Congratulations to SCN Round 2 Winners!
Congratulations to SCN's Round 2 Winners! Particularly BCREGMED members, Bruce Verchere, Peter Zandstra, Zachary Laksman, and our fearless leader Fabio Rossi! You can find the full list of winners here.
UBC-led biomedical innovation hub to accelerate the development and manufacturing of lifesaving medicines for Canadians.
On March 15, the federal government announced that B.C. will be home to Canada’s Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Hub. Read more here
Registration open for BCREGMED 7th Annual Symposium!
BCREGMED is proud to host our annual Symposium taking place October 4th from 8:30AM-6PM at the Nest on UBC's beautiful campus. Deadline for abstract submission is August 1st! Deadline to register for the symposium is September 15th! REGISTER HERE
Canada’s Stem Cell Network Makes Its Single Largest Investment in Regenerative Medicine Research
SCN announces $19.5M in funding for 32 regenerative medicine research projects and clinical trials involving more than 400 researchers, clinicians, and trainees from across Canada Read more here
BCREGMED MEMBERS lead $24m project to treat SCI
A new multidisciplinary, multinational team composed of prominent BCREGMED Scientists—aptly named Mend the Gap—is working on a novel approach that may help people with SCI. The Mend the Gap team, which includes iCORD researchers Drs. Wolfram Tetzlaff, Brian Kwon, Dena Shahriari, Michael Berger, Corree Laule, Babak Shadgan, and Stephanie Willerth, recently received $24 million from Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund 2020 Transformation stream to investigate using biomaterials—and soft gels in particular—to heal the injury. Congratulations to everyone, and we look forward to seeing progress in this important area! You can read more here.