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National Postdoc Appreciation Week: Dr. Yu-Hsuan (Lynn) Huang

National Postdoc Appreciation Week: Dr. Yu-Hsuan (Lynn) Huang

In honour of National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW), we spoke with Dr. Lynn Huang to highlight her research and celebrate her journey.

National Postdoc Appreciation Week: Dr. Md Mohosin Rana

National Postdoc Appreciation Week: Dr. Md Mohosin Rana

In honour of National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW), we spoke with Dr. Md Mohosin Rana to highlight his research and celebrate his journey.

Meet the Researcher: Dr. Hayley Merkeley

Meet the Researcher: Dr. Hayley Merkeley

Dr. Merkeley joined the CBR just this past year and since then, she’s participated as a speaker at the Norman Bethune Symposium, presented at a CBR seminar and had a student partake in the 2024 CBR Summer Studentship Program. We’re excited for this opportunity to share more about Dr. Merkeley’s work and her experience!

A novel sequencing panel for somatic hypermutation (SHM) status determination

A novel sequencing panel for somatic hypermutation (SHM) status determination

A Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) panel developed by Dr. Aly Karsan’s group in the BC Cancer Research Centre and CBR allows for simultaneous detection of somatic hypermutation status (SHM) and other key clinical variants to inform treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.

Meet the CBR Graduate Award Program (GAP) Cohort 2024-25!

Meet the CBR Graduate Award Program (GAP) Cohort 2024-25!

Meet the incoming CBR Graduate Award Program (GAP) Cohort for 2024-25!

Celebrating Young Researchers: A Look Back at CBR-LSI Research Day 2024

Celebrating Young Researchers: A Look Back at CBR-LSI Research Day 2024

On August 15th, the CBR community gathered in-person and online to celebrate the hard work and research of this year’s summer students.

UBC research pinpoints how early-life antibiotics turn immunity into allergy

UBC research pinpoints how early-life antibiotics turn immunity into allergy

Researchers from UBC have shown for the first time how and why the depletion of microbes in a newborn’s gut by antibiotics can lead to lifelong respiratory allergies.

CBR External Travel Awards: Norman Bethune Symposium 2024 – Fateme Babaha

CBR External Travel Awards: Norman Bethune Symposium 2024 – Fateme Babaha

Fateme Babaha, PhD Candidate from Queen’s University, shares her experience at the 2024 Norman Bethune Symposium.

Marie Johns awarded 2023-2024 William and Dorothy Gilbert Scholarship

Marie Johns awarded 2023-2024 William and Dorothy Gilbert Scholarship

Congratulations to Marie Johns (Jefferies lab), one of the recipients of the 2023-2024 William and Dorothy Gilbert Scholarship in Biomedical Sciences.

Driving excellence: CBR and Canadian Blood Services renew collaboration to advance blood science education and training

Driving excellence: CBR and Canadian Blood Services renew collaboration to advance blood science education and training

Canadian Blood Services’ partnership with the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) has been renewed to 2027 to continue training the next generation of researchers in transfusion science.