, alumni and other community members enable the University of British Columbia to carry out many outstanding research projects 
