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Sepsis: The end is just the beginning

Andy An explains the critical need to study sepsis and post-sepsis syndrome, and how COVID-19 has brought new attention to both.

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How It’s Made: The CBR Magazine

How does the CBR Magazine come together? Andy Hsu and Kristine Ho take you through the creation process, step-by-step.

In-person attendees at the 15th Earl W. Davie Symposium 2021

Earl W. Davie Symposium 2021 Recording

Watch the recording of the 15th Earl W. Davie Symposium, which features speakers on vascular biology, hemostasis-thrombosis, and more.

UBC researchers lead $24 million project to treat spinal cord injury

UBC researchers lead $24 million project to treat spinal cord injury

Dr. Karen Cheung is part of the Mend the Gap project, which will develop soft gels to help regrow nerve fibres in an injured spinal cord.

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Machine learning and AI used to rapidly detect sepsis, cutting risk of death dramatically

A groundbreaking advance in quickly detecting sepsis using machine learning has been pioneered by researchers in the Hancock Lab.

Attendees listen to the day’s presentations at the Earl W. Davie Symposium 2021. Photo by Kitty Liu.

Earl W. Davie Symposium 2021: Fifteen years of scientific learning and opportunities

This November, the CBR hosted its 15th Earl W. Davie Symposium, an event full of scientific learning, community connection and inspiration.

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Dr. Alison McAfee receives the 2021 Michael John Page Postdoctoral Fellow Award

Congratulations to Dr. Alison McAfee of the Foster and Tarpy labs, who received the 2021 Michael John Page Postdoctoral Fellow Award.

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Inspiring young leaders (virtually!): Science World’s Girls and STEAM event 2020

This November marks the 1-year anniversary of “Synthetic Biology: Using DNA for New Applications”, a workshop created by the CBR Outreach Committee and SFU Science AL!VE for the 2020 Girls and STEAM event at Science World.

From Micrographs to Medical Illustrations: Artwork from our CBR Cover Art Contest

From Micrographs to Medical Illustrations: Artwork from our CBR Cover Art Contest

From micrographs to fieldwork to medical illustrations, we were thrilled to see such artistic creativity in our CBR cover art contest submissions.

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UBC researchers train computers to predict the next designer drugs

Research from Dr. Michael Skinnider and Dr. Leonard Foster have trained computers to predict the next designer drugs before they are even on the market, technology that could save lives.