5th Annual Norman Bethune Symposium
The symposium celebrated the persevering efforts of Dr. Bethune in pioneering an innovative mobile blood collection and distribution system in the 1930s. This year’s distinguished panel of speakers highlighted today’s challenges and breakthroughs in transfusion medicine.
CBR Members: Sun Run Fun 2016
The Vancouver Sun Run attracted 43,000 participants this past Sunday, April 17th, 2016. Among them, nineteen CBR members of all levels of fitness and preparation took on the 10 kilometer road race.
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.
Ideas Learned at CBR Postdoctoral Career Night
On March 2, 18 mentors and 60+ postdocs gathered to talk about careers in life sciences. A common theme of the PDF Career Night night was to find your own way by making the most of your strengths, combined with a mindset of flexibility and growth.
Earl W. Davie Symposium 2015 – in Review
To honor the illustrious career of Dr. Earl W. Davie, the CBR hosts the annual Earl Davie Symposium, showcasing endeavors in the fields of vascular biology, hemostasis-thrombosis, cardiovascular and neurologic disease, by both local and international experts. Read the full review of the day.
The CBR Introducing “Blood Labs” to Local High Schools
The CBR is excited to introduce a new program that combines outreach, teaching and science communication – all into one neat package. Two months ago, four CBR graduate students formed the Outreach Founding Committee and undertook designing fun lab activities for high school students. To differentiate themselves from other similar initiatives, the CBR outreach focuses specifically on blood-related labs.
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
The Way of the Dragon – CBR’s dragonboat race
On Thursday, an enthusiastic group of CBR members took to the water to learn the ancient art of dragonboat rowing. It is well known that lab work (such as vigorous pipetting) gives most scientists the upper body strength of a professional weightlifter. Armed with that knowledge, we made our way to…
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.
Where Will Your Graduate Education Take You?
Many students choose to enter graduate school because they enjoy research and are passionate about science, but few have a concrete idea of the type of career they would like following graduation.