CBR members receive prestigious CIHR Grants and Awards
Congratulations to James Baylis, Steve Woosuk Hur, John Andrew Alexander and Dustin King on receiving the CIHR award.
UBC 3MT Runner-Up Calls for More Science Communications
Diana Canals never liked public speaking. “I panic, I get really stressed out, and I can’t sleep for days leading up to it.” As the runner-up prize winner of the UBC Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final competition held on March 10, the young researcher has certainly changed for the better.
Dr. Leonard Foster Receives UBC Killam Research Prize
Dr. Leonard Foster, Director of the Centre for High-Throughput Biology, and an Investigator with the Centre for Blood Research, has been awarded a highly prestigious UBC Killam Research Prize, recognizing his outstanding research and scholarly contributions.
The CBR Rises to the Top in UBC 3 Minute Thesis Competition
Diana Canals from the CBR was victorious over other excellent contestants from many UBC Departments and won the second place at the UBC 3MT Finals! This is the first year that the CBR hosted a 3MT Heat.
Killing us with Sweetness: Understanding the Role of Protein Glycosylation in Bacteria-related Sepsis
A. baumannii infections cause ventilator-associated pneumonia and wound infections, leading to life-threatening bacteremia/sepsis. How does it resist the host’s immunological response?
Dr. Conway invited to co-lead a Canadian Network on Venous Thromboembolism
Ed Conway, the Director of the UBC Centre for Blood Research (CBR), will co-lead the translational/basic science platform of a new national research network focused on venous thromboembolism (VTE) — the first such network in the world.
Gordon Research Seminar and Conference on Matrix Metalloproteinases
There were also talks on the development of protease inhibitors (small molecules, peptides and monoclonal antibodies) and how to apply this knowledge in translational research. The topics ranged from bench side to bed side and how these proteases modulate all aspects of biology and human diseases by precisely cutting specific portions of proteins to either activate or inactive them.
CBR Research Day 2015: In Review
The annual CBR Research Day is held to celebrate the end of the Summer Studentship Program, wherein undergraduates embarked on a research project under the expert guidance of the CBR members. This year, the day began with enthusiastic summer students gathering
Over 30 nominations for the Neil Mackenzie Mentorship Excellence Award
Only one month ago, the Centre for Blood Research announced a new award in honor of Neil Mackenzie, recognizing mentorship excellence in the CBR community.
Conference Reports: EuPA Annual Conference and MaxQuant Summer School
The conference was a big success on both the scientific and the networking level. I was fortunate to secure a slot in one of the parallel sessions, where I could present our strategy on using TAILS N-terminomics to identify HPP “missing proteins” and our ongoing efforts to map the human heart N-terminome, fostering lively scientific discussions.