Seminars

Held weekly, CBR seminars feature insightful scientific talks, with speakers from a range of clinical, industry and academic backgrounds.
April 20, 2022 update: Starting in June 2022, our CBR summer seminars will be held in a hybrid format in LSC3, from 1PM – 2PM PT!
- Starting June 2022: CBR seminars will be held in a hybrid format from 1PM – 2PM PT on Wednesdays, in LSC3 and via Zoom.
- Please contact kristine.ho@ubc.ca if you’re interested in attending the speaker talks.
- Know a speaker, or want to present at a CBR seminar? Contact Dr. Dana Devine (ddevine@pathology.ubc.ca) or Mira Milutinovic (mira.milutinovic@ubc.ca).
Select recordings of CBR seminars are available for viewing below and on YouTube.
Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title
|
Abstract |
Recording |
September 1, 2021 |
Dr. Peter Schubert |
UBC |
“netCAD: Canadian Blood Service’s multifunctional Blood4Research facility” |
 |
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September 29, 2021 |
Dr. Kathryn Melzak |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (formerly) |
“RBCs stored for transfusions: shape changes, hemolysis pathways, and a marker for storage quality” |
 |
N/A |
October 6, 2021 |
Dr. Christoph Licht |
UBC |
“Translational research in complement-mediated research” |
 |
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October 20, 2021 |
Dr. Paul Riley |
Diagnostica Stago Inc. |
“Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC):
The Critical Role of the Lab” |
 |
 |
Michael John Page Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Presentation: October 27, 2021 |
Dr. Alison McAfee |
UBC |
“Causes and consequences of honeybee infertility” |
 |
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December 1, 2021 |
Dr. Moritz Stolla |
University of Washington |
“Cold-stored platelets – Back to the Future?” |
 |
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December 1, 2021 |
CBR Special Seminar: Dr. Dicken Ko |
Warren Alpert Medical School
of Brown University |
“Reconstructive Transplantation:
A slowly developing paradigm” |
 |
N/A |
February 2, 2022 |
Dr. Dave Farrell |
Professor of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Gamma Diagnostics |
“Gamma Fibrinogen and COVID-19; Who Knew?” |
 |
 |
February 9, 2022 |
Dr. Jason L. Rasgon |
Professor of Disease Epidemiology, Pennsylvania State University |
“CRISPR tool and protocols for non-model systems” |
 |
N/A |
March 30, 2022 |
Dr. Guinevere Lee |
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medicine |
“Do HIV-1 strains matter in the context of cure research?” |
 |
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May 18, 2022 |
Dr. Steven Drews |
Associate Director, Canadian Blood Services
Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta |
“COVID-19 and immunity: Where are we?” |
 |
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June 1, 2022 |
McNagny Lab |
UBC |
“Innate Lymphoid Cells (ILCs) as novel and potent regulators of inflammatory disease” |
 |
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June 15, 2022 |
Devine Lab |
UBC |
“Exciting research from the Devine Lab” |
 |
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June 22, 2022 |
Hancock Lab |
UBC |
“The Multiple Faces of Sepsis” |
 |
N/A |
June 29, 2022 |
Côté Lab |
UBC |
“Let’s talk about HIV, antiretrovirals, and other chronic/latent viruses that stay with people forever…” |
 |
N/A |