Held weekly, CBR seminars feature insightful scientific talks, with speakers from a range of clinical, industry and academic backgrounds.

Seminars are held in a hybrid format in LSC3 and via Zoom, from 1PM – 2PM PT!

• Know a speaker, or want to present at a CBR seminar? Contact Dr. Ed Conway (ed.conway@ubc.ca), Mira Milutinovic (mira.milutinovic@ubc.ca) or Kaitlyn Chuong (kaitlyn.chuong@ubc.ca).

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

Date	Name	Affiliation	Title	Abstract	Recording	Host
September 14, 2022	Dr. Dirk Lange	UBC	“Combatting Bacterial Biofilms on Medical Devices – The Bane of Medicine”			Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu
October 6, 2022 2022 Michael John Page Postdoctoral Fellow Award	Dr. Miffy Hok Yan Cheng	UBC	“Passing the shuttlecock around: How the bounces in my career helped me to achieve science excellency”
November 16, 2022	Dr. Ruchika Goel	SIU School of Medicine, John Hopkins University, ImpactLife Blood Services	“Big Data Applications in Transfusion Medicine, Silos No More”			Dr. Ed Pryzdial
November 30, 2022	Dr. Celina Montemayor	Medical Officer; Medical, Laboratory and Stem Cell Services, Canadian Blood	“Banking With Precision: The Future of Genomics in Transfusion”		N/A	Dr. Dana Devine
January 11, 2023	Dr. Scott Cooper	University of Wisconsin La Crosse	“Platelets from 13-lined ground squirrels are resistant to cold storage lesions”			Dr. Ed Conway
January 18, 2023	Dr. Robert Campbell	University of Utah	“Novel roles of platelets in infection and inflammation”			Dr. Ed Conway
February 22, 2023	Dr. Andrew Shih	University of British Columbia	“The British Columbia Provincial Blood Coordinating Office: Old Dog, New Tricks)”			Dr. Dana Devine
March 15, 2023	Dr. William Sheffield	Canadian Blood Services	“Transfusion and infusion strategies in murine hemorrhagic shock”			Dr. Dana Devine
March 29, 2023	Dr. Lori West	University of Alberta	“ABO-Histocompatibility”: Organ Transplantation and ABO Blood Groups			Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu
June 7, 2023	Ma Lab	UBC	“New Technologies to Study Biology at the Single Cell Level”
June 14, 2023	Foster Lab	UBC	“Foster Lab projects: antigen presentation, metabolomics, and gender-affirming hormone therapy”
June 21, 2023	Cheung Lab	UBC	“Strategies for spinal cord repair: in vitro model and microelectrodes”		N/A
July 5, 2023	Leitch Lab	UBC	“Recent Advances in MDS Prognosis and Management, with a Focus on Transfusional Iron Overload”
July 19, 2023	Pryzdial Lab	UBC	“Targeting mechanisms in flu infection and psoriatic inflammation”
July 26, 2023	Kizhakkedathu Lab	UBC	“Bioengineering approaches to improve blood transfusion, combat antibiotic resistance, and treat inflammatory conditions”		N/A
August 16, 2023	Dr. Shokrollah Elahi	University of Alberta	“Beyond the gas cargo: Immunological Properties of Erythroid Progenitors/precursors in Physio-pathological Conditions”		N/A
August 23, 2023	Bromme Lab	UBC	“Novel protease-targeting treatment approaches in skeletal diseases, SARS-CoV2, and ideas about autoimmunity”		N/A
September 20, 2023	Dr. Nathanael A. Caveney	UBC	“Imaging and Engineering Cytokine Signalling”		N/A
October 4, 2023	Michael Page Awardee	CBR	“Michael Page Award Presentation”			Dr. Ross MacGillivray