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The CBR Celebrates #WomenInScience: meet Marie-Soleil Smith, Ph.D. candidate in the Dr. Côté lab 

The CBR Celebrates #WomenInScience: meet Marie-Soleil Smith, Ph.D. candidate in the Dr. Côté lab 

Marie-Soleil research focuses on the relative toxicity/safety of ARVs, which may help inform and guide future human trials and strategies for the treatment of HIV in women of reproductive age.

The CBR Celebrates #WomenInScience: meet Dr. Patrícia de Oliveira Benedet, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Dr. Conway Lab  

The CBR Celebrates #WomenInScience: meet Dr. Patrícia de Oliveira Benedet, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Dr. Conway Lab  

Patrícia research focuses on the mechanisms by which CD248 acts as a molecular switch that induces the transition of white adipose tissue from a healthy to an unhealthy state during obesity and diabetes.

The CBR Celebrates #WomenInScience: meet Tseday Zewdu Tegegn, Ph.D. candidate in the Dr. Pryzdial lab 

The CBR Celebrates #WomenInScience: meet Tseday Zewdu Tegegn, Ph.D. candidate in the Dr. Pryzdial lab 

Tseday research focuses on DENV-infected platelets and megakaryocytes and following host and virus protein synthesis that can contribute to thrombocytopenia development during infection. 

A day in the life of a platelet scientist

A day in the life of a platelet scientist

Through photos and writing, follow a day in the life of a platelet scientist. Steven Jiang, a MSc student from the Kim Lab, shares his work.

New Treatment Option for a Deadly Muscle Disease: An Arduous Journey for the Advancement of Medicine

New Treatment Option for a Deadly Muscle Disease: An Arduous Journey for the Advancement of Medicine

Dr. Farshad Babaeijandaghi and the Rossi Lab have discovered a new drug that could help treat Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy.

An Interview with Dr. Parvin Bolourani, CBR Education Program Manager

An Interview with Dr. Parvin Bolourani, CBR Education Program Manager

Meet Dr. Parvin Bolourani, the CBR’s Education Program Manager.

Snapshots, Sketches, Science: CBR Cover Art Contest, November 2022

Snapshots, Sketches, Science: CBR Cover Art Contest, November 2022

For the November 2022 CBR Cover Art Contest, members submitted both illustrations and images to share their labwork.

CBR Travel Awards: Attending the 2022 Gordon Research Seminar and Conference

CBR Travel Awards: Attending the 2022 Gordon Research Seminar and Conference

Supported by a CBR Travel Award, Peter Grin attended a conference in Italy and presented his research on the SARS-CoV-2 main protease.

CBR Travel Awards: IASP World Congress on Pain 2022

CBR Travel Awards: IASP World Congress on Pain 2022

PhD student Tetiana Povshedna presented a poster on experiences of chronic pain among women living with HIV and HIV-negative women.

Recipients of the Logan Boulet Humanitarian Award 2021 holding the award. (Left to right: Daniel Luo, Dr. Erika Siren, Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu)

CBR scientists recognized for impact on advancing organ transplantation research, receive 2 community awards

Kizhakkedathu Lab researchers were recently honoured with two awards, for the impact of their work on advancing organ transplant technologies