CBR Member Series – Episode 2: Diana Canals
The UBC Centre for Blood Research presents a new video series featuring our members and their research. Meet Diana Canals and learn more about the PhD project that she is conducting in Dr. Kelly McNagny’s lab.
6th Great Wall Symposium – Institut Pasteur (Pasteur Institute), Paris, 2019
In late September, I had the opportunity to attend the 6th Great Wall Symposium at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France. This biennial symposium focuses on the study of the bacterial outer envelope, specifically the cell wall.
Meet the Researcher: Dr. Christian Kastrup
I had the pleasure to meet Dr. Christian Kastrup at a convening of the NanoMedicines Innovation Network (NMIN), a national association drawn from academia, industry and other enterprises to leverage Canada as a global leader in developing next-generation therapeutics.
2019 Gordon Research Conference on Atherosclerosis
The conference was divided into nine sessions covering subjects like dyslipidemia and diabetes, genetic regulation of vascular and immune cells, and the contribution of non-coding RNA in vascular diseases.
CBR Magazine November 2019
2019 November Magazine for Website by CBR on Scribd
CBR Member Feature: Maria-Elizabeth Baeva, B.Sc.
People who change your opinions about life come in all forms. For me, these forms usually entail lab coats and nitrile gloves. One of these PPE-endowed people is a Master of Science candidate in the laboratory of Dr. Wilfred Jeffries named Maria-Elizabeth Baeva.
Meet the Researcher: Prof. Hongshen Ma CBR Faculty Profile
Prof. Hongshen Ma is a principal investigator at the Centre for Blood Research, an Associate Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Senior Research Scientist with the Vancouver Prostate Centre, and Associate Member of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
The Inaugural Systems Immunology Conference at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural meeting on Systems Immunology at the beautiful Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) campus in Cold Spring Harbor, New York.
Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening 2019 (SLAS 2019): 2-6 February 2019
SLAS2019 was one of the most innovative, relevant and forward-thinking life science and technology research conferences I have attended.
Secret Lives of CBR Researchers: Episode 3. Melanie Dostert
Melanie Dostert is a second year PhD student studying biofilm associated antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. When she is not doing awesome science in the lab, Melanie spends much of her free time playing the violin in the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra (VPO).