| Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title
|
Abstract |
Recording |
Host |
| September 20, 2023 |
Dr. Nathanael A. Caveney |
UBC |
“Imaging and Engineering Cytokine Signalling” |
 |
N/A |
|
| October 4, 2023 |
Dr. Melina Messing |
UBC |
"Michael Page Award Ceremony & Presentation" |
|
 |
Dr. Ross MacGillivray |
| October 18, 2023 |
Dr. Selena Sagan |
UBC |
“Calling the shots: micro(RNA)-management of viral infection” |
|
|
Dr. Chris Overall |
| October 25, 2023 |
Dr. Jessica Rosin |
UBC |
“New insights into immune regulation of development during the embryonic period.” |
|
N/A |
Dr. Hugh Kim |
| 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 |
| November 8, 2023 |
Dr. Maria Tokuyama |
UBC |
"Interplay between endogenous retroviruses and inflammation." |
|
|
Dr. Chris Overall |
| November 15, 2023 |
Dr. Kayla King |
UBC |
"Evolution and virulence in the symbiotic world." |
|
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 |
| December 6, 2023 |
Dr. Kevin Wei |
UBC Zoology |
"The Genetics Backgrounds Shaping Genome Complexity and Developmental Processes." |
|
N/A |
Dr. Chris Overall |
| January 24, 2024 |
Dr. Alan Lazarus |
University of Toronto |
"Innovative Strategies for Replacing IVIg in Autoimmune Disease: The Role of Fc Receptor Blockade" |
|
|
Dr. Ed Pryzdial |
| February 21, 2024 |
Dr. Megan Levings |
UBC |
"Engineering Tregs for Tolerance Induction" |
|
|
Dr. Hugh Kim |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| April 24, 2024 |
Dr. Jason Acker |
University of Alberta |
"Precision Transfusion: Unique Donors; Unique Recipients." |
|
|
CBS |
| May 1, 2024 |
Dr. Tony Dufour |
University of Calgary |
"Keeping up with the TEMPO in the omics era." |
|
|
Dr. Chris Overall |
| 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 22, 2024 |
Dr. Khash Khazaie |
Mayo Clinic Arizona |
"Regulatory T-cells and inflammation in colorectal cancer" |
|
N/A |
Dr. Kelly McNagny |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| July 3, 2024 |
CBR Summer Seminar Series |
Pacific Hematology |
"25 Years of Targeted Therapies for Hematologic Malignancies" |
|
|
Dr. Heather Leitch |
| July 10, 2024 |
CBR Summer Seminar Series |
UBC Pathology |
"Cell to Society Research: What does it look like?" |
|
|
Cote Lab |
| July 24, 2024 |
CBR Summer Seminar Series |
VGH Hematology |
"Antiphospholipid Syndrome, from biology to bedside" |
|
N/A |
Dr. Benjamin Lai |
| 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 |
| 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 28, 2024 |
CBR Summer Seminar Series |
Westcoast Hematology |
"What is a Hematologist?"
|
|
|
Dr. Hayley Berkeley |
| 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, 20222022 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 Group" |
|
|
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 |
|
| Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title
|
Abstract |
Recording |
| September 1, 2021 |
Dr. Peter Schubert |
UBC |
"netCAD: Canadian Blood Service's multifunctional Blood4Research facility" |
|
 |
| September 29, 2021 |
Dr. Kathryn Melzak |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (formerly) |
"RBCs stored for transfusions: shape changes, hemolysis pathways, and a marker for storage quality" |
|
N/A |
| October 6, 2021 |
Dr. Christoph Licht |
UBC |
"Translational research in complement-mediated research" |
|
|
| October 20, 2021 |
Dr. Paul Riley |
Diagnostica Stago Inc. |
"Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC):
The Critical Role of the Lab" |
|
|
| Michael John Page Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Presentation: October 27, 2021 |
Dr. Alison McAfee |
UBC |
"Causes and consequences of honeybee infertility" |
|
|
| December 1, 2021 |
Dr. Moritz Stolla |
University of Washington |
"Cold-stored platelets - Back to the Future?” |
|
|
| December 1, 2021 |
CBR Special Seminar: Dr. Dicken Ko |
Warren Alpert Medical School
of Brown University |
"Reconstructive Transplantation:
A slowly developing paradigm" |
|
N/A |
| February 2, 2022 |
Dr. Dave Farrell |
Professor of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science UniversityFounder and Chief Scientific Officer of Gamma Diagnostics |
"Gamma Fibrinogen and COVID-19; Who Knew?" |
|
|
| February 9, 2022 |
Dr. Jason L. Rasgon |
Professor of Disease Epidemiology, Pennsylvania State University |
“CRISPR tool and protocols for non-model systems” |
|
N/A |
| March 30, 2022 |
Dr. Guinevere Lee |
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medicine |
“Do HIV-1 strains matter in the context of cure research?” |
|
|
| May 18, 2022 |
Dr. Steven Drews |
Associate Director, Canadian Blood ServicesAssociate Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta |
“COVID-19 and immunity: Where are we?” |
|
|
| June 1, 2022 |
McNagny Lab |
UBC |
"Innate Lymphoid Cells (ILCs) as novel and potent regulators of inflammatory disease" |
|
|
| June 15, 2022 |
Devine Lab |
UBC |
"Exciting research from the Devine Lab" |
|
|
| June 22, 2022 |
Hancock Lab |
UBC |
"The Multiple Faces of Sepsis" |
|
N/A |
| June 29, 2022 |
Côté Lab |
UBC |
"Let’s talk about HIV, antiretrovirals, and other chronic/latent viruses that stay with people forever…" |
|
N/A |
| July 6, 2022 |
Multi-Scale Design Laboratory (Ma Lab) |
UBC |
"New technologies to study cell function – Research in the Ma Lab" |
|
|
| July 13, 2022 |
Kizhakkedathu Lab |
UBC |
"Novel bioengineering approaches to improve blood transfusion and preservation of blood products" |
|
N/A |
| July 20, 2022 |
Conway Lab |
UBC |
"Seeking solutions to solve thrombo-inflammatory disorders" |
|
N/A |
| August 3, 2022 |
Kim Lab |
UBC |
"The many faces of filamin A in platelets: From signaling to survival" |
|
N/A |
| August 10, 2022 |
Karsan Lab |
UBC |
"Role of ubiquitin system mutations in AML" |
|
N/A |
| August 24, 2022 |
Cheung Lab (Bio-Medical Micro Devices (BioMEMS) lab) |
UBC |
"Silicon photonics biosensors: Towards portable, point-of-care diagnostics" |
|
N/A |
| August 31, 2022 |
Cheung Lab (Bio-Medical Micro Devices (BioMEMS) lab) |
UBC |
“Inkjet-based system for single cell isolation and genomic analysis” |
|
|
| 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 MedicineSt. 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 |
“Resealed RBC: Blowing Up Red Blood Cells For Fun, Science and (?) Profit” |
|
|
| August 4, 2021 |
Karsan Lab (Angela Mo) |
UBC |
"Elucidating the mechanisms of leukemogenesis driven by FBXO11 loss" |
|
N/A |
| August 18, 2021 |
Kim Lab |
UBC |
"The actin cytoskeleton and pro-inflammatory platelet function" |
|
N/A |
| August 25, 2021 |
Overall Lab |
UBC |
“Diverse SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro host substrates identify subversive pathways in the COVID-19 cellular coup d’état” |
N/A |
N/A |
| 2019/20 Seminar Series |
| Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title
|
Abstract |
Host |
| September 11, 2019 |
Dr. Paul S. Frenette |
Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
"Neutrophils, stress and sickle cell disease" |
|
Scott |
| September 25, 2019 |
Dr. Ze Zheng |
Columbia University Irving Medical Centre |
"Hepatocyte tPA: From Liver to Blood and Beyond" |
|
Conway |
| October 16, 2019 |
Dr. Eric Mullins |
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre |
“Should I Stay or Should I Go: Fibrin(ogen) and Fibrinolysis
in Neuroinflammation” |
|
Kastrup |
| November 6, 2019 |
Dr. Doug Cines |
University of Pennsylvania |
“Defensins: Link between innate immunity, atherosclerosis and thrombosis” |
|
Kim |
| January 8, 2020 |
Dr. Kevin Hay |
BC Cancer Research Centre |
“CAR-T cell therapy: the experience and the road ahead” |
|
Conway |
| January 15, 2020 |
Dr. James Luyendyk |
College of Veterinary Medicine at MSU |
“Mechanisms linking blood coagulation to liver injury and
repair” |
|
Conway |
| January 29, 2020 |
Dr. Lubica Rauova |
University of Pennsylvania |
“Heparin induced thrombocytopenia – therapeutic strategies alternative to anticoagulation.” |
|
Kizhakkedathu |
| February 5, 2020 |
Dr. Andrew Shih |
Vancouver General Hospital |
“What We Don’t Know About Massive Transfusion” |
|
Conway |
| February 12, 2020 |
Dr. Gary Gilbert |
Harvard Medical School |
“Tales of factor VIII inhibitor antibodies: unexpected modulations by platelets and endothelial cells.” |
|
Conway |
| February 19, 2020 |
Dr. Timothy Nichols |
UNC School of Medicine |
“Novel Preclinical Approaches to Hemophilia A Complicated by Inhibitors” |
|
Kastrup |
| February 27, 2020 |
Dr. Sergio Martinez-Høyer |
Erasmus Medical Centre |
“Functional genomics in the pathogenesis of del(5q) myelodysplastic syndromes” |
|
Kastrup/Karsan |
| March 4, 2020 |
Dr. Colin Kretz |
McMaster University |
“High Throughput Protease Profiling to Investigate the Regulation of the Metalloprotease ADAMTS13” |
|
Conway |
| April 22, 2020 |
Dr. Ed Conway |
UBC |
"Complement activation: from atypical HUS to coronavirus-related disease" |
|
|
| April 29, 2020 |
Diana Canals & Dr. Michael Hughes |
UBC |
"Podocalyxin as a therapeutic target in cancer" & "Exploring an epigentic link between the gut microbiome and atopic disease" |
|
|
| May 6, 2020 |
Dr. Mark Scott |
UBC |
"Immunocamouflage: From Red Cells to Coronavirus" |
|
|
| May 13, 2020 |
Dr. Paul Jurasz |
University of Alberta |
“Identification of eNOS-based Platelet and Megakaryocyte Subpopulations” |
|
|
| May 20, 2020 |
Dr. Ed Pryzdial |
UBC |
"Antiviral Anticoagulation" |
|
|
| May 27, 2020 |
Dr. Leonard Foster |
UBC |
"Identification of unknown snake venom in a toddler" |
|
|
| June 3,2020 |
Dr. Mona Khorshidfar |
UBC |
"Quality measurements of apheresis platelet concentrates from donors whose platelets repeatedly show low pH over storage" |
|
|
| June 10, 2020 |
Dr. Vijay Akhade |
UBC |
"miR-146a and p53 regulatory feedback loop in AML" |
|
|
| June 17, 2020 |
Dr. Christian Kastrup |
UBC |
"Natural and Novel Modulators of Blood Coagulation: From Soil Silicates in Hemorrhage to Gene Therapy for Thrombosis" |
|
|
| June 24,2020 |
Dr. Dana Devine |
UBC |
"Convalescent Plasma as a therapy for treatment of COVID-19 disease" |
|
|
| July 8, 2020 |
Hancock Lab |
UBC |
"From the Outside-In: Treating Biofilm-Associated Infections with Synthetic Host Defence Peptides" |
|
|
| July 15, 2020 |
Dr. Hélène Côté & Anthony Hsieh |
UBC |
"HIV and aging - The CARMA cohort" |
|
|
| July 22, 2020 |
Ma Lab |
UBC |
"Image Based Cell Phenotyping Using AI" & "Deformability Based Sorting of Red Blood Cells as a Biomarker for Red Blood Cell Quality" |
|
|
| July 29,2020 |
Brown Lab |
UBC |
"Hyaluronan primes the oxidative burst in human neutrophils: implications for inflammation" |
|
|
| August 19, 2020 |
Melina Messing & Marie-Soleil Smith |
UBC |
"Circulating innate immune cell signature predicts disease severity in Canadian COVID-19 patient cohort" & "Toxicity of HIV antiretrovirals in a human embryonic stem cell model" |
|
|
| August 26, 2020 |
Hossein Yazdani Ahmadabadi & Chanel La |
UBC |
"Anti-biofilm coatings with long-term activity for biomedical devices" & "Design of polyphosphate inhibitors that reduce thrombosis without increased bleeding" |
|
|
2019 Summer Seminar Series
| Date |
2019 Summer Seminar Series | 12:00 - 1:00 PM |
Topic |
Presenters and Titles |
| June 5 |
Hancock Lab |
“New Peptide Therapies for Inflammation and Biofilms” |
Dr. Bob Hancock, Professor - “Overview. 150 papers in 10 minutes”
Dr. Hashem Etayash, Postdoctoral Fellow - “Peptidomimetics”
Dr. Daniel Pletzer, Postdoctoral Fellow -"New animal models of chronic infections”
Catherine Wu, PhD Student - “Anti-inflammatory peptides and human ALI models"
|
| June 19 |
Ma Lab |
“Image-based Technologies for Analyzing Single Cell Behaviour” |
Sampath Satti, MASc Student, "End-point chemotaxis assay using centrifugal alignment”
Dr. Jane Ru Choi, Postdoctoral Fellow, "Single cell secretion and phenotyping assay”
Samuel Berryman, MASc Student, "Image-based cell phenotyping using deep-learning”
|
| July 3 |
Kastrup Lab |
“Controlling Blood Coagulation with Gene Therapy” |
Amy Strilchuk, PhD Candidate, "Modulating Coagualtion Factor FXIII with siRNA"Jerry Leung, MSc Candidate, “Megakaryocyte Engineering to Create Designer Platelets”Massimo Cau, MSc Candidate, “Hemostatic Technologies for Abdominal Hemorrhage” |
| July 10 |
McNagny Lab |
“Innate Lymphoid Cells and Immune Skewing in Disease” |
Dr. Kelly McNagny, Professor - "Innate Lymphoid Cells as modulators of Immune Response"Samuel Shin, MSc Student - "Origins of Type 2 Innate Immune Cells"Dr. Alissa Cait, Postdoctoral Fellow - "Microbiome Driven Skewing of Immune Response"Melina Messing, PhD Student - "Role of Innate Lymphoid Cells and Immune Response in Muscle Repair" |
| July 17 |
Overall lab
|
“Degradomics Approaches to Unravel the Roles of Proteases as Master Regulators of Health and Disease Processes” |
Dr. Isabel Pablos-Ocampo, Postdoctoral Fellow -“Proteolytic Regulation of Pro-inflammatory Activity of High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1) by Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 (MMP7)”Dr. Peter Bell, Postdoctoral Fellow - "A Search for Missing Proteins in Human Alveolar Bone"Peter Grin, PhD student - "Proteolytic Processing by Matrix Metalloproteinases in Cholesterol Homeostasis" |
| July 24 |
Kizhakkedathu Lab |
"Macromolecular Therapeutics for Blood Disorders" |
Usama Abbasi, PhD Candidate and Lily Takeuchi, MSc Student -"Organ-Specific Approaches for Systemic Iron Chelation" Chanel La, PhD Candidate - "Polyphosphate Inhibitors for Treatment of Thrombosis" |
| July 31 |
Prof. Tom Scholte (special seminar) |
“A Perceptual Control Theory of Workplace Conflict” |
|
| August 7 |
Kim Lab |
“Pro-inflammatory Platelet Signaling: To the Cytoskeleton and Beyond” |
Dr. Hoa Le, Research Associate - "Cell-matrix Signaling in the Connective Tissues: Regulation by Platelet Factor 4"Dr. Kalyan Golla, Postdoctoral Fellow - "Filamin A and Integrin Activation: The 'Ins' and 'Outs' of Platelet Signaling"Dr. Manoj Paul, Postdoctoral Fellow - "The Role of Gelsolin in Modulating Platelet Aggregation and Secretion" |
| August 14 @ 1PM* |
Devine Lab |
"Blood Products: Proving Improvements in Platelets and Cryoprecipitate for Patients" |
Dr. Narges Hadjesfandiari, Postdoctoral Fellow - "Cryoprecipitate for Adults - How Important is it to Match for Blood Type?"Wayne Zhao, PhD Student - "Old product with new hope: Cold-stored platelets"Daphne Wu, PhD Student - "Biomarkers to improve platelet transfusion outcome" |
| August 21 @ 1PM* |
Zandstra lab |
"Stem Cell Engineering" |
Daniel Aguilar-Hidalgo, Research Associate - "Stem cell engineering"Himanshu Kaul, Postdoctoral Fellow - "Generating tissue capable of forming blood-progenitor cells at clinical scales"Asel Primbetova, PhD Student - "Engineering 3D artificial thymic niche for generation of progenitor T cells" |
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| 2018/19 Seminar Series |
| Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title
|
Abstract |
Host |
| September 4, 2018 |
Dr. Anand Krishan |
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta |
"Tumor suppressors as critical targets for peripheral nerve regeneration" |
|
Kim |
| September 26 |
Dr. Sheila Teves |
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC |
"Transcriptional memory through the cell cycle" |
|
Kim |
| October 3 |
Dr. Fabio Rossi |
Department of Medical Genetics, Biomedical Research Centre, UBC |
"Mesenchymal progenitors direct the damage response orchestra: pathogenic roles and therapeutic opportunities in congenital and ischemic cardiac disease.” |
|
Kim |
| October 10 |
Dr. Mary Underwood |
Haemostasis and Thrombosis Department, Imperial College London |
“ADAMTS13 deficiency in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura” |
|
Kim |
| October 17 |
Dr. Jennifer Grant |
Karsan Lab, BC Cancer Agency, UBC |
“Loss of miR-146a links inflammation, aging, and myeloid malignancy” |
|
Foster |
| October 24 |
Dr. Elizabeth M. Simpson |
Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics at
BC Children’s Hospital, UBC |
“CRISPR for Gene Therapy and Novel Mouse Models” |
|
Kim |
| October 31 |
Dr. Pamela Hoodless |
UBC Department of Medical Genetics, Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer |
"Coordination of epigenetic and transcriptional networks in liver development" |
|
Kim |
| November 7 |
Dr. Margaret Rand |
Division of Haematology/ Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children |
"The Procoagulant Platelet: Dead or Alive … or Undead?" |
|
Kim |
| November 14 |
Dr. Neale Ridgway |
Depts. of Pediatrics, and
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Atlantic Research Centre, Dalhousie University |
“Regulation of lipid homeostasis by a nuclear-localized phosphatidylcholine biosynthetic enzyme” |
|
Loewen |
| December 5 |
Dr. Jugpal S. Arneja |
Division of Plastic Surgery, UBC |
"Management of Vascular Anomalies: Lessons Learned & Ongoing Challenges" |
|
Butler |
| December 12 |
Dr. Ashutosh Chilkoti |
Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University |
“Molecular Engineering of Macromolecular Therapeutics” |
|
Abbina |
| January 9, 2019 |
Dr. Scott Diamond |
The Penn Center for Molecular Discovery |
"Multiscale analysis of blood using microfluidics and high dimensional phenotyping" |
|
Kastrup |
| January 17 @ 2pm; MSL 102 |
Dr. Muhammad Yousaf |
York University |
“Rewiring Cell Surfaces with click chemistry for applications in cell biology and tissue engineering” |
|
Kizhakkedathu |
| January 23 |
Dr. Philipp Lange |
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC |
"BRAvE - A proteogenomics platform for personalized treatment stratification in bone marrow involved childhood cancer" |
|
Kim |
| January 30 |
Dr. Lisa Osborne |
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UBC |
“Genetic and environmental influences on immunity and inflammation” |
|
Kim |
| February 6 |
Dr. David Sweet |
Faculty of Dentistry, UBC |
"An Introduction to Forensic Science Scholarship" |
|
Kim |
| February 20 |
UBC Sickle Cell Project student team |
Faculty of Medicine, UBC |
"The Assessment and Sustainable Management of Sickle Cell Disease in the Indigenous Tharu Population of Nepal" |
|
Conway |
| February 27 |
Dr. William Sheffield |
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University |
"Proagulant and Coagulant Strategies in Mouse Models" |
|
Pryzdial |
| March 6 |
Dr. Dmitri Simberg |
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado |
“The 99%: Mechanisms of Immune Clearance of Nanomaterials after Systematic Administration” |
|
Abbina |
| March 20 |
Dr. Yajaira Suarez |
Comparative Medicine and Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine |
“Macrophage miR-21, Yin Yang in Cancer and Atherosclerosis” |
|
Conway |
| March 27 |
Dr. Eleanor Fish |
Department of Immunology, University of Toronto |
“Global Outbreaks: Interferons as 1st Responders” |
|
Kim |
| March 28 |
Dr. James Whisstock |
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute |
“Structural Studies of Macrophage Immune Effectors Using Cryo-EM” |
|
Overall |
| April 10 |
Dr. Chris McCulloch |
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto |
“Role of Flightless I in Remodeling of the Extracellular Matrix” |
|
Kim |
| April 17 |
Dr. Michael Underhill |
Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC |
“Mesenchymal Progenitors in Health and Disease” |
|
Kim |
| April 24 |
Dr. Gavin Y. Oudit |
Department of Medicine, University of Alberta |
“Pathophysiology of Iron-Overload Cardiomyopathy: Role of Resveratrol and Amlodipine as Novel Therapies” |
|
Abbina |
| May 1 |
Dr. James Johnson |
Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, UBC |
“Hyperinsulinemia as a Causal Factor in Insulin Resistance, Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease, Aging and Cancer” |
|
Kim |
| May 15 |
Dr. David Gailani |
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University |
“The Kallikrein-Kinin System – Activation and Regulation” |
|
Kastrup |
| May 22 |
Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer |
BC Cancer Agency Research Centre |
“The Secret Powers of Noncoding RNAs in Malignant Hematopoiesis” |
|
Scott |
| 2018 Summer Seminar Series |
| Date |
Presenter |
Title |
Abstract |
| June 20 |
Christian Kastrup Lab |
"Biomaterials and Mechanisms to Understand and Control Hemorrhage" |
|
| June 27 |
Hong Ma Lab |
"Microfluidic Technologies for Cell Sorting and Cell Deformability" |
|
| July 4 |
Ed Conway Lab |
“Searching for new strategies to treat common inflammatory/thrombotic diseases ” |
|
| July 18 |
Aly Karsan Lab |
“Hematopoiesis from the AGM to the disrupted bone marrow”. |
|
| July 25 |
Kelly Brown Lab |
"Childhood vasculitis and the search for biologic measures of disease to aid clinical care" |
|
| August 22 |
Dana Devine Lab |
“What’s new in transfusion therapy ” |
|
| August 29 |
Bob Hancock Lab |
"Mechanistic insights into human diseases, e.g. sepsis, from large omics datasets" |
|
| 2017/18 Seminar Series |
| Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title |
Abstract |
Host |
| Sep 20 |
Dr. Catherine Poh |
Faculty of Dentistry |
“Translational research in Oral Cancer Control – Early Detection, Risk Assessment, and Management” |
|
Kim |
| Oct 4 |
Dr. Kevin Bennewith |
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia |
“Enhancement of mammary tumour metastasis by immune suppressive cells” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Oct 18 |
Dr. Karla Williams |
Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia |
“Extracellular Vesicles for ‘Liquid Biopsy’ Development in Cancer” |
|
Kim |
| Oct 25 |
Dr. Humaira Gowher |
Department of Biochemistry and Purdue Center for Cancer Research
Purdue University |
"Biological outcomes of the catalytic specialization of DNA methyltransferases" |
|
Overall |
| Nov 1 |
Dr. Abby Collier |
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia |
"Drug Development and Toxicity in Children – where are we going and where have we been?" |
|
Kim |
| Nov 6 |
Dr. Vincent Dive |
Department of Molecular Engineering of Proteins at the CEA Life Science Division in Saclay |
"Detection of active forms of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) by activity-based probes and applications to nanomedicine.” |
|
Overall |
| Nov 8 |
Dr. Tamer Mohamed |
Aspect Biosystems, University of British Columbia |
“Tissue engineering with next generation Lab-on-a-Printer bioprinting technology. “ |
|
Kizhakkedathu |
| Nov 29 |
Dr. Tatiana Kutateladze |
Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine |
“Targeting epigenetic readers”. |
|
Kim/Yip |
| Dec 8 |
Dr. Rafick Sekaly |
Co-director and Scientific Director of VGTI-Florida and Director of the Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology for the University of Montreal Hospital Centre's Research Centre.
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“OMICs unravel novel mechanisms for immunotherapy of HIV and Cancer.” |
|
Cote |
|
| Jan 17, 2018 |
Dr. Robert Nabi |
Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia |
“Cancer Cell Biology: Below the Diffraction Limit” |
|
Kim |
| Jan 24 |
Dr. Calvin Yip |
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia |
"Molecular architecture of the enigmatic Elongator complex" |
|
Kim |
| Feb 14 |
Dr. LeAnn Howe |
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia |
“Maintenance of transcriptional states” |
|
Kim |
| Feb 28 |
Dr. Paul Santerre |
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
and Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto |
"Biomaterial design for blood contact applications, inspired by protein-material interactions and enabled by block co-polymeric polyurethanes" |
|
Kizhakkedathu |
| Mar 7 |
Dr. Elizabeth Rideout |
Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia |
"Sex differences in Drosophila triglyceride homeostasis" |
|
Kim |
| Mar 14 |
Dr. Michael Gold |
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia |
"B cell activation in space and time" |
|
Kim |
| Mar 21 |
Dr. Cal Roskelley |
Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia |
"Multi-Modal Cell Motility - Does It Play A Role In Cancer Metastasis?" |
|
Kim |
| Mar 22 |
Dr. Maria-Grazia De Simoni |
Laboratory of Inflammation and Nervous System Diseases Pharmacological Research Institute Mario Negri, Milano, Italy |
"The lectin complement pathway in ischemic stroke" |
|
Conway |
| Apr 4 |
Dr. Wayne Vogl |
Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia |
"Internalization of ‘intact’ intercellular junctions in the testis by clathrin/actin-mediated endocytic structures – Tubulobulbar complexes" |
|
Kim |
| Apr 18 |
Dr. Mei Bissonnette |
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia |
“Translational Research in Medical Renal Diseases: A Role for Molecular Methods” |
|
Kim |
| Apr 25 |
Dr. Matthew Flick |
Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital |
"Fibrin mediates metabolic changes that promote diet-induced obesity" |
|
Conway |
| May 9 |
Dr. Chris Bond |
Juno Therapeutics Juno Therapeutics, Seattle |
“Direct detection of CD19 CAR-T Cells by PET Imaging” |
|
Conway |
| May 23 |
Dr. Edwin Moore |
Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia |
“Rapid Ultrastructural Changes Regulate the Function of Cardiac Ryanodine Receptors “ |
|
Kim |
| May 31 |
Dr. Hamilton Douglas |
Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Anatomy & Cell Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON |
“Periostin as a Modulator of Wound Healing and Fibrotic Processes in Connective Tissues” |
|
Kim |
|
| 2016/17 Seminar Series |
| Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title |
Abstract |
Host |
| September 15 |
Dr. Darrel W. Stafford |
UNC Department of Biology |
“Enzymes of the Vitamin K Cycle” |
|
Pryzdial |
| September 28 |
Dr. Matthew Rondina |
University of Utah Department of Medicine |
“Platelets: Sentinels and Effectors during Pathogen Invasion” |
|
Pryzdial |
| October 5 |
Dr. Paul Kubes |
University of Calgary Departments of Physiology & Pharmacology |
“Platelets neutrophils and NETs in infection and inflammation” |
|
McNagny |
| October 12 |
Dr. Paul O’Shea |
University of British Columbia Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
"Dissecting the Blood Interactome ; basic molecular physiology towards redefining complex diseases" |
|
Conway |
| October 26 |
Dr. Miranda Grounds |
University of Western Australia School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology |
“Skeletal muscle mass: impact of growth, aging and disease” |
|
Overall |
| November 2 |
Dr. John Morser |
Stanford University School of Medicine |
"Role of carboxypeptidase B2 (TAFI)" |
|
Conway |
| November 30 |
Dr. Keith Neeves |
Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines |
“Reinventinng the Wheel: Magnetically propelled
microwheels for rapid fibrinolysis” |
|
Kastrup |
December 14
(MSL 102 - 2185 East Mall, Vancouver) |
Dr. Haeshin Lee |
Department of Chemistry
Director, Center for Nature-inspired Technology |
"Mussel-inspired Self-Sealing Adhesive Biomaterials" |
|
Kastrup |
| January 4, 2017 |
Dr. Jessica Kalra |
BC Cancer Research Centre |
“Developing circRNA signatures as a biomarker for the early diagnosis of Pancreatic Carcinoma” |
|
Pryzdial |
| January 18 |
Dr. Kellie Machlus |
Harvard Medical School |
“Molecular mechanisms of proplatelet formation” |
|
Conway |
| February 1 |
Dr. Michael Gordon |
University of British Columbia |
"Neural circuit mechanisms underlying taste and hunger integration in Drosophila." |
|
Kim |
| March 1 |
Dr. Philip Tsao |
Stanford School of Medicine |
"Molecular and Biomechanical Mechanisms of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Disease" |
|
Conway |
| March 8 |
Dr. Russ Algar |
University of British Columbia Department of Chemistry |
"The Small Matter of Bioanalysis: Adventures at Less Than 10 nm with Fluorescent Nanoparticles and/or FRET" |
|
Kizhakkedathu |
| March 15 |
Dr. Karin Hoffmeister |
Blood Centre of Wisconsin |
“Hematopoiesis: The need of glycans to control a complex system” |
|
Kim |
| March 22 |
Dr. Mari DeMarco |
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC |
“Adapting Proteomics for Patient Care” |
|
Pryzdial |
| March 29 |
Dr. Honglin Luo |
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine,
|
"The dual nature of enteroviruses: from heart disease to oncolytic virotherapy" |
|
Pryzdial |
| April 12 |
Dr. Janel Kopp |
Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC |
"Impact of cellular origin on pancreatic cancer initiation and development" |
|
Kim |
| April 26 |
Dr. Joy Richman |
Cell and Developmental Biology, UBC |
"Rare diseases: Using the chicken embryo to functionally validate the effects of rare human mutations on morphogenesis" |
|
Kim |
| May 3 |
Dr. Neora Pick |
Infectious Diseases Division, UBC |
"Hepatitis C- from discovery to Cure" |
|
Conway |
| May 10 |
Dr. Eric Jan |
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC |
"Alternative reading frame selection directed by a viral internal ribosome entry site" |
|
Kim |
| May 24 |
Dr. Christian Naus |
Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC |
"Gap junctions and stroke: an open and shut case?” |
|
Conway |
2016 Summer Seminar Series |
| Date |
Seminar #1 - 12:00-12:25PM |
Seminar #2 - 12:30-12:55PM |
Abstract |
| August 24 |
Narges Hadjesfandiari
Graduate Student, Brooks Lab
|
Jessie Cait
Graduate Student, McNagny Lab |
|
| August 11 |
UBC BEST Workshop (12-2PM) |
|
| August 3 |
Bryan Lin
Graduate Student, Pryzdial Lab |
Parker Jobin
Graduate Student, Overall Lab |
|
| July 20 |
Dr. Jim Woodgett
Investigator and Director of Research of the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
|
|
| July 13 |
Sara Saberi
Graduate Student, Cote Lab |
Patrick Coulombe
Graduate Student, Karsan Lab |
|
| July 6 |
Deb Chen
Graduate Student, Devine Lab |
Mathieu B. Nault
Graduate Student, Kim Lab |
|
| June 29 |
Theo Klein
Postdoctoral Fellow, Overall Lab
|
Piyush Kapopara
Postdoctoral Fellow, Conway Lab |
|
| 2015/16 Seminar Series |
| Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title (click for video where available)
|
Abstract |
Host |
| June 15, 2016 |
Dr. Tobias Kollmann |
Child and Family Research Institute |
“Focus on Host vs. Pathogen: Saving Newborn Lives Through a Paradigm Shift” |
|
Pryzdial |
| June 1, 2016 |
Dr. Catherine Tenn |
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary
|
“An Experimental Model of Hemorrhagic Shock.” |
|
Kastrup |
| May 18, 2016 |
Dr. Michael Barnett |
Hematology/Bone Marrow Transplant Medicine, UBC |
“A Glimpse of Ehrlich’s Promised Land: New Therapy for Blood Cancer” |
|
Conway |
| May 11, 2016 |
Dr. Raymond Anderson |
Department of Chemistry, UBC Faculty of Science |
"Sponging off Nature for New Drug Leads" |
|
Conway |
| May 4, 2016 |
Dr. Lindsay Eltis |
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UBC |
"Steroid use by a pathogen – a ring-side story" |
|
Conway |
| Apr. 27, 2016 |
Dr. Kam Shojania |
Division of Rheumatology, UBC |
"A vision for arthritis care in BC" |
|
Kim |
| Apr. 20, 2016 |
Dr. Soren Gantt |
Child & Family Research Institute |
"Herpesvirus infections: new insights from human cohort studies" |
|
Pryzdial |
| Apr. 6, 2016 |
Dr. Eleanor Fish |
Department of Immunology, University of Toronto |
"Translating discovery to a clinical trial: interferon treatment for Ebola virus disease" |
|
Overall |
| Mar. 30, 2016 |
Dr. Sid Strickland |
The Rockefeller University
|
“Connections between Alzheimer’s disease and the cerebrovascular system” |
|
Jefferies |
| Mar. 23, 2016 |
Dr. Robert Flaumenhaft |
Harvard Medical School |
"Protein Disulfide Isomerase (PDI) as an antithrombotic target" |
|
Kim |
| Mar. 9, 2016 |
Dr. Matthew Bogyo |
Standford School of Medicine |
"Structure and function based design of Plasmodium-selective proteasome inhibitors" |
|
Overall |
| Mar. 2, 2016 |
Dr. Emma Guns |
Vancouver Prostate Centre |
“Do Extracellular Vesicles have a role in the Development and Progression of Prostate Cancer?” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Feb. 24, 2016 |
Dr. Andrew Krahn |
Division of Cardiology, UBC |
"Influencing Rare but Catastrophic Outcomes in Clinical Medicine: Novel Study Designs" |
|
Kim |
| Feb. 17, 2016 |
Dr. Andrea Townson |
Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UBC |
“Unconscious bias in health professions” |
|
Conway |
| Feb. 10, 2016 |
Dr. Jeffrey Karp |
Harvard Medical School |
"Towards Accelerated Medical Innovation" |
|
Khademmohtaram |
| Jan. 20, 2016 |
Dr. Peter Schubert |
Center for Blood Research, UBC |
“Riboflavin/UV light pathogen inactivation impacts platelet function via modulation of signal transduction”
|
|
Conway |
| Jan. 13, 2016 |
Dr. Paul Kim |
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University |
"Mechanism of Thrombin Activable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor Activation and Its Influence on Clot Degradation" |
|
Pryzdial |
| Jan. 6, 2016 |
Dr. Brian Custer |
University of California, San Francisco & Blood Systems Research Institute |
"Research and Donation Policy Status in the USA for Men Who Disclose Having Sex with Other Men (MSM)" |
|
Devine |
| Dec. 2, 2015 |
Dr. Maria Dahl |
Faculty Of Medicine, Lund University |
“Cell and gene therapy for blood disorders. Modeling of novel treatment strategies for Gaucher type I disease and Diamond-Blackfan anemia in mice” |
|
McNagny |
| Nov. 25, 2015 |
Dr. Juergen Kast |
Biomedical Research Centre, UBC |
“Lysophosphatidic acid as a platelet agonist in atherosclerosis” |
|
Conway |
| Nov. 4, 2015 |
Dr. Sidney Whiteheart |
University of Kentucky College of Medicine |
"The Platelet Release Reaction: Molecules and Mechanism (membrane trafficking in platelets)" |
|
Kim |
| Oct. 28, 2015 |
Dr. Matthew Farrer
|
Department of Medical Genetics, UBC
| Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College |
|
"Adventures and Advanced in Neurogenetics and molecular Neuroscience"“Anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Oct. 21, 2015 |
Farzad Ali & Linda Beausoleil |
Pfizer Canada |
“Access to Medicines in Canada” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Oct. 7, 2015 |
Dr. Jonathan Choy |
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SFU |
“Inflammation and Allogeneic Immune Responses” |
|
Conway |
| Sept. 30, 2015 |
HP Newquist |
www.newquistbooks.com |
“Bloodsport: Finding The Thrill(s) In Science.” |
|
Conway |
| Sept. 23, 2015 |
Dr. Josie Visentini |
Pfizer Canada |
“Highlights of a Scientific Career in the Pharmaceutical Industry” |
|
Conway |
| Sept. 16, 2015 |
Dr. John Semple |
Keenan Research Center for Biomedical Science, St. Michael’s Hospital |
"New insights into the pathogenesis of Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI): A mouse’s tale.” |
|
Conway |
| Sept. 9, 2015 |
Dr. Leonard Foster |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
|
"Vaccine discovery and personalized immunology through accurate tracking of the immunopeptidome" |
|
Conway |
| 2015 Summer Seminar Series |
| Date |
Seminar #1 - 12:00-12:25PM |
Seminar #2 - 12:30-12:55PM |
| August 26 |
Deborah Chen
PhD Candidate, Devine Lab
| "Red blood cell hemolysis: Biomarker discovery for quality assessment" |
|
Nichollas Scott
PDF, Foster Lab
| "Alterations in the protein interaction landscape of known caspase targets precedes caspase cleavage" |
|
| August 19 |
CBR Research Day |
| August 17 |
Ashley Hilchie
PDF, Hancock Lab
| "Optimizing anti-cancer peptides for use as novel cancer therapies" |
|
Solmaz Sobhanifar
PDF, Strynadka Lab
| "A structural perspective of how TarM, an S. aureus glycosyltransferase, decorates teichoic acid polymers of the cell wall" |
|
| August 12 |
Michael Hughes
Research Associate, McNagny Lab"Podocalyxin function in cancer and bone marrow transplant" |
| August 5 |
Julien Bergeron
PDF, Strynadka Lab
| “One ring to rule them all – structure and assembly of the type III secretion system rings” |
|
Prashant Kumar
PhD Candidate, Kizhakkedathu Lab
| “Bioconjugation of Aurein antimicrobial peptides to hyperbranched polyglycerol” |
|
| July 29 |
Dr. Christopher Patriquin
Clinical Scholar in Hematology & Thromboembolism, McMaster University"Update on Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria" |
| July 22 |
Evan Haney
PDF, Hancock Lab
| "Sequence Optimization of Synthetic Peptides for Immunomodulatory and Antibiofilm Activity" |
|
Gesa Volkers
PDF, Strynadka Lab
| "Molecular Insights into the Polysialylation of Human Cell Surfaces" |
|
| July 15 |
Brianne Burkinshaw
PhD Candidate, Strynadka Lab
| "Structural and functional characterization of components of bacterial type III secretion systems" |
|
Nikolaus Fortelny
PhD candidate, Overall and Pavlidis Labs
| "Informed guesses: prediction of protease inhibitors from network data" |
|
| July 8 |
Linnette Ocariza
MSc Candidate, Conway Lab
| “Polyphosphate as a potential therapeutic forAge-Related Macular Degeneration” |
|
Matt Solomonson
PhD Candidate, Strynadka Lab
| “Structure, proteloysis, and evolution of secretedtuberculosis virulence factors” |
|
| June 29 |
Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez
PDF, Hancock Lab
| "A Peptide-based Approach to CombatAntibiotic-resistant Bacteria" |
|
Antoine Dufour
PDF, Overall Lab
| "Moonlighting MMP12 decreases breast cancercell prognosis by cleavage of intracellular Syk" |
|
| 2014/15 Seminar Series |
| Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title (click for video where available)
|
Abstract |
Host |
| June 17, 2015 |
Dr. Vlad Muzykantov |
University of Pennsylvania |
"Targeting biotherapeutics to vascular endothelium" |
|
Conway |
| June 10, 2015 |
Dr. Debbie Griswold |
Providence Health Care, Hematopathology
|
"Von Willebrand factor in health and disease: an unfolding story" |
|
Jackson |
| June 3, 2015 |
Dr. Stanley Moore |
University of Saskatchewan |
"Structural and Biochemical Analysis of a Yeast Zn Metalloezyme Induced by MMS and DNA Alkylating agents" |
|
MacGillivray |
| May 27, 2015 |
Dr. Ed Conway |
UBC, Centre for Blood Research |
"Complement coagulation conundrums" |
|
MacGillivray |
| May 20, 2015 |
Dr. Urs Hafeli |
UBC, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
"Bombesin-Directed Magnetic Polymersomes for Cancer Therapy" |
|
Kastrup |
| May 6, 2015 |
Dr. Sean Barbour |
UBC, Dept. of Medicine |
"C3 glomerulopathy: a confluence of hematology, immunology and nephrology"
|
|
Conway |
| Apr. 30, 2015 |
Dr. Brenda Kwak |
University of Geneva Medical School |
"Pannexin-dependent signaling in platelet aggregation and thrombosis" |
|
Naus |
| Apr. 29, 2015 |
Dr. Hervé Falet |
Harvard Medical School |
"Receptor-mediated endocytosis in megakaryocyte development" |
|
Kim |
| Apr. 22, 2015 |
Dr. Angela Devlin |
UBC, Dept. of Pediatrics |
"Cardiovascular Disease in Children Treated with Second-Generation Antipsychotics"
|
|
Pryzdial |
| Apr. 1, 2015 |
Dr. Rick Austin |
McMaster University |
"Autoantibodies to cell surface GRP78 promote prostate cancer growth by activating TF procoagulant activity" |
|
Pryzdial |
| Mar. 11, 2015 |
Dr. David Corry |
Baylor College of Medicine |
"The Fibrinogen-TLR4 Axis at the Intersection of Coagulation and Immunity" |
|
Pryzdial |
| Mar. 4, 2015 |
Dr. Kelly Brown |
Child and Family Research Institute |
"Using gaps in current clinical practice to guide research, a translational approach to the study of complex childhood disease" |
|
Conway |
| Feb. 25, 2015 |
Dr. Nathan White |
University of Washington |
"Biomechanics of Bleeding" |
|
Kastrup |
| Feb. 23, 2015 |
Dr. Robert Pike & Dr. Lakshmi Wijeyewickrema |
La Trobe University |
Dr. Pike - "Polyanionic cofactors of the serpin, C1-inhibitor, for the treatment of inflammatory diseases"
Dr. Wijeyewickrema - "Novel complement inhibitors of haematophagous arthropods" |
|
Conway |
| Feb. 18, 2015 |
Dr. Lynda Foltz |
Providence Hematology |
“Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Mutations in Clinical Practice” |
|
Jackson |
| Feb. 11, 2015 |
Dr. Don Sin |
UBC, Dept. of Medicine |
"Using -omics to discover novel blood biomarkers of COPD disease activity" |
|
Kim |
| Feb. 4, 2015 |
Dr. Megan Levings |
UBC, Dept. of Surgery |
“Molecular and Cellular Biology of Regulatory T cells” |
|
Kim |
| Jan. 28, 2015 |
Dr. Rafal Pawlinski |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
“Tissue factor, hemostasis and vascular inflammation” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Jan. 21, 2015 |
Dr. Owen McCarty |
Oregon Health & Science University |
“Platelet cytoskeletal remodelling and thrombosis” |
|
Kim |
| Jan. 14, 2015 |
Dr. Thalia Field |
UBC Neurology |
“Antithrombotic strategies for secondary stroke prevention” |
|
Conway |
| Jan. 7, 2015 |
Dr. Gordon Francis |
Centre for Heart Lung Innovation |
“Smooth muscle cells are a major contributor to foam cell formation in atherosclerosis” |
|
Conway |
| Dec. 10, 2014 |
Dr. Vernon Louw |
University of the Free State, South Africa |
“Medical education on the move: from Socrates to YouTube” |
|
Leitch |
| Dec. 3, 2014 |
Dr. Filip Van Petegem |
UBC, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
“Cardiac arrhythmias, epilepsy, and muscle disorders: Mutations in Sodium channels and Ryanodine Receptors at high resolution” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Nov. 19, 2014 |
Dr. John Eaton |
University of Louisville |
“We Did It for Smallpox, We Did It for Polio. Can We Do It for Cancer?” |
|
Scott |
| Nov. 5, 2014 |
Dr. Shubhayan Sanatani |
BC Children’s Hospital |
“Sudden death in the young: The more we study, the less we know!” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Oct. 29, 2014 |
Dr. Brian MacVicar |
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health / Brain Research Centre |
“Synaptic sensing and modulation by microglia: A role in neurodegeneration?” |
|
Conway |
| Oct. 22, 2014 |
Dr. Annette von Drygalski |
University of California, San Diego |
“superFVa -
An Engineered Prohemostatic Agent for Hemophilia and Other Severe Bleeding Situations” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Oct. 16, 2014 |
Dr. Jennifer Dumont |
Biogen Idec |
"Molecular engineering of coagulation factors to prolong half-life." |
|
Conway |
| Oct. 15, 2014 |
Dr. Bruce Verchere |
Child & Family Research Institute |
“Aggregating evidence for a role for IAPP as an initiator of islet inflammation in type 2 diabetes” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Oct. 8, 2014 |
Dr. Karin Humphries |
Centre for Improved Cardiovascular Health |
“Hormone Therapy and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease - Revisiting the Evidence” |
|
Conway |
| Oct. 1, 2014 |
Dr. Liping Tang |
University of Texas at Arlington |
"Development of optical probes for imaging inflammation" |
|
Scott |
| Sept. 17, 2014 |
Dr. Patricia Liaw |
McMaster University |
"Crosstalk between innate immunity, coagulation, and inflammation: basic and translational studies of cell-free DNA and histones in sepsis” |
|
Conway |
| Sept. 10, 2014 |
Dr. Elizabeth Simpson |
Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, UBC |
"MAPing the way to Cre-Driver Mice and Adeno-Associated Viruses for Gene Therapy" |
|
Kim |
| 2014 Summer Seminar Series |
| Date |
Seminar #1 - 12:00-12:25PM
|
Seminar #2 - 12:30-12:55PM |
| Aug 27, 2014 |
Solmaz Sobhanifar
"Investigation of potential drug targets involved in antibiotic sensing and cell synthesis."
|
Matt Solomonson
"Structure and proteolytic processing of a critical secreted Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence factor and insights into its export mechanism"
|
| Aug. 20, 2014 |
Neil Mackenzie
"The role of Cathepsins in mineralisation of the ECM"
|
Rafi Chapanian
"Enhancement of Biological Reactions on Cell Surfaces via Macromolecular Crowding"
|
| Aug. 13, 2014 |
CBR Research Day |
| Aug. 6, 2014 |
Michael Hughes
"Leaky Pipes and Urine Trouble"
|
| July 23, 2014 |
Antoine Dufour
"Macrophage Matrix Metalloproteinase-12 Dampens Inflammation and Neutrophil Recruitment: Pleiotropic Protective Roles Revealed by Terminomics" |
Julien Bergeron
"How do bacteria measure the size of their needle? - Structural and functional characterization of the type III secretion system ruler protein." |
| July 16, 2014 |
Rainer Haag
Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Organic Chemistry
Freie Universitat Berlin
|
| 2013/14 Seminar Series |
| Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title (click for video where available)
|
Abstract |
Host |
| June 18, 2014 |
Dr. Spencer Anthony-Cahill |
Western Washington University |
"Structure and function of recombinant human hemoglobins containing circularly permuted β–globin subunits" |
|
Conway |
| June 16, 2014 |
Dr. Shun Hirota |
Doshisha University |
“Oligomerization of heme proteins by domain swapping” |
|
Takayama |
| May 28, 2014 |
Dr. Vince Duronio |
UBC, Dept. of Medicine |
“A novel pathway regulating macrophage functions in atherosclerosis.” |
|
Conway |
| May 21, 2014 |
Dr. Shernaz Bamji |
UBC-Cellular & Physiological Sciences |
"Synaptic Adhesion Molecules in Learning and Memory" |
|
Conway |
| May 7, 2014 |
Dr. Russell Tracy |
University of Vermont |
"Inflammation, Adaptive Immunity and Aging: an Epidemiological Perspective" |
|
Pryzdial |
| Apr. 30, 2014 |
Dr. Anthony Ferrel |
UBC-Zoology |
"Cardiorespiratory physiology during extreme exercise at su-pra-optimal temperatures: the case of adult Fraser River sockeye salmon" |
|
Przydial |
| Apr. 23, 2014 |
Dr. Julien Bergeron |
UBC-CBR |
"Faculty position mock interview: Structural characterization of bacterial appendages involved in host-pathogen interactions and antibiotic resistance" |
|
Conway |
| Apr. 16, 2014 |
Dr. Carlo Brugnara |
Harvard Medical School |
"Ion channels and transporters of the erythrocyte: from hemoglobinopathies to membrane diseases" |
|
Scott |
| Apr. 9, 2014 |
Norman Bethune Symposium, SFU Segal Building (500 Granville Street)
|
| Apr. 3, 2014 |
Dr. Peter Schubert |
UBC-CBR, Canadian Blood Services |
"Transfusion science of blood safety" |
|
Conway |
| Mar. 26, 2014 |
Dr. James Stone |
Univ. of Alberta |
"RasGRPs: Important Regulators of Ras in Lymphocytes and Potential Drug Targets in Mantle Cell Lymphoma" |
|
MacGillivray |
| Mar. 19, 2014 |
Dr. Nigel Mackman |
UNC McAllister Heart Institute |
"Hemostasis, Thrombosis and Immunity" |
|
Conway |
| Mar. 12, 2014 |
Dr. Richard Discipio |
Sanford-Burnham Institute |
"The Assembly of the Membrane Attack Complex (MAC) of Complement" |
|
Conway |
| Mar. 5, 2014 |
Dr. Mark Scott |
Canadian Blood Services, UBC-CBR |
“Resetting the Immune System via miRNA-Based Therapeutics: Therapeutic Efficacy in Murine Type 1 Autoimmune Diabetes” |
|
|
| Feb. 26, 2014 |
Dr. Rod Rassekh |
BC Childrens Hospital |
"Moving towards individualized therapy in pediatric cancer" |
|
Conway |
| Feb. 19, 2014 |
Dr. Nico Marr |
CFRI, UBC |
"Determinants of Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Early Life" |
|
Conway |
| Feb. 12, 2014 |
Dr. Geraldine Walsh |
CBS, CBR |
"How to get a paper published" |
|
Conway |
| Feb. 5, 2014 |
Dr. Alisa Wolberg |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
"Fibrinogen, factor XIII and red blood cells in venous thrombosis: novel mechanisms, novel therapeutic targets?" |
|
Conway |
| Jan. 29, 2014 |
Dr. David Vocadlo |
SFU |
"Chemical biology of the O-GlcNAc post-translational modification: from probes to Alzheimer disease." |
|
Overall |
| Jan. 22, 2014 |
Dr. Mark Blostein |
McGill University |
"Role of gas6 in vascular biology" |
|
Conway |
| Jan. 15, 2014 |
Dr. Erin Gaynor |
M&I, UBC |
It’s OK to be different: New avenues of pathogenesis and survival in the foodborne bacterium Campylobacter jejuni |
|
Conway |
| Dec. 4, 2013 |
Dr. Clint Spiegel |
Chemistry, Western Washington University |
"Structural Studies of Blood Coagulation Factor VIII to Overcome the Immune Response" |
|
Conway |
| Nov. 14, 2013 |
Earl W. Davie Symposium |
| Nov. 6, 2013 |
Dr. Rachel Fernandez |
Microbiology and Immunology, UBC |
"Resurgence of whooping cough? Immune Modulation by Bordetella pertussis surface structures" |
|
Conway |
| Oct. 30, 2013 |
Dr. Anita Ho |
Philosophy, UBC |
"There Will Be Blood: Ethical Issues and Considerations in Research" |
|
Conway |
| Oct. 23, 2013 |
Dr. Lynsey Huxham |
University Industry Liaison Office, UBC |
"Patents: What, Why, When" |
|
Conway |
| Oct. 16, 2013 |
Dr. Jacob Rozmus |
Pathology, UBC |
"The clinical and translational study of rare and previously unknown primary immunodeficiencies" |
|
Conway |
| Oct. 10, 2013 |
Dr. Elliott Chaikof |
Harvard University |
"Some Considerations in Coagulation and Its Control" |
|
Kizhakkedathu |
| Oct. 2, 2013 |
Dr. Colby Zaph |
UBC |
"Set7 at the intersection of Hippo and Wnt signalling in intestinal homeostasis, regeneration and cancer" |
|
Conway |
| Sept. 26, 2013 |
Dr. Marie-Frances Scully |
Memorial University |
"Acquired inhibitors causing very severe bleeding, a presentation of three challenging cases which illustrate why we clinicians still need a lot more help from basic scientists to understand and hence optimally manage acquired inhibitors which cause bleeding" |
|
Pryzdial |
| Sept. 18, 2013 |
Dr. Paula James |
Queens University |
"What Can Patient-derived BOEC (Blood Outgrowth Endothelial Cells) Teach Us About the Pathobiology of Type 3 VWD?" |
|
Conway |
| Sept. 11, 2013 |
Dr. Karen C. Cheung |
Electrical Engineering, UBC |
"Microfluidic systems for three-dimensional cell culture and microenvironment" |
|
Conway |
| 2012/13 Seminar Series (past speakers) |
| Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title |
Abstract |
Host |
| July 17, 2013 |
Dr. James Van Alstine |
GE Healthcare, Sweden |
"Toward Solvent Free Precipitation of Plasma Proteins" |
|
Conway |
| June 19, 2013 |
Dr. Joanna Wegrzyn |
UBC |
"miR-146a Regulates Hematopoietic Stem Cell Maintenance and Cell Cycle Entry" |
|
Karsan / Conway |
| June 12, 2013 |
Dr. David Granville |
UBC
James Hogg Research Centre
Institute for Heart and Lung Health
St. Paul's Hospital |
"Granzymes: More than Just Killer Proteases" |
|
Conway |
| May 22, 2013 |
Dr. Helen Burt |
UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences / Research and International |
“Intravesicular nanoparticulate drug delivery systems for application in bladder cancer” |
|
Conway |
| May 15, 2013 |
Dr. T. Michael Underhill |
UBC, Cellular & Physiological Sciences |
“Mesenchymal cells in development, health and disease”
|
|
Conway |
| May 8, 2013 |
Dr. Mark Bigham |
Fraser Health / Canadian Blood Services |
"Disease eradication" |
|
Pryzdial |
| April 26, 2013 |
Dr. Alfonso Iorio |
McMaster University |
"Epidemiology lessons learned by study hemophilia and its treatment" |
|
Conway |
| April 24, 2013 |
Dr. Reinhart Reithmeier |
University of Toronto |
“Loss of ER Glycoprotein Quality Control During the Terminal Differentiation of Human Red Blood Cells”
|
|
Conway |
| April 17, 2013 |
Norman Bethune Symposium 2013 |
| Apr 10, 2013 |
Dr. William Mohn |
UBC
Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
"Vicious cycles: interactions between the immune system and microbiota during the course of disease" |
|
Conway |
| Apr 3, 2013 |
Dr. Kishor Wasan |
UBC
Research and Graduate Studies
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Neglected Global Diseases Initiative |
“The Development of an oral formulation of Amphotericin B and the story of NGDI-UBC: Engaging the Next Generation of Scholars”
|
|
Conway |
| March 20, 2013 |
Dr. Art Poon |
UBC |
“Reconstructing the evolution of HIV within a patient” |
|
Karsan/Conway |
| March 13, 2013 |
Dr. Athan Kuliopulos |
Tufts University |
“PARticipating in Metalloprotease Signaling in Blood Vessels” |
|
Overall |
| March 6, 2013 |
Dr. Hatoon Ezzatt |
Hemoglobinopathy Program of BC
Hemosiderosis Program of BC
Providence Hematology
UBC |
“Hemoglobinopathies ‘Newer approach to an old disease’” |
|
Conway |
| March 5, 2013 |
Dr. Bob Montgomery |
Blood Research Institute
BloodCentre of Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin |
“Platelet Targeted Gene Therapy for Hemophilia” |
|
Conway |
| Feb. 13, 2013 |
Dr. Hélène Côté |
UBC |
“Leukocyte telomere length as a marker of aging in HIV infection” |
|
MacGillivray |
| Feb. 6, 2013 |
Dr. Calvin Roskelly |
UBC |
“Mode Switching In Tumor Invasion, The Role of The Small Mucin Podocalyxin” |
|
Conway |
| Jan. 30, 2013 |
Dr. Geoff Hammond |
UBC |
"Plasma Steroid-binding proteins: understanding and exploiting function from structural analyses" |
|
Conway |
| Jan. 23, 2013 |
Dr. Ivan Robert Nabi |
UBC |
"Membrane Domain Regulation of Cancer Cell Migration: Synergy between Caveolin-1 and Galectin-3" |
|
Pryzdial |
| Jan. 16, 2013 |
Dr. Morley Hollenberg |
University of Calgary |
"Coagulation Proteinases, their receptors (PARs) and inflammatory disease" |
|
Conway |
| Jan. 9, 2013 |
Dr. Najib Ayas |
Providence Health |
"Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Vascular Disease" |
|
Conway |
| Nov. 28, 2012 |
Dr. Fabio Rossi |
UBC |
“Modulation of fibrogenic progenitors by inflammatory cells” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Nov. 21, 2012 |
Dr. Walter Kahr |
The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto |
“Platelet granules: insights into these specialized organelles” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Nov. 7, 2012 |
Dr. Hong Ma |
UBC |
“Microfluidic Technologies for Cell Biomechanics and Cell Separation” |
|
Conway |
| Oct. 31, 2012 |
Dr. Henning Stennicke |
Novo Nordisk |
“Designing novel therapies for profylaxis in haemophilia” |
|
Overall |
| Oct. 24, 2012 |
Dr. Ken Bauer |
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
“Direct Thrombin or Factor Xa Inhibition as Antithrombotic Strategies: The Development of New Oral Anticoagulants” |
|
Conway |
| Oct. 18, 2012 |
Dr. David Lillicrap |
Queen's University |
“Modifiers of the von Willebrand factor phenotype: join the queue” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Oct. 10, 2012 |
Dr. Barbara Konkle |
Puget Sound Blood Center |
“Understanding Hemostatic Complications of Pregnancy” |
|
Conway |
| Oct. 3, 2012 |
Dr. Scott Tebbutt |
UBC |
“Blood-based signatures of disease: case studies in allergic asthma and kidney transplant rejection.” |
|
Conway |
| Sept. 26, 2012 |
Dr. Hugh Kim |
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston |
“Regulation of cytokine signaling by the platelet cytoskeleton” |
|
Conway |
| Sept. 6, 2012 |
Dr. Chi Wu |
Chinese University of Hong Kong |
“How free cationic chains promote gene transfection?” |
|
Kizhakkedathu |
| June. 6, 2012 |
Dr. Elisabeth Maurer |
UBC CBR |
“From Bench to Bedside - New Technology to Prevent Ineffective Platelet Transfusions” |
|
Conway |
|
| 2011/2012 Seminar Series (past speakers) |
| Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title |
Abstract |
Host |
| May. 14, 2012 |
Dr. Margaret Rand |
Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto |
"Ins and Outs of platelet procoagulant phosphatidylserine" |
|
Pryzdial |
| May 9, 2012 |
Dr. Patrick McGeer |
UBC Faculty of Medicine |
"Aurin tricarboxylic acid: a breakthrough agent which inhibits overactive complement activation" |
|
Conway |
| Apr. 18, 2012 |
Dr. Marc Horwitz |
UBC Microbiology |
"How a common, everyday virus like EBV likely induces autoimmune diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis" |
|
Pryzdial |
| Apr. 11, 2012 |
Dr. Toni M. Antalis |
University of Maryland |
"Membrane-anchored serine proteases in vascular biology and inflammation" |
|
Conway |
| Apr. 4, 2012 |
Dr. Shaw Warren |
Massachusetts General Hospital |
"Heme and hemoglobin in microbe-induced inflammation and possible treatment strategies" |
|
Kizhakkedathu |
| Mar. 28, 2012 |
Dr. Neil Cashman |
UBC Dept. of Neurology |
"Propagated misfolding of SOD1 in ALS: A new prion-like disorder?" |
|
Conway |
| Mar. 21, 2012 |
Dr. Heyu Ni |
St. Michaels Hospital |
“Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia:
Lessons from animal models and human patients” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Mar. 14, 2012 |
Dr. Jason Schuman |
GE/Biacore |
“Biacore SPR in the Development of Bio-Therapeutics: 2nd Generation Factor VIII” |
|
Conway |
| Feb. 29, 2012 |
Dr. Tanya Petraszko |
Canadian Blood Services |
A Day in the Life at the Canadian Blood Services |
|
Conway |
| Feb. 15, 2012 |
Dr. Brian Rodriguez |
UBC Pharmacy |
“Control of fatty acid delivery to the heart after diabetes” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Feb. 8, 2012 |
Dr. Michael Sefton |
University of Toronto |
“Vascularisation of tissue constructs” |
|
Kizhakkedathu |
| Feb. 1, 2012 |
Dr. Todd Anderson |
Alberta Health Services |
“The Endothelium in Health and Disease” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Jan. 11, 2012 |
Dr. Cheryl Wellington |
BC Children's Hospital |
“From concussion to dementia: A key role for apolipoprotein E” |
|
Conway |
| Nov. 30, 2011 |
Dr. Paul Yenson |
VGH, UBC |
“Sickle Cell Disease: Many band-aids but no cure.” |
|
Conway |
| Nov. 25, 2011 |
Dr. Jonathan Foley |
University of Vermont |
“Caught in the middle: The diverse roles of activated TAFI in Coagulation, fibrinolysis and inflammation” |
|
Conway |
| Nov. 23, 2011 |
Dr. Patrick Provost |
Laval University |
“A role for microRNAs in human platelets?” |
|
Devine |
| Nov. 16, 2011 |
Dr. Alan Lazarus |
St. Michael’s Hospital |
“How does IVIg work in autoimmunity and can we replace it with something better?” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Oct. 26, 2011 |
Dr. Andrew Weyrich |
University of Utah |
“New Functions of Human Platelets” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Oct. 19, 2011 |
Dr. Christian Kastrup |
UBC MSL |
“Understanding and Controlling Blood Coagulation Using Models, Materials and Devices” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Oct. 12, 2011 |
Dr. Fraser Wright |
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia |
“Advances in Gene Therapy for Hemophilia” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Oct. 5, 2011 |
Dr. Heather Leitch |
John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic (IDC), |
“Transfusional Iron Overload & Iron Chelation Therapy in MDS” |
|
Conway |
| Sept. 21, 2011 |
Dr. Jose Lopez |
University of Washington |
“von Willebrand factor in health and disease” |
|
Pryzdial |
| Sept. 12, 2011 |
Dr. Wolfgang Mayr |
Medical University of Vienna |
“Chimerism and other genetic problems in transfusion medicine” |
|
Devine |
|
| 2010/2011 Seminar Series (past speakers) |
| Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Title |
Abstract |
Host |
| June 8, 2011 |
Dr. John Hess |
University of Maryland |
“Better Storage Systems for RBCs” |
|
Devine |
| May 25, 2011 |
Dr. Paula Tracy |
University of Vermont College of Medicine |
“Unique Mechanisms by which Activated Platelets Regulate Thrombin Generation at their Membrane Surfaces” |
|
Pryzdial |
| May 4, 2011 |
Dr. Peter Schubert |
UBC CBR |
“Transfusion science: the good and the bad side of pathogen reduction technologies” |
|
Conway |
| Apr. 20, 2011 |
Dr. Jamey Marth |
|
“A Unified Approach to Discover the Cellular Origins of Disease” |
|
Strynadka |
| Mar. 30, 2011 |
Dr. Philip Low |
Purdue University |
“The Structure and Function of the Human Red Blood Cell Membrane” |
|
McNagny |
| Mar. 16, 2011 |
Dr. Michael Hughes |
UBC |
"Characteristics and applications of a new mouse model of hemolytic hereditary" |
|
Conway
McNagny |
| Mar. 9, 2011 |
Dr. Peter Gross |
|
“Intravital microscopy as a model of thrombosis” |
|
Conway |
| Mar. 2, 2011 |
Dr. Mohandas Narla |
New York Blood Center |
“Erythropoiesis and Red Cells : What’s Old and What’s New” |
|
Devine |
