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.
Bike to Work Week: CBR-LSC team has beat all records!
Twenty nine riders on the LSC team, of which 15 were members of the CBR, competed against other UBC teams and cycled to the 1st place.
The Green side of CBR: Join the Sustainability Club
This month, CBR celebrates the second anniversary of the Compost Cookie Club! Most people may not be aware that the organic waste produced on campus is made into a useful product for the UBC gardeners to use on University landscapes.
Conference Reports: Keystone Symposia Meeting on Hybrid Methods in Structural Biology
Julien Bergeron, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Strynadka Lab at CBR, was partially funded by the CBR PDF Travel Award to attend the Meeting at Tahoe City, California.
Norman Bethune Symposium 2015 – an exciting day of research
The 4th Annual Norman Bethune Symposium, which focused on HIV-related research in the morning and hemophilia and bleeding disorders talks in the afternoon, brought together visiting and local clinicians, researchers, and industry representatives. Four common themes stood out: