Andrew completed a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Toronto and followed this with graduate work in the Department of Chemistry at Harvard where he was awarded a Ph.D. for studies on DNA-protein interaction.

He was then a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Cancer research at MIT working on mechanisms of RNA splicing under the supervision of Phil Sharp who was awarded the Nobel prize in Medicine for the discovery of the split gene structure in the eukaryotic genome.

In 2000, Andrew joined the Biochemistry Department at the University of Alberta. Research in his lab involves determining the mechanisms of gene regulation at the RNA level. The main focus has been studies of RNA processing in eukaryotes with an emphasis on RNA splicing mechanisms. Work in the lab has also included studies of bacterial gene regulation (small RNAs) and bacterial innate immunity (CRISPR).

If you are interested in joining our group, contact us at amacmill at ualberta.ca