Linda Vickars
April 18, 2014. We mourn the loss of Dr. Linda Vickars, a dedicated, talented and selfless teacher and clinician. She will be missed. But her legacy will live on in all those she touched – her family, friends, colleagues, students, and many, many patients. The following is part of a longer biography of Linda and […]
2013 CBR Research Day
The 2013 CBR Research Day was a great success, highlighting the accomplishments of the undergraduate and medical students who worked in CBR labs and clinics this summer. These unique opportunities, which provide our future generations of scientists and clinicians with valuable experiences that will guide them into important career decisions, were made available through educational […]
Major Innovation in Regulatory Science Award to Dana Devine
Dr. Dana Devine has been named as one of five awardees in the 2013 inaugural Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) for Innovation in Regulatory Science Award program. The award of $500,000 was granted to her to support a research project entitled, ‘Refreshing the regulatory approach to ensuring the safety and efficacy of blood transfusion products‘. BWF’s […]
A Brooks Discovery: Super Glue for Cells
Don Brooks, from the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) at the University of British Columbia, led a group of scientists in Canada to make a super-strong cell membrane adhesive and used it to stick red blood cells together. The polymer, based on the phospholipid head group phosphatidyl choline, could be used to secure cells in […]
Jay Kizhakkedathu Honoured with Distinguished Achievement Award
May 16, 2013 Each year, the Faculty of Medicine at UBC recognizes faculty and staff members for excellence in teaching, research, administration, innovation and public service. We are pleased to announce that Dr. Jay Kizhakkedathu, an Associate Professor in the Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and a longtime member of the CBR, has been […]
Dr. Katherine Serrano to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in support of Canada’s national public cord blood bank
In August of this year, Canadian Blood Services CEO, Graham Sher will be leading a climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro as part of the “Campaign For All Canadians” – a campaign designed to raise funds for the development and maintenance of a national public cord blood bank in Canada. Together with 7 other Canadian Blood Services […]
2nd Annual Normal Bethune Symposium – April 2013
Dr. Norman Bethune’s contributions to the concepts of medical care and social responsibility have left a worthy legacy throughout the world. The CBR is proud to participate by hosting this annual symposium. On April 17, 2013, over 150 people gathered at the SFU Harbour Centre to share and to learn. It was a great event! […]
Hemophilia is for Girls! Ryanne tells her story
Since Hemophilias A and B are bleeding disorders carried by females and manifest in males, we don’t often think of women suffering from hemophilia. However, Ryanne Radford is a young woman with severe hemophilia due to severe factor V deficiency. Ryanne was kind enough to tell Ed Conway, the Director of the CBR, her story […]
Dr. Christian Kastrup explains the muscle in mussels to treat vascular disease
Astute observations by the curiosity-driven Dr. Christian Kastrup led him and his colleagues to a discovery, based on the mussel’s ability to stick to rocks and the hulls of boats, that may endow diseased blood vessels with unique protective properties. As Dr. Kastrup and his colleagues from M.I.T. described in the journal PNAS (Early Edition, […]
Agnes Lee co-Chairs an Enormously Successful ASH Education and Scientific Program
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) hosted more than 18,000 hematologists, health-care professionals and scientists from a wide array of disciplines for its 54th Annual Meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta in December 2012. A major feature of this meeting is the Education and Scientific Program, which is uniformly considered key for the […]