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The W. A. E. McBryde Medal is presented to a young scientist working in Canada who has made a significant achievement in pure or applied analytical chemistry.
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The 2025 winner of the W. A. E. McBryde Medal is:
Maxim Berezovski, MCIC
University of Ottawa
Dr. Maxim Berezovski is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences at the University of Ottawa, where he leads the Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics and oversees the proteomic/metabolomic division of the mass spectrometry core facility. He received his B.Sc./M.Sc. from Novosibirsk State University in 1994 and completed his Ph.D. at York University in 2005. Following postdoctoral research at the University of Toronto as an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Berezovski joined the University of Ottawa in 2009.
Dr. Berezovski’s research lies at the forefront of bioanalytical chemistry, biological mass spectrometry, and molecular diagnostics. His pioneering work on DNA aptamers has significantly advanced the field of analytical chemistry. His lab has developed aptamers capable of specifically recognizing tumor tissues, cancer cells, viruses, and bacteria. These aptamers have been applied to create electrochemical and fluorescent sensors, visualize brain tumors during neurosurgeries, and enable noninvasive, precise cancer surgeries at the single-cell level using magnetic fields. Dr. Berezovski’s recent contributions include innovative technologies for the isolation and analysis of extracellular vesicles by mass spectrometry. His discovery that exosomes contain functional metabolic enzymes offers potential for cancer diagnostics and therapy.