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BCRegMed/Victoria Health Hackathon 2018

bcregmed@admin2018-09-07T00:00:00-07:00September 7th, 2018|Categories: News|

The first ever health and regenerative medicine themed Hackathon is being held in Victoria. Hackathons are focused events which bring together interdisciplinary teams to develop innovative solutions to front-line healthcare problems. We are recruiting hackers from all backgrounds and experiences, mentors, and judges. The kick-off event will be held at the University of Victoria - Come out to hear about the challenges and to arrange teams! Challenges posed by the BCRegMed Initiative, the Victoria Hand Project, and Island Health will be presented to the hackers, enabling them to create teams. The teams will have until the hacking weekend to think about their approach to [...]

Direct Reprogramming of Glioblastoma Cells into Neurons Using Small Molecules

bcregmed@admin2018-08-22T00:00:00-07:00August 22nd, 2018|Categories: Research|

Lee C, Robinson M, Willerth SM. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2018 Aug 22. [Epub ahead of print] View Abstract

The University of Victoria hosts a successful 34th annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Biomaterials

bcregmed@admin2018-08-15T00:00:00-07:00August 15th, 2018|Categories: News, Newsletter, Trainee Steering Committee|

Dr. Stephanie M. Willerth, conference chair and the 2017-18 President of the Canadian Biomaterials Society (CBS), along with her organizing committee hosted the 34th Annual Meeting of CBS at the University of Victoria during May 16th through 19th. The meeting consisted of a 4-day event attended by 135 people: 90 students, 5 researchers, 25 professors, 15 post-docs, and industry partners. During this meeting, the latest advances on research in the field of Biomaterials and Tissue engineering in Canada were shared and discussed. The event was supported by CBS and external industry funding; Aspect Biosystems as the Gold Sponsor, Rheolution as Silver [...]

Careers Column

bcregmed@admin2018-08-15T00:00:00-07:00August 15th, 2018|Categories: Newsletter, Trainee Steering Committee|

Welcome to the BCRGEGMED Blog's Quarterly Career Column! Here we will feature career profiles with scientific professionals in British Columbia. In this issue, we interviewed Dr. Vincenzo Macri, Senior Scientist, Myogenic Group, STEMCELL Technologies. Describe a typical day in your position? What are your day-to-day activities like? Working in Research and Development is great because every day can be different. My role as a Senior Scientist and Team Lead of the Myogenic Group involves short and long-term planning of product development, working with a talented team of researchers, reviewing and presenting data, keeping up to date on current research, and collaborating [...]

Tackling the world’s deadliest diseases one Ab at a time: An interview with AbCellera’s CEO, Dr. Carl Hansen

Tackling the world’s deadliest diseases one Ab at a time: An interview with AbCellera’s CEO, Dr. Carl Hansen

bcregmed@admin2018-08-14T00:00:00-07:00August 14th, 2018|Categories: News, Newsletter, Trainee Steering Committee|

Dr. Carl Hansen, CEO of AbCellera, a Vancouver-based biotech on the hunt for novel antibodies. Can one company simultaneously work on solving the problems of Ebola, influenza, neurodegeneration, cancer, tuberculosis, and enterotoxicogenic E. coli? If you are AbCellera, a Vancouver-based biotech on the hunt for novel antibodies that can be used to fight these diseases, the answer is yes. The company has built the world’s leading platform for the discovery of monoclonal antibodies and the profiling of natural immune responses. This proprietary platform, which uses a combination of microfluidics, genomics, microscopy, and machine learning, allows for screening millions of [...]

Funding Opportunity:
FY18 Reconstructive Transplant Research Program (RTRP)

bcregmed@admin2018-07-18T00:00:00-07:00July 18th, 2018|Categories: Announcement, News|

The office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has recently released Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) funding opportunities for the Department of Defense (DoD) Reconstructive Transplant Research Program (RTRP): Concept Award Investigator-Initiated Research Award Qualitative Research Award Detailed descriptions of the funding opportunity, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the Program Announcements. The Program Announcements are available electronically for downloading from the Grants.gov website, the CDMRP website and the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP). All CDMRP funding opportunities, both recently and previously released, are available on the CDMRP website.

Granzyme B is elevated in autoimmune blistering diseases and cleaves key anchoring proteins of the dermal-epidermal junction

bcregmed@admin2018-06-26T00:00:00-07:00June 26th, 2018|Categories: Research|

Russo V, Klein T, Lim DJ, Solis N, Machado Y, Hiroyasu S, Nabai L, Shen Y, Zeglinski MR, Zhao H, Oram CP, Lennox PA, Van Laeken N, Carr NJ, Crawford RI, Franzke CW, Overall CM, Granville DJ. Sci Rep. 2018 Jun 26;8(1):9690. View Article

2018 BC Regenerative Medicine Symposium Follow Up

2018 BC Regenerative Medicine Symposium Follow Up

bcregmed@admin2020-05-06T16:40:10-07:00June 6th, 2018|Categories: Follow Up|

Our 2018 Symposium happened on May 9th at the Pharmaceutical Sciences Building at UBC! More than 220 attendees attended including scientists, trainees, and industry representatives from across Western Canada! Download the full Symposium booklet here! Or, simply download the Agenda here! Check out some pictures from the 2018 Symposium!

Topical small molecule granzyme B inhibitor improves remodeling in a murine model of impaired burn wound healing

bcregmed@admin2018-05-30T00:00:00-07:00May 30th, 2018|Categories: Research|

Shen Y, Zeglinski MR, Turner CT, Raithatha SA, Wu Z, Russo V, Oram C, Hiroyasu S, Nabai L, Zhao H, Bozin T, Westendorf K, Kopko I, Huang R, Arns S, Tan J, Zeng H, Boey A, Liggins R, Jaquith J, Cameron DR, Papp A, Granville DJ. Exp Mol Med. 2018 May 30;50(5):68. View Article

NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, 3D Bioprinting of Stem Cells City: Ottawa

bcregmed@admin2018-05-01T00:00:00-07:00May 1st, 2018|Categories: News|

The National Research Council is looking for a highly motivated PDF candidate to aid in the development of a novel, more physiologically relevant and predictive 3D human BBB preclinical model to aid in de-risking CNS drug development pipelines. Read more here

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