Jean-Philippe Julien received his B.Sc. from McGill University, obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, and trained as a post-doctoral fellow at The Scripps Research Institute. In Fall of 2014, he joined the Molecular Medicine Program at SickKids Research Institute and the Departments of Biochemistry and Immunology at the University of Toronto where he leads a team of multi-disciplinary researchers. His laboratory focuses on the molecular characterization of antibodies by studies of their interactions with cell surface receptors in therapeutic development, and with pathogens guiding vaccine design primarily against Plasmodium falciparum malaria, HIV-1 and COVID-19. Notably, he is a Canada Research Chair in Structural Immunology, a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar and a Member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada.