Held on Wednesdays from 1-2pm PT, CBR seminars feature insightful scientific talks, with speakers from a range of clinical, industry and academic backgrounds.
See below for the seminar schedule. Recordings for select past seminars are also available below and on YouTube.
Upcoming Seminars
| Date | Name | Affiliation | Title |
Abstract | Recording | Host |
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November 10, 2026 |
Jianyu Li |
McGill University |
“Engineering Blood Clots for Medicine.” |
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Dr. Jay Kizhakkedathu |
- If you know a guest speaker and want to invite them to speak at a CBR seminar, please contact Mira Milutinovic (mira.milutinovic@ubc.ca).
Past Seminars 2025/26
| Date | Name | Affiliation | Title |
Abstract | Recording | Host | |
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October 7, 2026 |
Mortimer Poncz | University of Pennsylvania |
“The Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) joins the PF4-Immunothrombotic Disorder Family.” |
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Dr. Hugh Kim | ||
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September 16, 2026 |
Antoine Dufour | University of Calgary | “The Mast Cells’ Greatest “substrate” Hits: Volume 1” | |
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Dr. Chris Overall | |
| August 26, 2026 | Rossi Lab | SBME | “Double feature: setting the homeostatic inflammatory environment/ LNP vaccines: the path from muscle to lymph node” | |
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Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| August 19, 2026 | Lai Lab | CBR | “Antiphospholipid syndrome in focus” | |
N/A | Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| August 5, 2026 | Cheung Lab | UBC/CBR | “Engineering Injectable Biomaterials for Spinal Cord Repair: Design, Characterization, and Quantitative Evaluation” | |
N/A | Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| July 29, 2026 | Cote Lab | UBC/CBR | “Unexpected turns encountered studying HIV and aging” | |
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Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| July 22, 2026 | Merkeley Lab | UBC/CBR |
“Immune thrombocytopenia in the BC landscape” |
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Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| July 8, 2026 | Leitch Lab | UBC/CBR | “Management of Iron Overload in Adult Myelodysplastic Syndrome/A Short Introduction to the Role of Age & Frailty in Blood Cancers” | |
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Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| June 24, 2026 | Hedtrich Lab | UBC/CBR | “Development of CF Treatments Using Rationally-Designed Base Editors and Novel Pulmonary Administration Methods” | |
N/A | Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| June 17, 2026 | McNagny Lab | UBC/CBR | “Innate Lymphoid Cells (ILCs) as therapeutic targets and cell based therapeutics for disease” | |
N/A | Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| June 10, 2026 | Foster Lab | UBC/CBR | “Multi-omic analysis of bulk and single-cell data to understand biological function” | |
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Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| June 3, 2026 | Ma Lab | UBC/CBR | “New Bioanalytical Technologies to Investigate Cell Function” | |
N/A | Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| May 27, 2026 | Jan Potempa | University of Louisville | “Modern Koch’s Postulates Applied to Bacterial Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease” | |
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Dr. Chris Overall | |
| May 20, 2026 | Eddie James | Benaroya Research Institute | “T Cell Responses to Self, Altered self and Pathobiont Epitopes in RA” | |
N/A | Dr. Dieter Bromme | |
| April 22, 2026 | Ryan Stubbins | BC Cancer | “Transcriptional alterations drive disease relapse in acute myeloid leukemia” | |
N/A | Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| April 8, 2026 |
Angelo D’Alessandro |
University of Colorado | “High Throughput RBC Metabolism: From small molecules to Big Data and AI for Precision Metabolic Health.” | |
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Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| March 4, 2026 | Geraldine Walsh | CBS | “Blood bag sets: Preparing Canadian Blood Services for a DEHP-free (ish) future.” | |
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Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| February 11, 2026 | Jeff Dong | UBC | “Oxidized phosphatidylcholines mediate white matter and grey matter degeneration in multiple sclerosis.” | |
N/A | Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| January 28, 2026 | Florian Kuchenbauer | BC Cancer | “Innovations and Insights in adverse-risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia” | |
N/A | Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| January 21, 2026 | Marco Mara | Michael Smith Laboratories | “Towards Precision Cancer Genomic Medicine Resources for Canada: BC’s Personalized Oncogenomics Program and the Terry Fox Research Institute’s Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network” | |
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Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| December 3, 2025 | Dieter Fink | BCCRI | “The Integrated Mouse Modelling Services (IMMS) at the BC Cancer Research Institute – A Resource for Genome Editing Tools, and Transgenic and Reproductive Mouse Technology since 1993” | |
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Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| November 19, 2025 | Steve Hur | University of North Carolina | “The impact of quantitative and qualitative changes in fibrinogen on thrombosis and obesity” | |
N/A | Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| November 12, 2025 | Craig Jenne | University of Calgary | “Immunothrombosis vs Thromboinflammation; Overlap, synergy and the application of proteomics” | |
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Dr. Kelly McNagny | |
| October 22, 2025 | Jerrold Levy | Duke University | “Thromboinflammation: From Bench to Bedside” | |
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Dr. Jay Kizhakkedathu | |
| September 17, 2025 | Dr. Michael Schmück-Henneresse | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin | “Engineering T cells and organoid platforms for cancer immunotherapy, viral defense, and immune regulation” | |
N/A | Sara Hedtrich | |
| August 20, 2025 | CBR Summer Series | UBC | “Factor X/Xa, the centre of the clotting universe” | |
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Pryzdial Lab | |
| July 30, 2025 | CBR Summer Series | UBC | “Leveraging the gut environment for functional biosensor probiotics” | |
Tropini Lab | ||
| July 23, 2025 | CBR Summer Series | UBC | “Taste detection and processing in Drosophila“ | |
Gordon Lab | ||
| July 16, 2025 | CBR Summer Series | UBC and BCGSC | “ Loss of FBXO11 function establishes a stem cell program in acute myeloid leukemia through dysregulation of LONP1″ | |
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Karsan Lab | |
| July 9, 2025 | CBR Summer Series | UBC | “Towards Decentralized Diagnostics for Women’s Health Using Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits” | |
Cheung Lab | ||
| July 2, 2025 | CBR Summer Series | UBC | “In Situ Gene Editing to Rescue Severe Genetic Diseases of Human Epithelia” | |
Hedtrich Lab | ||
| June 25, 2025 | CBR Summer Seminar Series | UBC | “Chronic Viral Infections and Inflammation in Women’s Health” | |
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Cote Lab | |
| June 18, 2025 | CBR Summer Seminar Series | UBC | “Outlook for Single-Cell Proteomics and Lipidomics” | |
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Foster Lab | |
| June 12, 2025 | Dr. James C. Zimring | University of Virginia | “Mechanisms and Sequelae of Alloimmunization to Transfused Platelets” | |
Dr. Hugh Kim | ||
| June 11, 2025 | CBR Summer Seminar Series | UBC | “New Technologies to Investigate Cell Function” | |
Ma Lab | ||
| May 14, 2025 | Dr. Blair R. Leavitt | UBC | “Developing Novel Gene Editing Therapies for Neurological Diseases” | |
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Dr. Hugh Kim | |
| May 7, 2025 | Dr. Stuart Turvey | UBC |
“Learning From Our Patients: Discovery of New Human Monogenic Immune Disorders” |
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Dr. Chris Overall | |
| April 30, 2025 | Dr. Samira Mubareka | University of Toronto |
“Wild Things: Coronavirus in Canadian Wildlife” |
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Dr. Chris Overall | ||
| April 23, 2025 | Dr. Aly Karsan | UBC |
“Non-genetic mechanisms of therapeutic sensitivity and resistance in the myeloid malignancies” |
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Dr. Chris Overall | ||
| April 2, 2025 | Dr. David Marchant | University of Alberta |
“Structural insight into receptor usage, immune evasion, and evolution of a viral fusion glycoprotein” |
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Dr. Chris Overall | |
| March 12, 2025 | Dr. Yuan Yao | UBC |
“Targeting extracellular microenvironment for modulating vascular cell behaviours” |
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Dr. Hongshen Ma | |
| February 12, 2025 | Dr. Phillip Domeier | UBC |
“Protective and pathogenic paradigms of germinal centers” |
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Dr. Ed Pryzdial | |
| December 4, 2024 | Dr. Susan Shea | University of Pittsburgh |
“Microfluidic Assays to Model Trauma and Transfusion Medicine” |
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Dr. Jay Kizhakkedathu | |
| October 9, 2024 | Dr. Yu (Seby) Chen | BMB |
Michael John Page Ceremony & Presentation |
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Dr. Ross MacGillivray | |
| October 2, 2024 | Dr. Peter Friedl | Radboud University Medical Centre |
“Tumor microenvironment and nutrient deprivation: plasticity of biomechanics, invasion and metastasis?” |
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N/A | Dr. Chris Overall |
"What is a Hematologist?" "Working towards robust, portable, point-of-need diagnostics using silicon photonic biosensors, microfluidics design, and immunoassay development" “Do adult-derived biomarkers have similar utility in pediatric small vessel vasculitis?” Dr. Ed Pryzdial Dr. Chris Overall Dr. Chris Overall Dr. Chris Overall Dr. Chris Overall Dr. Hugh Kim Dr. Hugh Kim Dr. Chris Overall Dr. Ross MacGillivray
Date
Name
Affiliation
Title
Abstract
Recording
Host
August 28, 2024
CBR Summer Seminar Series
Westcoast Hematology
Dr. Hayley Berkeley
August 21, 2024
CBR Summer Seminar Series
UBC
N/A
Dr. Karen Cheung
August 7, 2024
CBR Summer Seminar Series
BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
N/A
Dr. Kelly Brown
July 24, 2024
CBR Summer Seminar Series
VGH Hematology
"Antiphospholipid Syndrome, from biology to bedside"
N/A
Dr. Benjamin Lai
July 10, 2024
CBR Summer Seminar Series
UBC Pathology
"Cell to Society Research: What does it look like?"
Cote Lab
July 3, 2024
CBR Summer Seminar Series
Pacific Hematology
"25 Years of Targeted Therapies for Hematologic Malignancies"
Dr. Heather Leitch
June 26, 2024
CBR Summer Seminar Series
UBC Biochemistry
"Duong Lab research at the cell surface: Application to liver disease, small binders and antigen detection"
To come
Duong Lab
June 12, 2024
CBR Summer Seminar Series
UBC Cellular & Physiological Sci
"Identifying Regulators of an Altered Glycopeptide On the Surface of Tumor Cells"
Roskelley Lab
June 5, 2024
CBR Summer Seminar Series
UBC Zoology
"Mechanisms of Frizzled localization and its function in synapse formation in C. elegans"
N/A
Mizumoto Lab
May 22, 2024
Dr. Khash Khazaie
Mayo Clinic Arizona
"Regulatory T-cells and inflammation in colorectal cancer"
N/A
Dr. Kelly McNagny
May 8, 2024
Dr. Chris Power
University of Alberta
"Innate immunity in the brain: induction of the inflammasome-pyroptosis axis (IPA) by neurotropic viruses"
Dr. Chris Overall
May 1, 2024
Dr. Tony Dufour
University of Calgary
"Keeping up with the TEMPO in the omics era."
Dr. Chris Overall
April 24, 2024
Dr. Jason Acker
University of Alberta
"Precision Transfusion: Unique Donors; Unique Recipients."
CBS
April 17, 2024
Dr. Eleanor Fish
University of Toronto
"A disruptive antiviral strategy: protection from infection, not treatment to cure."
N/A
Dr. Chris Overall
March 27, 2024
Dr. Pascal Bernatchez
UBC
"Endothelial caveolae, nitric oxide and cholesterol in vascular diseases and muscular dystrophy: from bench to bedside."
Dr. Ed Conway
March 20, 2024
Dr. Arinjay Banerjee
University of Saskatchewan
"Using One Health to study highly pathogenic coronaviruses: interactions with mammals and development of countermeasures"
Dr. Chris Overall
February 28, 2024
Dr. Hilla Weidberg
UBC, Cell & Developmental Biology Research Group
"Being at the wrong place at the wrong time- when mitochondrial proteins cannot reach their destination"
Dr. Hugh Kim
February 21, 2024
Dr. Megan Levings
UBC
"Engineering Tregs for Tolerance Induction"
Dr. Hugh Kim
January 24, 2024
Dr. Alan Lazarus
University of Toronto
"Innovative Strategies for Replacing IVIg in Autoimmune Disease: The Role of Fc Receptor Blockade"
December 6, 2023
Dr. Kevin Wei
UBC Zoology
"The Genetics Backgrounds Shaping Genome Complexity and Developmental Processes."
N/A
November 22, 2023
Dr. Nabil Seidah
University of Montreal
"The unexpected twists and turns of the proprotein convertases: targeting in cardiovascular diseases and cancer/metastasis."
N/A
N/A
November 15, 2023
Dr. Kayla King
UBC
"Evolution and virulence in the symbiotic world."
N/A
November 8, 2023
Dr. Maria Tokuyama
UBC
"Interplay between endogenous retroviruses and inflammation."
November 1, 2023
Dr. Liz Conibear
UBC
"A firehose for lipids: Bridge-like lipid transfer proteins at membrane contact sites."
N/A
October 25, 2023
Dr. Jessica Rosin
UBC
“New insights into immune regulation of development during the embryonic period.”
N/A
October 18, 2023
Dr. Selena Sagan
UBC
“Calling the shots: micro(RNA)-management of viral infection”
October 4, 2023
Dr. Melina Messing
UBC
"Michael Page Award Ceremony & Presentation"
September 20, 2023
Dr. Nathanael A. Caveney
UBC
“Imaging and Engineering Cytokine Signalling”
N/A
Please visit our Seminars Archive page for seminars held in the previous years.