Interests

  • Cancer biology

  • Gene therapy

  • Bacteriophage

  • VLPs

  • Immunotherapy

  • Cell therapy

  • Biotechnology

Jaya Li

M.Sc. Candidate

Jaya is currently enrolled as a M.Sc. student at the University of Waterloo, within the School of Pharmacy and the Department of Chemical Engineering. She completed her undergraduate degree in Biology with Co-op at the University of Waterloo in 2021. She is currently working on the construction and characterization of a miniphagemid-mediated cancer therapy delivering an anti-angiogenic DNA-encoded virus-like particle with the Theraphage Lab. In 2023, Jaya attended the 13th Summer School on Medicine at the University of Barcelona.

Education

  • B.Sc. Honours Biology, Co-op, University of Waterloo (2021)

Contact

  • jiayang.li@theraphage.bio


Presentations:

  • Li J. Construction and characterization of miniphagemid-mediated cancer therapy delivering an anti-angiogenic DNA-encoded virus-like particle, Poster presented at Big Bang Research Day. 2023, October 23; University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

  • Li J. Construction of miniphagemid-mediated cancer immunotherapy. Presented at: 13th Summer School on Medicine. 2023, July 4; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain