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Sepsis: The end is just the beginning
February 3, 2022
Andy An explains the critical need to study sepsis and post-sepsis syndrome, and how COVID-19 has brought new attention to both.
How It’s Made: The CBR Magazine
January 27, 2022
How does the CBR Magazine come together? Andy Hsu and Kristine Ho take you through the creation process, step-by-step.
Earl W. Davie Symposium 2021 Recording
January 20, 2022
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
January 12, 2022
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.
Machine learning and AI used to rapidly detect sepsis, cutting risk of death dramatically
January 10, 2022
A groundbreaking advance in quickly detecting sepsis using machine learning has been pioneered by researchers in the Hancock Lab.
Earl W. Davie Symposium 2021: Fifteen years of scientific learning and opportunities
December 9, 2021
This November, the CBR hosted its 15th Earl W. Davie Symposium, an event full of scientific learning, community connection and inspiration.
Dr. Alison McAfee receives the 2021 Michael John Page Postdoctoral Fellow Award
December 2, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Alison McAfee of the Foster and Tarpy labs, who received the 2021 Michael John Page Postdoctoral Fellow Award.
Inspiring young leaders (virtually!): Science World’s Girls and STEAM event 2020
November 25, 2021
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
November 18, 2021
From micrographs to fieldwork to medical illustrations, we were thrilled to see such artistic creativity in our CBR cover art contest submissions.
UBC researchers train computers to predict the next designer drugs
November 15, 2021
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.