Predicting the evolution of COVID-19 to help manage future outbreaks
As the world prepares for future waves of COVID-19, the ability to predict mutations in the novel coronavirus even before they emerge will be essential to stopping future outbreaks.
Host Cellular Protein Substrates Of SARS-COV-2 Proteases
The recent outbreak of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (2019-2020) leading to COVID-19 disease in China and worldwide has led to increased urgency in identifying strategies to mitigate the spread of coronavirus infection and treat infected individuals.
April 2020: Notes from the CBR Director
When the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) team of editors and writers were compiling and laying all the fabulous stories, reports and photos for display in this issue of the CBR Magazine, the best parts of BC were revealing themselves.
Jobs in industry: a day in the life of a Medical Science Liaison
In early November 2019, the Centre for Blood Research proudly presented ‘Breakfast with Bayer,’ a networking opportunity for trainees to meet with representatives from the life sciences company.
Inside the CBR and LSI – basic scientists, vendors and staff band together to support health care workers on the front lines of COVID-19
The past couple of weeks has seen most of us in the CBR and the LSI rapidly curtailing research activities.
New Automation Facility (B!) Opens in LSI
In September 2019, the new Biofactorial (B!) automation and screening facility opened for business in UBC. Located on the second floor of the Life Sciences Institute (LSI), the facility aims to assist UBC researchers in automation and high-throughput biology applications to help reduce experimental costs and enhance the speed of research.
Hancock Lab Develops a New Tool for Studying Chlamydia Infection
While the pathological findings of the study will indeed be beneficial to antibiotic development, it is the innovative approach used in creating the in vitro model that must be highlighted.
Stressing the Bugs: New Treatment Targets for Multidrug Resistant Bacteria
Sarah Mansour and her colleagues in the Hancock lab discover that resistant abscesses can be treated by targeting the bacterial response to stress.
Researchers develop new weapon for hard-to-treat bacterial infections
Researcher Bob Hancock made an important discovery in the fight against superbugs, while his team was looking for a solution to abscesses, a condition where patients develop reoccurring fluid-filled pockets that don’t respond well to traditional antibiotic treatments.
UBC’s new president makes Centre for Blood Research one of his first stops
UBC President Santa Ono fondly recalled his days as a young scientist at the CBR Research Day.