Earl W. Davie: 1927-2020
Dr. Davie was best known for his work in blood coagulation, having published a seminal paper with Oscar Ratnoff in 1964 describing the “waterfall” sequence of coagulation.
Australian & New Zealand Society for Immunology 2019 in Adelaide, Australia
Thanks to a travel award from UBC’s Centre for Blood Research (CBR), I was thrilled to attend the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology 48th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASI 2019) in Adelaide, Australia.
Identifying Patients At Risk of Severe Complications Using Sequencing Technology
Dr. Bob Hancock, UBC Killam professor, will use genomic methods to identify which patients with COVID-19 are at higher risk of developing life-threatening sepsis.
Anticoagulant RNA-Based Therapies For SARS-CoV-2 Related Thrombosis
SARS-CoV-2 leads to hyper-coagulability of blood and deadly blood clots (thrombosis).
Keystone Symposium: Fibrosis and Tissue Repair: From Molecules and Mechanics to Therapeutic Approaches
This conference took place from the 19th to the 23rd of February 2020 in beautiful Victoria, BC.
Risk Management Frameworks For Workplace Safety
As Canada and other countries develop strategies for economic recovery and returning to business, the challenge each government and business faces will be how to develop solutions that can mitigate COVID-19 spread and the risks to a safe return to places of employment.
Predicting the evolution of COVID-19 to help manage future outbreaks
As the world prepares for future waves of COVID-19, the ability to predict mutations in the novel coronavirus even before they emerge will be essential to stopping future outbreaks.
Coagulation Going Viral: Wisdom to Draw from Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Investigation
Cardio- and cerebro-vascular diseases remain the leading causes of death worldwide.
Email Etiquette in the Age of COVID-19
You suck at email! Sorry to be so blunt, but if you have been in academia even if only for a little while, chances are you have seen (or even adopted) some bad email habits.
Host Cellular Protein Substrates Of SARS-COV-2 Proteases
The recent outbreak of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (2019-2020) leading to COVID-19 disease in China and worldwide has led to increased urgency in identifying strategies to mitigate the spread of coronavirus infection and treat infected individuals.