April 20, 2020 update: CBR seminars have gone virtual! Please contact kristine.ho@ubc.ca if you’re interested in attending the speaker talks.
| 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 |
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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” |
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N/A |
| December 2, 2020 | Dr. Maha Othman | Queen’s University | “Hypercoagulability and Thrombosis Risk: Applications for Thromboelastography” |
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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” | |
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| 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” | |
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| April 21, 2021 | Dr. Dean Fergusson | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute | “RBC donor characteristics and impact on recipient mortality” | |
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| May 5, 2021 | Sue Korstad and Marie-Maxime Bergeron | Patient Advisory Council, Action on Sepsis Research Cluster | “Patient Perspectives on Sepsis and Sepsis Research” | |
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| May 12, 2021 | Dr. Ali Amid | BC Children’s Hospital | “Hemoglobin Bart’s hydrops Fetalis: A Curious Journey from Fetal Therapy to Adult Care” | |
TBA |
| May 26, 2021 | Dr. Jordan Shavit | University of Michigan | “Utilization of genome editing in zebrafish to model blood disorders and develop therapeutics” | TBA | TBA |