National Postdoc Appreciation Week: Dr. Lihua Hao
In honour of National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW), we spoke with different Postdoctoral Fellows at the CBR to highlight their research, share their stories and celebrate their journeys. Dr. Lihua Hua – Pryzdial lab Tell me about your research. My project is about Factor X, which is a really important coagulation protein. Normally, it gets […]
National Postdoc Appreciation Week: Dr. Sahand Ghaffari
In honour of National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW), we spoke with different Postdoctoral Fellows at the CBR to highlight their research, share their stories and celebrate their journeys. Dr. Sahand Ghaffari – Kizhakkedathu Lab Tell me about your research As a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Blood Research and Department of Pathology and Laboratory […]
National Postdoc Appreciation Week: Dr. Maomao Tan
In honour of National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW), we spoke with different Postdoctoral Fellows at the CBR to highlight their research, share their stories and celebrate their journeys. Dr. Maomao Tan – Hedtrich Lab Tell me about your research. I am working in Dr. Sarah Hedtrich’s laboratory at the Centre for Blood Research, focusing […]
Meet the CBR Graduate Award Program (GAP) Cohort 2025-2026
We are excited to welcome the incoming CBR Graduate Award Program (GAP) cohort for 2025-2026! Over the next year, these students will take part in exciting professional development activities alongside their research. Learn more about them and their research below: Download the GAP 2025-2026 Cohort PDF Here! Alessia Palumbo, Foster Lab I am a 2nd […]
Q&A with Dr. Kerryn Matthews, Recipient of the 2025 Neil Mackenzie Mentorship Excellence Award
We profiled Dr. Kerryn Matthews, recipient of the 2025 Neil Mackenzie Mentorship Excellence Award.
Meet the Researcher: Dr. Tanya Bennet, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cheung Lab
Written by: Iryna Liubchak, Cheung Lab What can you tell us about your current research? I’m working on the interdisciplinary collaborative project Mend the Gap (MtG), where we’re aiming to develop a novel biomaterial-based treatment for spinal cord injury. My focus is on translation from the in vitro to in vivo setting. This includes designing […]
Welcome 2025 Students!
We are so excited to welcome 21 summer students to this year’s CBR-LSI Summer Studentship Program. Over the next four months, these students will take part in exciting workshops alongside their research projects. Learn more about them and their research below: Alice Hong PI: Dr. Carolina Tropini I just completed my 5th year in Biomedical […]
Meet the Researcher: Dr. Sarah Hedtrich
Dr. Sarah Hedtrich and her lab joined the CBR in February 2025 and we’re excited to share more about her work and her experience!
Empowering Women in STEM: #WomeninScience 2025
February 11 is recognized by the United Nations (UN) as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science – this year, we had the pleasure of chatting with several female trainees in the CBR community.
Scientist Dana Devine helped modernize transfusion practices in Canada
This special article about Dr. Dana Devine was written by Diane Peters and is originally published in The Globe and Mail on December 8, 2024.