The challenges of HIV research today: Interview with Richard Harrigan
Jenny Chik, a postdoctoral fellow in the Foster lab, got the opportunity to interview Dr. Richard Harrigan, Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Director of Research Laboratories at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS to discuss present challenges and future of HIV research.
Can Blood Bag Texture Affect Transfusion Safety?
Narges Hadjesfandiari discovered a simple way to significantly improve platelet transfusion safety, which will impact patients who suffer from low platelet levels that happen in severe trauma, serious infections, and cancer.
10th Annual Earl W. Davie Symposium in Review
This year celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Earl W. Davie Symposium. We would like to thank everyone who helped made this event possible.
Stressing the Bugs: New Treatment Targets for Multidrug Resistant Bacteria
Sarah Mansour and her colleagues in the Hancock lab discover that resistant abscesses can be treated by targeting the bacterial response to stress.
CBR Magazine November 2016
2016 November Magazine for Website by CBR on Scribd
Swimming with Sharks: Predatory Open-Access Publishers
The open-access publishing (OAP) era offers many benefits to the public and scientific community, however, predatory publishers have the potential to destroy the purpose of open-access research.
Mental Health Survey: Results and Opportunities
Mental health issues are potentially the biggest barriers to success among graduate students, and we need to identify and discuss these issues in order to find ways to address them. To gain insights into the extent of the problem, with a view to identifying means to help, the CBR distributed a Mental Health Survey to its members.
CBR Hosts: The First World Thrombosis Day in Vancouver
On October 13th, the CBR hosted the first World Thrombosis Day event in Vancouver in hopes to educate the public and raise awareness about thrombotic disorders: deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and venous thromboembolism.
Results are out! Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
Natalie Zeytuni and J. Andrew Alexander from the Strynadka Lab, have received highly prestigious national awards.
Drop the Knife!
Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) require surgery at least once in their life time. However, Bernard Lo, a PhD candidate in the research group led by CBR Principal Investigator Kelly McNagny, finds a therapeutic method to block fibrotic processes in IBD.