Awards & Accolades
Lay Science Writing Competition Winner: A Story Worth Telling
March 19, 2020
On my wedding day, my grandmother was admitted to the hospital for pneumonia. Unfortunately, patients over the age of 50 years old (and especially those over 70 years old), such as my grandmother, have higher needs for support with blood products.
Learning Science by Travelling the World: 2019-2020 CBR Travel Awards
January 16, 2020
Over the past five years, the Travel Awards provided by the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) have been supporting the ongoing professional development of Postdoctoral Fellows (PDF) and Research Associates (RA).
Professor Wilfred Jefferies becomes the first Canadian immunologist to be elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
December 5, 2019
Professor Wilfred Jefferies’ innovative strategies and outstanding inventions that enable cancer immunotherapies and vaccines have been recognized
2019 Gordon Research Conference on Atherosclerosis
November 14, 2019
The conference was divided into nine sessions covering subjects like dyslipidemia and diabetes, genetic regulation of vascular and immune cells, and the contribution of non-coding RNA in vascular diseases.
The Inaugural Systems Immunology Conference at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
October 17, 2019
I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural meeting on Systems Immunology at the beautiful Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) campus in Cold Spring Harbor, New York.
Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening 2019 (SLAS 2019): 2-6 February 2019
October 10, 2019
SLAS2019 was one of the most innovative, relevant and forward-thinking life science and technology research conferences I have attended.
2019 Neil Mackenzie Mentorship Excellence Award
September 19, 2019
The Neil Mackenzie Mentorship Excellence Award is given annually to a Centre for Blood Research (CBR) member in memory of Dr. Neil Mackenzie, a former postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Dieter Brömme’s lab.
2018 UBC Science Excellence in Service Award Recipient Dr. Erika Siren
April 18, 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Erika Siren, a recent graduate from the Kizhakkedathu lab who received this prestigious award in late 2018! She’s now continuing her education as a Friedman Scholar at Harvard Medical School.
The 2018 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Awards
March 21, 2019
The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) was established in honour of BC’s first Nobel Laureate Dr. Michael Smith, with the mission to support health research in BC and develop and attract research talent.
29th European Conference on Biomaterials
March 14, 2019
With support provided by a CBR Post-Doc Travel Award, I attended the 29th European Conference on Biomaterials at Maastricht, Netherlands from Sep 9-13, 2018.