April 20, 2020 update: CBR seminars have gone virtual! Please contact kristine.ho@ubc.ca if you’re interested in attending the speaker talks.

Select recordings of CBR seminars are available for viewing below and on YouTube.

2020/21 Seminar Series
Date	Name	Affiliation	Title	Abstract	Recording
September 16, 2020	Dr. Manoj Paul	UBC, Kim Lab	“The role of gelsolin in modulating platelet aggregation and secretion”		N/A
September 23, 2020	Dr. Alex Leatherdale	UBC, Conway-Pryzdial Labs	“The role of multimerin 1 (MMRN1) in platelet adhesion and characterization of its interactions with fibrillar collagens”		N/A
September 30, 2020	Dr. Sarah Hedtrich	UBC, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences	“Complex tissue models to study inflammatory and genetic diseases of human epithelia”		N/A
October 14, 2020	Dr. Ejaife Agbani	University of Calgary	“Platelet procoagulant membrane dynamics study: mechanistic insights and clinical translation“		N/A
October 21, 2020	Dr. Lupe Jaraquemada-Peláez	UBC, Orvig Lab	“Design: From the Arts to Radiopharmaceuticals” Michael John Page Award Ceremony		N/A
November 25, 2020	Bronwyn Lyons, Jinhong Hu, Dr. Joshua Jenkins	UBC, Strynadka Lab	“Structural hybrid methods to probe the Type III Secretion System of Pathogenic Bacteria”		N/A
December 2, 2020	Dr. Maha Othman	Queen’s University	“Hypercoagulability and Thrombosis Risk: Applications for Thromboelastography”		N/A
December 9, 2020	Dr. David H. Farrell	Oregon Health & Science University	“Gamma’ Fibrinogen: The Clot Thickens…”		N/A
December 16, 2020	Dr. Shannon Jackson	UBC, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine St. Paul’s Hospital	“The value revolution in health care and why it matters to you”		N/A
January 27, 2021	Dr. Heather Hume	University of Montreal	“Transfusion Medicine in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenge and Controversies”		N/A
February 3, 2021	Dr. Jill Johnsen	Bloodworks Northwest, University of Washington	“Genetics of hemophilia”		N/A
March 3, 2021	Dr. Leslie Skeith	University of Calgary, the PARTUM Trial	“Complement activation and obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome”
March 24, 2021	Dr. Qizhen Shi	Medical College of Wisconsin, Blood Research Institute	“Platelet-specific gene therapy of hemophilia A”		N/A
March 31, 2021	Dr. Luisa Arispe	Northwestern University	“Endothelial-Myeloid Collaborations in Hemostasis”		N/A
April 7, 2021	Dr. Krystalyn Hudson	Columbia University Medical School	“Tolerance and Autoimmunity to Red Blood Cells”
April 21, 2021	Dr. Dean Fergusson	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	“RBC donor characteristics and impact on recipient mortality”
May 5, 2021	Sue Korstad and Marie-Maxime Bergeron	Patient Advisory Council, Action on Sepsis Research Cluster	“Patient Perspectives on Sepsis and Sepsis Research”
May 12, 2021	Dr. Ali Amid	BC Children’s Hospital	“Hemoglobin Bart’s hydrops Fetalis: A Curious Journey from Fetal Therapy to Adult Care”
May 26, 2021	Dr. Jordan Shavit	University of Michigan	“Utilization of genome editing in zebrafish to model blood disorders and develop therapeutics”		N/A
June 2, 2021	Dr. Eun-Ju Lee	Weill Cornell Medical College	“SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and Immune Thrombocytopenia”		N/A
June 9, 2021	Dr. Simon Stanworth	Oxford University	“Should I still be interested in clinical research into the appropriate and safe use of blood components?”
June 16, 2021	Conway Lab	UBC	“Travels Through the Conway lab: Fat, Clots and Biocompatible Surfaces”		N/A
June 23, 2021	Ma Lab (Multi-Scale Design Laboratory)	UBC	“New Technologies for Medicine and Biology: Red Blood Cells, NETs, and Finding Rare Sperm”
June 30, 2021	Devine Lab	UBC	“Transfusion Medicine: Using Data to Change Policy and Practice”
July 7, 2021	Cheung Lab (Bio-Medical Micro Devices (BioMEMS) Lab)	UBC	“Organs-on-Chip: Design Considerations and Applications”
July 14, 2021	Kizhakkedathu Lab	UBC	“Exploiting Multivalency in the Design of Multifunctional Polymers as Therapeutics”		N/A
July 21, 2021	Pryzdial Lab	UBC	“Multifunctional Clotting Factors in Fibrinolysis and Virus Infection”
July 28, 2021	Scott Lab	UBC	TBA	TBA	TBA
August 4, 2021	Karsan Lab (Angela Mo)	UBC	“Elucidating the mechanisms of leukemogenesis driven by FBXO11 loss”	TBA	TBA