Currently the Associate Vice President, International Partnerships at the University of Toronto, Dr. Christopher Yip is the former Director of the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, and a faculty member in IBBME, Chemical Engineering, and Biochemistry, where he and his team create a variety of experiment-specific microscopy tools.
Dr. Yip told us, “Our lab core research focus is in single-molecule biophysics and the development of combinatorial imaging platforms for the study of molecular and cellular dynamics. We are particularly interested in the integration and application of different imaging modalities to understand protein-protein interactions on a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. A key platform for our lab is light sheet microscopy, and, we have been actively developing a diverse suite of systems, each tailored to a specific experiment. Some of our efforts include tracking receptor association, protein-membrane interactions, and dynamics. Our most recent work has focused on understanding the mechanisms of coordinated cell migration during heart development using Drosophila as the model system.”