Public Talk : Immunology
HARNESSING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO TREAT INFECTION, AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS AND CANCER. Our ability to harness the power of the immune system to treat a vast variety of diseases is rapidly advancing. On May 27, 2014 the Life Sciences Institute’s Infection, Inflammation & Immunity – I3 – research group presented short talks and hosted a discussion […]
Public Talk : Personalized Medicine
The Life Sciences Institute (LSI), led by Dr. Pieter Cullis (Professor & Director of the Life Sciences Institute, UBC), is playing a pivotal role in enabling personalized medicine in BC. Personalized medicine is using a tailored approach to preventative and curative healthcare based on the unique molecular profiling of the individual and their disease. Molecular […]
Public Talk : Walking the tight-rope between Bleeding and Clotting
On Oct 1, 2013, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the 13th LSI Café Scientifique. Over 60 interested community members, students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with LSI experts for new series of Cafes focused on Disease. The topic of this session was “Walking the […]
Research Day 2013
LSI-GSA Research Day 2013 was March 8th, 2013. Keynote Speakers This year we had two keynote speakers. Our first speaker was Dr. John Stamatoyannopoulos from the University of Washington, who presented his work on Gene Regulation and Common Disease. Our second speaker was Dr. Mark Davis from Standford University, who spoke about Immunology Taught by […]
CSI@LSI 2013
May 30, 2013 – L.V. Rogers Secondary School, Nelson BC, Maatqtusiis, Ahousaht First Nation, BC, Heritage Christian Online School, BC, Queen Charlotte Secondary School, Haida Gwaii, BC Nov 29, 2013 – Kilarney Secondary School, Vancouver BC & Notre Dame Regional Secondary May 13-15, 2013 – A.L. Fortune Secondary School, Enderby BC & Boston Bar Elementary […]
Public Talk : Seeing is Believing – Super-resolution Microscopy . Breaking the Diffraction Barrier
On April 30, 2013, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the 12th LSI Café Scientifique. Over 60 interested community members, students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with LSI experts for the fifth session in the “Seeing Is Believing” series. The topic of the session was […]
Public Talk : Seeing is Believing Part 4 – Viewing the Biological World with X-rays and Magnetic Fields
On Nov 14, 2012, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the 11th LSI Café Scientifique. Over 70 interested community members, students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with LSI experts for the fourth session in the “Seeing Is Believing” series. The topic of the session was […]
Research Day 2012
LSI-GSA Research Day 2012 was March 9th, 2012. keynote speaker Our keynote speaker this year, Dr. Christian Giaume from the Collége de France to present his work on communications and interactions between glial and neuronal networks. Award Winners: Poster Competition Undergraduates 1st: Deepak Bhangu – Gordon Lab 2nd: Nicolas Theodoric – Naus Lab 3rd: Justin […]
Public Talk : Seeing Is Believing Part 3 – NanoSpace Invaders: Seeing into the sub-cellular world
On May 29, 2012, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the 10th LSI Café Scientifique. Over 50 interested community members, students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with LSI experts for the third session in the “Seeing Is Believing” series. The topic of the session was […]
Public Talk : Seeing is Believing Part 2 – Flights of Fancy. Using Fruit Flies to shed light on Health and Disease
On February 13, 2012, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the 9th LSI Café Scientifique. Over 50 interested community members, students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with LSI experts for the second session in the “Seeing Is Believing” series. The particular topic of the session […]