Black Women in STEM
Description: Dr. Anderson and Dr. Andrade will speak from their experience and expertise to share insights about the underrepresentation of Black women in STEM fields. Registration: https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rzxT8Cn1Skuif23rfrWVjw Speakers: Dr. Natoshia Anderson Award-winning STEM educator and STEM advocate, STEM leadership consultant Dr. Maydianne Andrade Canada Research Chair, Vice-Dean Faculty Affairs and Equity, University of Toronto Scarborough More information about this event series: https://events.ubc.ca/where-are-all-the-black-people/ Sponsors: Office of […]
MSL Seminar Series: April – Invited Speaker, Dr. Aviv Regev
Speaker: Dr. Aviv Regev - Chair of the Faculty and Core Member, Broad Institute --Director, Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute -- Professor, Department of Biology, MIT -- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Talk Title: Cell atlases as roadmaps to understand and treat disease Talk Abstract: Cells are the basic unit of life, and form a […]
MSL Seminar Series: May – Trainee Talks
ZoomEvent details: Date: Wednesday May 19th, 3:00-4:30pm Host: Dr. Nobuhiko Tokuriki Zoom registration link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5wtfuCvrz8rGd3k7SHbSm-7zpjxejrdFrPt Seminar Schedule: Trainee Talk 1: Anthony Oppedisano - Hieter Lab Analysing Structure-Function and Dominant Synthetic-Lethal MUS81 Missense Mutations Trainee Talk 2: Axel Hauduc - Hirst Lab Assessing the impact of personalized reference genomes on ChIP-seq alignment Trainee Talk 3: Yale Michaels – Zandstra […]
MSL Seminar Series: May Invite Speaker – Dr. Debora Marks
ZoomDr. Debora Marks is an Associate Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard University, as well as an Associate Member of the Broad Institute. Talk Title: Prediction and design of biological sequences with neural machines What can we do with billions of genomes and immune repertoire sequences? There’s now an amazing opportunity to develop machine learning […]
MSL Seminar Series: June Trainee Talks
ZoomEvent details: Date: Wednesday June 16th, 3:00-4:30pm Host: Dr. Christian Kastrup Zoom registration link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5EodOmppzMpHNZ8H5vzZ017BC7ZSrpXH38d Seminar Schedule: Trainee Talk 1: Matthias Kretschmer – Kronstad Lab Mixed carbon sources trigger hallmarks of biotrophic growth in a pathogenic fungus Trainee Talk 2: Danielle Jeong – Miller Lab Characterization of the neural stem cell response to demyelinating injury in […]
Black Women in the Academy
Dr. Fynn Bruey and Dr. Daniel will speak from their journey and rich experiences as Black women in the academy, offer their insights about the challenges, and share their wisdom on the important topic.
MSL Virtual Poster Session
Kick off the summer season with our first ever Virtual Poster Session on June 29th, from 3:00-4:30pm! This is a fantastic opportunity for researchers (grad students, postdocs, research associates, technicians, or other) to share research progress and reconnect with fellow researchers outside their immediate group. How do virtual poster sessions work? Each presenter will prepare a […]
MSL Seminar Series: September Trainee Talks
Event details: Date: Wednesday September 22nd, 3:00-4:30pm Host: Dr. Anna Blakney Zoom registration link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5YvceyqrjgoG90dGXOOXVBmd746SeGkoibE Seminar Schedule: Trainee Talk 1: Albert Kamanzi - Leslie Lab Simultaneous, single-particle measurements of size and loading give new insights into the structure of drug-delivery nanoparticles Trainee Talk 2: Shreyas Rangan - Turner Lab Raman spectroscopy as a process […]
MSL Seminar Series: October Trainee Talks
Event details: Date: Wednesday October 13th, 3:00-4:30pm Host: Dr. Jim Kronstad This seminar will be presented in a hybrid format. All speakers will be delivering talks in person at the MSL Lecture Theatre (room 102). Audience members are welcome to attend either in person or via the zoom link. Those connecting via zoom will be […]
MSL Seminar Series: November Trainee Talks
Event details: Date: Wednesday November 17th, 3:00-4:30pm Host: Dr. Paul Pavlidis This seminar will be presented in a hybrid format. All speakers will be delivering talks in person at the MSL Lecture Theatre (room 102). Audience members are welcome to attend either in person or via the zoom link. Those connecting via zoom will be able […]
Engineering human-scale pancreatic islet encapsulation systems to treat diabetes
DETAILS When: December 1, 2-3pm Pacific Time Where: This is a hybrid virtual and in-person event IN-PERSON: Room 1312, Life Sciences Centre (LSC) | 2350 Health Sciences Mall. VIRTUAL: Zoom details will be emailed out to the community on the morning of the event. For special arrangements, please email events@sbme.ubc.ca Host: Dr. Peter Zandstra ABSTRACT As Canadians are celebrating the 100 […]
Vaccine Hesitancy in the Information Age
Life Sciences Centre, room 1001 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaIn 2019, the World Health Organization named vaccine hesitancy as one of the top ten threats to global health. Vaccine hesitancy and mistrust in science are troubling trends that are growing despite unprecedented access to information – or perhaps because of it? Are you curious about why someone you know won't get vaccinated? Join us […]