Seminars

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
December 4, 2024 Dr. Susan Shea University of Pittsburgh

“Microfluidic Assays to Model Trauma and Transfusion Medicine”

  Dr. Jay Kizhakkedathu

Past Seminars

Date Name Affiliation Title
Abstract Recording Host
October 9, 2024 Dr. Yu (Seby) Chen BMB

Michael John Page Ceremony & Presentation

Red video icon Dr. Ross MacGillivray
October 2, 2024 Dr. Peter Friedl Radboud University Medical Centre

“Tumor microenvironment and nutrient deprivation: plasticity of biomechanics, invasion and metastasis?”

N/A Dr. Chris Overall

Seminars are held in a hybrid format in LSC3 and via Zoom! 

Date Name Affiliation Title
Abstract Recording Host
August 28, 2024 CBR Summer Seminar Series Westcoast Hematology

"What is a Hematologist?"

Red video icon Dr. Hayley Berkeley
August 21, 2024 CBR Summer Seminar Series UBC

"Working towards robust, portable, point-of-need diagnostics using silicon photonic biosensors, microfluidics design, and immunoassay development"

N/A Dr. Karen Cheung
August 7, 2024 CBR Summer Seminar Series BC Children's Hospital Research Institute

“Do adult-derived biomarkers have similar utility in pediatric small vessel vasculitis?”

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?" Red video icon Cote Lab
July 3, 2024 CBR Summer Seminar Series Pacific Hematology "25 Years of Targeted Therapies for Hematologic Malignancies" Red video icon 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" Red video icon 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" Red video icon  Dr. Chris Overall
May 1, 2024 Dr. Tony Dufour University of Calgary "Keeping up with the TEMPO in the omics era." Red video icon Dr. Chris Overall
April 24, 2024 Dr. Jason Acker University of Alberta "Precision Transfusion: Unique Donors; Unique Recipients." Red video icon 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." Red video icon 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" Red video icon  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" Red video icon Dr. Hugh Kim
February 21, 2024 Dr. Megan Levings UBC "Engineering Tregs for Tolerance Induction" Red video icon 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" Red video icon

Dr. Ed Pryzdial

December 6, 2023 Dr. Kevin Wei UBC Zoology "The Genetics Backgrounds Shaping Genome Complexity and Developmental Processes."  N/A

Dr. Chris Overall

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

Dr. Chris Overall

November 15, 2023 Dr. Kayla King UBC "Evolution and virulence in the symbiotic world." N/A 

Dr. Chris Overall

November 8, 2023 Dr. Maria Tokuyama UBC "Interplay between endogenous retroviruses and inflammation." Red video icon

Dr. Chris Overall

November 1, 2023 Dr. Liz Conibear UBC "A firehose for lipids: Bridge-like lipid transfer proteins at membrane contact sites." N/A

Dr. Hugh Kim

October 25, 2023 Dr. Jessica Rosin UBC “New insights into immune regulation of development during the embryonic period. N/A 

Dr. Hugh Kim

October 18, 2023 Dr. Selena Sagan UBC “Calling the shots: micro(RNA)-management of viral infection” Red video icon

Dr. Chris Overall

October 4, 2023 Dr. Melina Messing UBC "Michael Page Award Ceremony & Presentation" Red video icon

Dr. Ross MacGillivray

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.