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Women’s Brain Health: Young Investigators Symposium
Virtual/OnlineThis event features talks from seven winners of the Young Investigator Award and provides a platform for students to showcase their research posters. Posters will be available online prior to the event for registrants and there will be an opportunity for you to discuss your questions with the author before hearing from speakers.
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Trainee Seminar Series
Virtual/OnlineBC Regenerative Medicine is going digital and kicking off a reoccurring virtual seminar series organized and operated by trainees! Each seminar will give the trainee 20-25 minutes to present data relevant to their research followed by a 5-10 minute Q & A period. Seminars will be Wednesdays at 12pm and will happen so long as we have content! MONTHLY CASH PRIZE for best seminar!! Don’t have data ready to present but still want practice leading a seminar? Lead a Journal Club session instead! A new zoom link will be sent out each week! Sign up here to [...]
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ComSciCon 2020
Great Hall @ The Nest 6133 University Blvd. Vancouver, BC, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaComSciCon is a unique professional development experience, which will provide graduate student attendees with a fantastic opportunity to convene in Boston, MA to meet young leaders in the communication of science, learn from and interact with a remarkable group of invited experts, and produce an original work communicating complex technical concepts from science and engineering to a new audience. Attendance at ComSciCon is limited to current (or recently graduated) graduate students in residence at US or Canadian institutions. International students who study at US and Canadian institutions are gladly welcomed. We unfortunately cannot accept students traveling to this event from outside [...]
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23rd Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience
Vancouver Convention Centre, 1055 Canada Place, VancouverJoin us for ISDN2020 – the biennial conference of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience (ISDN) – in Vancouver, one of the most outstanding convention cities in the world, surrounded by snow-capped peaks, sun drenched sands and the sparkling Pacific Ocean. The 2020 meeting will feature an exciting and diverse scientific program focused on recent advances and future directions in fundamental and applied developmental neuroscience arranged within the following symposia: Single cell OMIC approaches to study cell lineage and system organization Chair: Dr. Songhai Shi, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA Development of the cerebellum and cerebellar tumours Chair: Dr. Dan Goldowitz, University of British Columbia, Canada [...]
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Brown Bag: Applied Genome Analysis in Rare Disease Diagnostics
OnlineSCWIST BROWN BAG SERIES 2020 Applied Genome Analysis in Rare Disease Diagnostics The talk will feature an introduction in genomics, high-level overview of how genomics tools are utilized in disease diagnostics focusing on rare paediatric genetic disorders and will also include real-life examples where precision health led to improved health outcomes for patients and families affected with rare diseases. Program: 12:00-12:10 Welcome 12:10-12:35 Presentation 12:35-12:55 Q&A 12:55-1:00 Closing SPEAKER : Bhavi Modi, Ph.D. (she/her) Bhavi Modi is a Human Geneticist, currently working as a postdoctoral research scientist at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Originally from Mumbai, India where [...]
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Grant Writing Workshop: SSHRC Doctoral Scholarship Applications
OnlineAre you a Canadian or Permanent Resident seeking funding for your graduate degree? SCWIST has organized a SSHRC doctoral scholarship grant writing workshop to help you get started on your application! Whether you’re a current doctoral student, finishing your masters, or have been out of school for a while but are interested in returning, if you’re interested in applying for this upcoming funding cycle, we invite you to join us for an afternoon to go over some writing tips and story-telling strategies from a past SSHRC CGS-D recipient. SPEAKER Vienna Lam was a previous SCWIST Board Director of Youth Engagement (2018 – [...]
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How to be a Better Ally in Research and Study
Virtual/OnlineBuilding a Respectful Community: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace In this session, participants will learn what it takes to build a respectful and inclusive community by focusing on practices and policies that centre equity and diversity. Beginning with a discussion of the terms equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), the group will explore how EDI matters in the work and research spaces at UBC. This is followed by an examination of bias and microaggressions, how they manifest and what we can do about them. Led by Rachael Sullivan from the Equity and Inclusion office at UBC and taking place September [...]
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BCREGMED Media Engagement Workshop
Virtual/OnlineNews media set agendas, shape policies and impact spending. Issues that are effectively profiled by the news media are seen as more important than those not receiving such attention. However, often the people most expert in a particular field have difficulty translating their deep knowledge into commentary that is accessible and engaging to a lay audience made up of those who don’t have a science background or specialized vocabulary. BCREGMED is providing a two day media engagement workshop for its graduate students, post docs, and PIs. The goal being to provide support with concrete tools and strategies to increase their [...]
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CASCADIA 2.0
OnlineBCRegMed, with the Centre for Biomedical Research at the University of Victoria, and the Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine at the University of Washington are proud to host the SECOND Annual Cascadia Regenerative Medicine Symposium. The event will take place VIRTUALLY November 5th and 6th (9AM-1PM BOTH DAYS) and will provide an opportunity for the rich academic talent pools from BC and Washington to share their knowledge and expertise with the community, generate new collaborative partnerships, identify existing gaps in the fields of regenerative medicine and cell therapy, and continue to work toward effective and permanent solutions to [...]
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Scientific Figure Making Workshop
Virtual/OnlineThis 2 hour workshop provides an introduction to producing effective scientific figures for use in reports and publications. Together we will look at how to design figures clearly to accurately represent your data and conveying your research in an effective manner. The course will encompass principles of visual design and provides strategies for choosing figure elements and composition.
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Regenerative Rehabilitation Research Symposium
OnlineVirtual EventRegenerative Rehabilitation: an emerging field that integrates regenerative medicine with rehabilitation therapies Simon Fraser University and BCREGMED are proud to present a first-of-its-kind, virtual Regenerative Rehabilitation Research Symposium taking place January 19th and 20th, 2021 (10AM-12PM both days)! This unique event seeks to explore the interface of tissue engineering and regenerative therapies with rehabilitation techniques. Background: As most of us know, regenerative medicine involves the regeneration or replacement of diseased cells and tissues using tools such as stem cells, engineered tissues, biomaterials, or molecules. Two pressing questions surround this approach: 1) it is necessary to precondition biological materials prior to implantation? [...]
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BCREGMED Dragon’s Den Competition for Trainee Projects
OnlineVirtual EventAre you a trainee? Do you have a trainee? Do the two of you want a super-shiny stipend grant to pursue a new project and celebrate the holidays? BCREGMED is bringing in the new year with a brand-new opportunity to support trainees! We are now offering $15K salary stipends to SIX lucky trainees and are inviting trainees and PIs to participate in our virtual dragon's den competition! How it works: interested trainees or principal investigators will register to pitch their project below. Abstracts will be assessed by our team to determine if the research is relevant to regenerative medicine and successful [...]
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