Lily Southcott Awarded the Carl H. Westcott Fellowship to Advance Nuclear Medicine
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Lily Southcott of the Orvig Lab, who was awarded the 2021 Carl H. Westcott Fellowship! The Westcott Fellowship is awarded each year to a graduate student whose research work is being carried out at TRIUMF or on TRIUMF-related projects.
The Tensegrity of Art and Science (Part 1): Why Science Needs Art
A science major might consider the arts to be intangible or abstract, whereas an art major might argue that the sciences are boring or uninspiring. Despite this tension, writer Maria-Elizabeth Baeva demonstrates how these two disciplines share commonalities, and most importantly, how they are reliant on each other.
Stepping Up Our Wellness Game with the CBR Step Challenge
In May, the CBR Health & Wellness Committee invited CBR members and friends to step up their wellness game with the annual CBR Step Challenge! Together, 40+ participants from 25+ different labs and groups took over 10.57 million steps in total — a truly incredible feat!
Celebrating the Journeys of our CBR Graduates
Congratulations to all our recent CBR Spring 2021 graduates, who walked across the virtual stage and celebrated their UBC convocation in early June! We had the pleasure of talking with some recent grads, undergraduate and graduate students alike, about their research projects, the best part of their student journey, and their words of wisdom to other researchers.
Tiny Tumours and Oscillating Oxygen
Using 3D tumour spheroids, Dr. Karen Cheung and other UBC researchers sought to better understand how tumours behave within the framework of hypoxia and how they react to treatment – which is especially important, because hypoxia seems to hamper various kinds of therapy.
CBR Travel Awards Support Scientists’ Learning at the AABB 2020 Virtual Conference
Two members of the CBR from the Devine lab, Dr. Mona Khorshidfar, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and Wayne Zhao, a PhD Candidate, received CBR Travel Awards to attend the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) Annual Meeting in 2020.
Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu receives New Frontiers in Research Fund Exploration Grant to investigate endothelial glycocalyx repair
Congratulations to Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu, one of seven UBC project leads supported by a New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) 2020 Exploration Grant! His project will aim to develop an effective therapeutic approach to rapidly repair the endothelial glycocalyx, in order to reverse endothelial dysfunction and pathogenesis in inflammatory diseases.
Mixed Messages: Why Science Communication is More Important Than Ever During the Pandemic
As COVID-19 continues to pose a large threat to people’s lives and economies all around the world, it is crucial for new knowledge about the virus to be easily accessible to the public, and clear messaging by scientists is more important than ever.
10th Annual Norman Bethune Symposium – May 18, 2021
This is a playlist of the 10th annual Norman Bethune Symposium, which took place online via Zoom on Tuesday May 18, 2021.
Celebrating Over 5 Years of CBR Knowledge Translation!
With the release of our 10th magazine issue, the CBR Knowledge Translation Committee is excited to celebrate over 5 years of ongoing knowledge translation! Started in January 2015, the CBR KT Committee is a group that is passionate about science writing, blogging and mixed media communications.