The Alberta Prion Research Institute’s purpose and overarching mandate is to:
Build and support world-class capacity for prion and protein folding research;
Encourage the production of excellent research and its use for the advancement of knowledge and the development of industry and policy; and,
Develop highly qualified people in these areas.
Partnering
Our impact
We work with a variety of stakeholders to achieve a positive impact in the world of prion and prion-like research.
Albertans: we support research that informs new approaches to the challenges of human dementias, extending the reach and impact of public & privately funded not for profit agencies.
Universities and their researchers: we invest in research and training and developing capacity in highly qualified personnel.
Policy makers and regulators: we support research that informs decision-making.
Industry: we invest or co-invest in research to solve industry problems and to provide new approaches to treatments and therapeutics.