Lisa Borecky2023-05-30T12:55:47-07:00March 8th, 2023|Categories: Announcement, News, 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
Lisa Borecky2023-05-30T12:39:19-07:00January 12th, 2022|Categories: Announcement, News|
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.
bcregmed@admin2020-04-27T12:01:27-07:00April 1st, 2020|Categories: Announcement|
The Surprising Secret First Step to Silencing Your Inner Critic with Melissa E. Anders coming - April 7th, 2020 11AM-12PM. See our workshop tab for more details!
bcregmed@admin2019-03-25T00:00:00-07:00March 25th, 2019|Categories: Announcement, News|
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bcregmed@admin2019-01-25T00:00:00-08:00January 25th, 2019|Categories: Announcement, News|
SFU, Centre for Cell Biology, Development, and Disease (C2D2) & BCRegMed are proud to sponsor Technological Platforms for Cell Therapy, at Simon Fraser University on March 6th, 2019. This event will bring together individuals in the BC RegMed community that are involved in cell therapy and will highlight technologies within the community for the advancement of cell therapy. The event will take place at the Big Data Hub, Applied Science Building Room 10905, Simon Fraser University. The program will be posted soon. Confirmed speakers include Rob Holt, Megan Levings, Brad Nelson, Mark Brockman, Tania Bubela, Kirk Schultz, Sowmya Viswanathan, David Vocadlo, [...]
bcregmed@admin2019-01-19T00:00:00-08:00January 19th, 2019|Categories: Announcement|
BCREGMED would like to welcome Edwin Gershom who joined us in December in the role of Manager, Partnerships and Innovation. He will be located in the BRC building. His position is co-funded by CCRM and UBC and he will be responsible for supporting industry partnerships in BME (including our co-op program), for developing an asset map for the BCRegMed cluster, and for the formation and growth of CCRM’s Western Hub.Edwin has over six years of experience working with early stage biotech startups at the intersection of science and business, strategizing product and business development, raising capital and partnering with researchers, clinicians [...]
bcregmed@admin2018-12-20T00:00:00-08:00December 20th, 2018|Categories: Announcement|
We are happy to announce that the Summer by Design 2010 workshop at the University of Toronto will run from July 6-21, 2019. The workshop is offered by Medicine by Design in partnership with CCRM and the Rotman School of Management. They will again be seeking high-performing, international applicants from their university partners. The Summer by Design workshop is focused on helping PhD and postdoctoral fellows to advance their understanding of how to translate and commercialize regenerative medicine research. Details and application information will be available in early 2019 on their web site: http://mbd.utoronto.ca/opportunities/summer-by-design/ In the meantime, please mark your calendars [...]
bcregmed@admin2018-11-05T00:00:00-08:00November 5th, 2018|Categories: Announcement, Newsletter|
Our November news blast is out. Read about the 2018 Virtual Symposium, the 2018 trainee travel award winners and more. Find it here Previous blasts and newsletters
bcregmed@admin2018-11-01T00:00:00-07:00November 1st, 2018|Categories: Announcement, News|Tags: granzymes, traineeawards, young investigator|
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Chris Turner (Granville Lab) was awarded the Australasian Wound & Tissue Repair Society (AWTRS) Young Investigator of the Year Award at the 2018 Cutaneous Biology Conference (Oct 29 - Nov 1, 2018) in Australia. Dr. Turner also received a 2018 BCREGMED Travel Award for his abstract, Granzyme K expressed by classically activated macrophages contributes to inflammation and impaired remodeling in burns, as well as a AWTRS Conference Travel Award for his exceptional work. Read more about the exciting research happening in the Granville Lab
bcregmed@admin2018-10-18T00:00:00-07:00October 18th, 2018|Categories: Announcement, News|Tags: George Q. Daley, NHLBI, NIH, stemcell talks|
NHLBI - 70 Years of Disocvery 2018 marks the 70th Anniversary of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). NHLBI began as the National Heart Institute on June 16, 1948, when President Harry S. Truman signed the National Heart Act. In 1969, the Institute expanded its mission (and name) to cover research on lung diseases, and in 1976, the Institute grew further to include blood disorders. To commemorate the Institute's 70th anniversary and showcase important investments in scientific research, NHLBI is featuring lectures throughout the year from prominent thought leaders representing areas of high scientific priority in heart, [...]
