Sung-Hye Grieco’s stay at the CBR
Sung-Hye began her position as the Center for Blood Research (CBR) fermentation facility manager in September of 2006 when the facility opened at the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) building. She designed and constructed the facility with the help of UBC Plant Ops as well as the Workshop Facility at LSI. In total, she installed seven […]
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, […]
The 6th Annual Earl W. Davie Symposium – November 2012
November 13, 2012 marked the 6th Annual Earl W. Davie Symposium, hosted by the CBR and sponsored by Novo Nordisk. It was a memorable event, with over 200 attendees, a range of entertaining and stimulating speakers, excellent posters, delicious food and fine wine. Arguably, one of the major discoveries in medicine in the latter half […]
Robert E.W. Hancock receives the 2012 Prix Galien Research Award
We congratulate longtime CBR member, Dr. Robert (Bob) Hancock, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at UBC and a holder of a Canada Research Chair in Microbiology, for receiving the 2012 Prix Galien Research Award. The Prix Galien, often referred to as the Nobel Prize in pharmaceutical sciences, is the most prestigious award in the field […]
Third Annual CBR Student Research Day – Great Success!
A unique and valued feature of the CBR is that it fosters the careers of young scientists to explore translational research opportunities across multiple disciplines, with a focus on solving clinically relevant problems related to blood, blood diseases and blood processes. Each year, with the support of multiple sponsors, CBR investigators and their teams supervise […]
Dr. Ed Pryzdial explains the link between viruses and heart disease at Heart and Lung Health FEST 2012
UBC Clinical Professor & Canadian Blood Services Scientist Dr. Ed Pryzdial explains why it is important to understand the link between viruses and heart disease and how this knowledge can be used to improve patient care.
HRCTU Visits the CBR
On Wednesday July 25th the CBR welcomed 3 nurses from the Hematology Research Clinical Trials Unit to share what exactly the HRCTU is and why we need one! The talks lasted about an hour and were impressively informative and very interesting. Traci Corr RN spoke on “CoDIVO study A comparison of in vivo outcome following […]
CBR Summer Students Tour the CBS
Our 2012 CBR Summer Students had the chance to visit the Oak Street location of Canadian Blood Services on June 12. Dr. Gerry Growe gave an amazing tour through the donation process including eligibility and safety practices. The students were then taken through packaging, storage and shipment processes. We would like to thank Dr. Growe […]
Drs. Sheldon Naiman & Linda Vickars Honoured for Dedicated Service to Medical Care, Research and Education
The husband and wife team of Shelly Naiman and Linda Vickars devoted their careers to solving the puzzles of hematology, including bleeding and clotting disorders. So when the time came for the couple to plan their giving, they decided to enable such sleuthing by others. Drs. Naiman and Vickars created an endowment with a $30,000 […]