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.
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 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
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.
Highlights from the Science World Girls and STEAM 2021 Event
CBR members and mentors share their highlights from the Girls and STEAM 2021 event, organized by Science World.
Dr. Dana Devine inaugurated as AABB President, recognized for her leadership
The 2021 AABB Virtual Annual Meeting was marked by two highlights for the CBR: the inauguration of our Director, Dr. Dana Devine, as AABB president, and Dr. Devine’s recognition with a prestigious AABB leadership award.
CBR Magazine November 2021
The CBR Knowledge Translation Committee is excited to share the November 2021 issue of the CBR Magazine!
The mRNA vaccine: Success for COVID-19 and beyond
Erik Lamoureux explores the success of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, and how they could be used for malaria, Ebola, and other diseases.
UBC-led researchers uncover how the novel coronavirus escapes a cell’s antiviral defenses
A UBC-led research team has uncovered how the virus responsible for causing COVID-19 escapes destruction in infected cells, allowing SARS-CoV-2 to persist and continue spreading in the human body.
Warding Off the Post-Antibiotic Era: Stimulating the Pursuit to Visualize a Common Antibiotic Target
In a paper by Caveney et al., the antibiotic-free structure of a penicillin-binding protein from the human pathogen Escherichia coli was determined using single-particle cryo-EM.