Julian E. Davies, Ph.D.

Fourth Winford P. Larson Lecturer

Julian E. Davies, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
University of British Columbia

Dr. Julian E. Davies is an Emeritus Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Chief Scientific Officer of TerraGen Diversity, Inc., Vancouver, B.C. Before joining UBC as head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in 1992, Dr. Davies held academic positions at the University of Wisconsin, University of Geneva, and Institut Pasteur. Dr. Davies is internationally acclaimed for his research on aspects of microbial ecology related to disease, particularly the origins and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, with special reference to gene capture and horizontal gene transfer. Current President of the American Society for Microbiology and Fellow of both the Royal Societies of London and of Canada, Dr. Davies will be additionally honored in December with the 1999 Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Infectious Disease Research.