CBR Research Day 2019
Have you ever wanted to learn about the cryopreservation of red blood cells using novel polymers or the future of skin cancer detection? How about social media tips or how many chop sticks get thrown out in Vancouver every year?
CBR-SBME Summer Students Visit AbCellera!
In the growing field of immunotherapy, it may turn out that we as human beings might hold the cure for dementia or HIV.
Metaling with Chelation Therapy: Reducing Transfusion-Associated Iron Toxicity with Conjugated Drugs
Beta-thalassemias are a group of inherited blood disorders caused by a decrease in beta hemoglobin chains that can result in severe anemia, reduced oxygen supply to tissues, failure to thrive, and death.
Where Will Your Future Take You? Career Night 2019 Gives Students and Postdocs Insights Into Science Careers
On June 13, the Centre for Blood Research and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology teamed up to host another successful career night for UBC students, postdocs and staff.
A Plug for the Leaky Pipeline
Prof. Strickland was awarded the Nobel Prize for her Doctoral thesis work on chirped pulse amplification, a methodology now used in corrective eye surgery and medical imaging.
Keystone Symposia: Single Cell Biology, Breckenridge, Colorado
Single cell biology has revolutionized biomedical research. I had the amazing opportunity to absorb some of the innovative emerging technologies, methodologies and computational approaches driving this field forward at the Keystone Single Cell Biology Symposium in Breckenridge, Colorado.
CBR Member Feature: Dr. Andrew Shih
Dr. Andrew Shih is a staff hematopathologist at Vancouver General Hospital. He is also the Medical Director and Regional Medical Leader of Transfusion Medicine at Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.
Dampening the Inflammatory Response to P. aeruginosa Infection using a Synthetic Immunomodulatory Peptide
Antibiotic resistance and the lack of novel antibiotics pose a real threat to health, and therefore new solutions to fight resistant bacteria are required.
CBR-Genome BC Collaboration at Girls and STEAM Symposium and Showcase
On Saturday November 3rd, 2018, aspiring young scientists, engineers, and thought leaders came from all across BC for the Girls and STEAM Symposium and Showcase.
Self-propelled Hemostatic Particles Find a New Home in Gauze and Spray Cartridges
Self-propelled particles—What started as a “wouldn’t that be cool” idea has become a real technology that has gained the support of many groups that hope to some day see this product, on the front of both military and civilian lines, saving lives.