Jerry Leung (he/him/his)

PhD Candidate
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jerry Leung (B.Sc Hons.) is a PhD Candidate co-supervised by Dr. Pieter Cullis and Dr. Christian Kastrup in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Centre for Blood Research at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on modifying megakaryocytes and platelets using lipid nanoparticle-based delivery systems for targeted blood and cancer therapies. He is currently supported by the Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral Award.

Presentation(s):

• OC 23.1 - Transfusion of RNA-Edited Platelets in a Rodent Model of Polytrauma: A Pilot Study

  Sunday, June 25, 2023
  14:45 – 15:00 ET

• PB0135 - Expression of an Antifibrinolytic Peptide in Donor Platelets Extends Clot Stability

  Sunday, June 25, 2023
  18:30 – 19:30 ET

• PB0392 - Probing Biosynthetic Pathways of Platelets

  Sunday, June 25, 2023
  18:30 – 19:30 ET

• OC 61.1 - Optimization and Delivery of Endogenous mRNA UTRs using LNPs to Control Exogenous Protein Expression in Platelets

  Tuesday, June 27, 2023
  14:45 – 15:00 ET