Staying Healthy for Heart and Stroke: What can Your Genes and Proteins Tell You?
An LSI Public Talk Join us for a free discussion with a panel of experts who will explain what personalized medicine can tell you about your potential for heart health issues, and how doctors and researchers in British Columbia are collaborating to identify your risks, detect early warning signs and deliver individualized treatments. Learn how […]
Drug Development 101 Workshop
Part of the Life Sciences Startup Competition 2017 Workshop Series Workshop Slides Available Here Date/Time: Wednesday, October 5, 2016 12 – 1:30 pm Location: LSC 1330 – Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall This workshop is free and open to all No need to RSVP Pizza lunch provided This workshop will cover the basic […]
Competitive Landscape Workshop
Part of the Life Sciences Startup Competition 2017 Workshop Series Workshop Slides Available Here Date/Time: Monday, October 3, 2016 12 – 1:30 pm Location: LSC 1330 – Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall This workshop is free and open to all No need to RSVP Pizza lunch provided We’ll talk about evaluating the market […]
Resources for Entrepreneurs in Vancouver – An Overview of Training Programs and Competitions Workshop
Part of the Life Sciences Startup Competition 2017 Workshop Series Date/Time: Monday, September 19, 2016 – 12 to 1:30 pm Location: LSC3 – Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall This workshop is free and open to all No need to RSVP Pizza lunch provided Stop by, grab some pizza and hear about free local […]
2016 Gairdner Symposium
Monday, October 24, 4–6 p.m Hosted by Drs. Helen Burt and Michael Hayden, University of British Columbia Life Sciences Centre, Lecture Theatre 2 (LSC2) Featuring: Dr. Frank Plummer (pictured) MD, OC, OM, FRS, LLD, DrSc, FRCPC 2016 Canada Gairdner Wightman Award Recipient Professor of Medicine and Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba Dr. Plummer is a […]
Connexin Hemichannels Seminar
Dr. Thomas White, Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, New York will present a seminar on “Connexion Hemichannels in Congenital Skin Disorders”. Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016 Time: 12:30 pm Location: LSC 3 Members of the human herpesvirus family infect nearly everyone on Earth, beginning in early childhood, […]
Mohn Publishes in mBio
Delineation of Steroid-Degrading Microorganisms through Comparative Genomic Analysis To date, the genetics and biochemistry of microbial steroid degradation have mainly been studied in a few model bacteria. By analyzing the genomes of over 8000 organisms, we defined the taxonomic distribution of the metabolic pathways and identified several novel steroid-degrading bacterial groups, including ones from marine […]
UBC R Study Group
What is R? R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics UBC R Study Group – What’s up? Skill Sharing: Share your favourite coding skills and tools with your friends and colleagues in friendly, no-pressure work-alongs. Co-Working: Get together to work on your coding projects, help each other out and share your […]