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SUMMARY:Making Writing Easier
DESCRIPTION:Who is this workshop for?  \nResearchers who are struggling with writing manuscripts\, grants\, research program descriptions for applications\, scholarships or thesis. \nWhat is this workshop about?  \nResearchers tell me that writing is hard. They are overwhelmed by our ideas\, unsure where to start\, and feel lost at times. Melissa E Anders has been developing and implementing grants with scientists for more than 15 years and she has a deep curiosity and understanding about human nature and how we can harness our true selves. It is at this intersection that she draws from to support researchers in making writing easier. \nIn this workshop you will learn how the writing process works\, how to design your own unique writing process and practical ways to begin to clear the obstacles that come up for you so that you can get started\, maintain momentum and complete your writing projects.”\n– Melissa E. Anders \nFEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS \nSeptember 25th: Students/Trainees\nSeptember 26th: PIs/Scientists/Faculty/Project Managers \nLOCATION: Room 2301\, The Nest UBC\nTIME: 8:30AM-12:30PM
URL:https://bcregmed.ca/event/making-writing-easier/
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SUMMARY:2019 BCRegMed 3rd Annual Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Our 2019 BCRegMed Symposium took place May 15th! Every year our symposium brings together individuals from the regenerative medicine and cellular therapy community and highlights exciting research underway on the local\, regional\, and international stage and this year was no different! \nBCREGMED 2019 garnered the support of 13 influential speakers with a wide variety of affiliations to the community\, including UBC preseident Santa Ono\, as well as the attention of over 220 participants coming from academia\, industry\, and government. \nThank you to everyone who participated and attended. \nThank You To Our Sponsors
URL:https://bcregmed.ca/event/2019-bcregmed-3rd-annual-symposium/
LOCATION:Great Hall @ The Nest\, 6133 University Blvd. Vancouver\, BC\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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SUMMARY:2019 Trainee Workshop
DESCRIPTION:In 2018 we introduced our Trainee Workshop!\nThe aims of this workshop were to:\nEngage trainees\, as current and future players in the BCREGMED and cell therapy sectors\, in a discussion on the direction and future needs of this rapidly growing area \nFacilitate trainee professional development by exposing the trainees to careers in REGMED and cell therapy in BC \nProvide a unique networking opportunity for student trainees to benefit from the guidance of alumni\, industry and academic experts in their fields \nDue to overwhelming participation\, we are bringing our trainee-led day back this year this time focusing on informal scientific communication strategies\, equity\, diversity\, and inclusion\, as well as careers in science! \nDate: Tuesday May 14th\, 2019\nTime: 2:00pm – 7:00pm
URL:https://bcregmed.ca/event/2019-trainee-workshop/
LOCATION:Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE)\, Rm 102 @ UBC\, 2360 East Mall V6T 1Z3\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:2019 Technological Platforms for Cellular Therapy
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe event will take place at the Big Data Hub\, Applied Science Building Room 10905\, Simon Fraser University. \nConfirmed speakers include Kevin Hay\, Megan Levings\, Brad Nelson\, Mark Brockman\, Tania Bubela\, Kirk Schultz\, Sowmya Viswanathan\, David Vocadlo\, Glen Tibbets & Francis Lynn. \nCommitted to Diversity \n\n\nBCRegMed is committed advancing equity and diversity within our research excellence cluster. We are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment\, in which diversity is welcomed and respected. We consider diversity to be foundational to excellence in research\, education and engagement.\n\n\n\nWe encourage participation from all qualified individuals\, including Aboriginal peoples\, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities.
URL:https://bcregmed.ca/event/2019-technological-platforms-for-cellular-therapy/
LOCATION:Big Data Hub – Applied Science Building Room 10905 @ SFU\, 8888 University Drive\, Burnaby\, V5A 1S6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:2018 BCRegMed Virtual Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Connecting the West Coast Regenerative Medicine Community \nBCRegMed linked up with USC Stem Cell for an amazing one day! It featured engaging speakers from leaders in the Reg Med field\, a virtual poster session (w. live chat dialogue on Slack – over 600 messages were exchanged) and trainee short talk competition.\nThank you to all participants\, we appreciate your support and enthusiasm. The event was a great success and we hope to have more in the future. \nOur program is shown below and can also be found in the Virtual Symposium Booklet\, which also contains presenter info\, trainee abstracts\, social media info and a feedback survey link. \nFor copyright reasons a recording of the live stream is not available\, apologies for the inconvenience. \nProgram\n* please note: speakers names are linked to their lab pages\, check them out! \n\n\n\n9:00am-9:15am\nRegistration and Coffee\n\n\n9:15am-9:40am\nWelcome and Introductions\n\n\nFabio Rossi (BCREGMED) \nAndrew McMahon (USC)\n\n\n9:40am-10:50am\nTheme 1: Stem Cells\, Development & Disease\n\n\n\n15 mins\nPamela Hoodless\nEpigenetic mechanisms regulating enhancer switching during hepatocyte differentiation\n\n\n15 mins\nMin Yu\nCirculating tumor cells as a “liquid biopsy” to inform mechanisms of metastasis\n\n\n10 mins\nJoanna Smeeton\n(Crump Lab)\nArthritis and regeneration of the zebrafish jaw joint\n\n\n10 mins\nTracy Tran\n(McMahon Lab)\nIn vivo developmental trajectory informs in vitro differentiation of pluripotent stem-cell derived podocytes\n\n\n10:50am-11:00am\nBreak\n\n\n11:00am-12:10pm\nTheme 1: Stem Cells\, Development & Disease (continued)\n\n\n\n15 mins\nLiam Brunham\nUnderstanding mechanisms of chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity using patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells\n\n\n15 mins\nQilong Ying\nUnderstanding embryonic stem cell self-renewal\n\n\n10 mins\nIdo Rafaeli\n(McNagnyLab)\nPodocyte mutagenesis at distinct developmental time points during kidney organogenesis lead to different disease phenotypes\n\n\n10 mins\nJennifer Grants\n(Karsan Lab)\nLoss of miR-146a links inflammaging with myeloid malignancy\n\n\n12:10pm-1:10pm\nLunch & Digital Poster Viewing\n\n\n1:10pm-2:05pm\nTheme 2: Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering\n\n\n\n15 mins\nPeter Zandstra\nEngineering Development\n\n\n15 mins\nLeonardo Morsut\nEngineering cells with synthetic signaling pathways: A new way to control cell behaviors\, from cell therapy to stem cell reprogramming\n\n\n10 mins\nMitch Braam (Kieffer Lab)\nPrecise creation and correction of a neonatal diabetes-causing KATP-channel mutation in human iPSCs\n\n\n2:05pm-2:40pm\nTheme 3: Chemistry and Translation\n\n\n\n10 mins\nBen Van Handel\n(Evseenko Lab)\n Discovery and pre-clinical development of small molecule modulators of IL-6 family cytokine signaling\n\n\n15 mins\nMichael Bonaguidi\nGenomics-driven translation for human epilepsy\n\n\n2:40pm-2:50pm\nCoffee break\n\n\n2:50pm-3:50pm\nTheme 4: Novel Technologies\n\n\n\n15 mins\nStephanie Willerth\n3D bioprinting personalized neural tissues\n\n\n15 mins\nMichael Underhill\nNew genetics tools for investigating the fate and function of mesenchymal progenitors\n\n\n15 mins\nRong Lu\nTracking Hematopoietic Stem Cell and Leukemia Cell Clones in Mouse Models\n\n\n3:50pm-4:50pm\nPoster Judging/Happy Hour\n\n\n4:50pm-5:00pm\nClosing Remarks
URL:https://bcregmed.ca/event/2018-bcregmed-virtual-symposium/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Symposium
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SUMMARY:2018 BCRegMed Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Our 2018 Symposium happened on May 9th at the Pharmaceutical Sciences Building at UBC!\nMore than 220 attendees attended including scientists\, trainees\, and industry representatives from across Western Canada! \nDownload the full Symposium booklet here! \nOr\, simply Bdownload the Agenda here! \nThank You To Our Sponsors
URL:https://bcregmed.ca/event/2018-bcregmed-symposium/
LOCATION:Pharmaceutical Sciences Building @ UBC\, 2405 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180508T140000
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SUMMARY:2018 BCRegMed Trainee Workshop
DESCRIPTION:New in 2018\, we held the first BCRegMed Trainee workshop!\nThe aims of this workshop were to:\nEngage trainees\, as current and future players in the BCREGMED and cell therapy sectors\, in a discussion on thedirection and future needs of this rapidly growing area \nFacilitate trainee professional development by exposing the trainees to careers in REGMED and cell therapy in BC \nProvide a unique networking opportunity for student trainees to benefit from the guidance of alumni\, industry and academicexperts in their fields \n \nAgenda\n1:30-2:00pm: Registration (Coffee and snacks available) \n2:00-3:30pm: Peter Zandstra/Fabio Rossi “fireside chat”: The Future of Regenerative Medicine in BC” \nDr. Fabio Rossi (Professor in Medical Genetics at UBC and Canada Research Chair in Regenerative Medicine) will engage Dr. Peter Zandstra (Director of the new UBC School of Biomedical Engineering and Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering) in an “fireside” discussion of the evolution of the rapidly growing BC Regenerative Medicine sector. Together with Drs Zandstra and Rossi\, we will explore how cross-interactions between disciplines\, and engineering and biology in particular\, can help advance this field. \n3:30-3:45pm: Coffee Break \n3:45-5:15pm:”Meet the Experts: Careers in Biotech” panel sessionJoin us for this professional development panel and find out what you can do with a PhD. Take a look at our confirmed panelists include: \nDr. Paul Cassar (Associate Scientist\, Project Search and Evaluation\, CDRD)Dr. Cassar is an associate scientist at CDRD (The Centre for Drug Research and Development) on the Project Search and Evaluation team. Paul is based in Toronto working to bridge national collaborations on early stage drug development programs with investigators in Ontario and CDRD. Before joining CDRD\, Paul worked at the Stem Cell Network where he gained experience in evaluating translational research projects in regenerative medicine for their clinical and commercial potential. Paul has a PhD from the University of Toronto in stem cell biology and functional genomics\, a BSc from McMaster University in Pharmacology\, and pharmaceutical industry experience working in the Molecular Sciences division of AstraZeneca R&D Montreal. \nDr. Vronique Lecault (Co-Founder\, AbCellera)Dr. Lecault is Co-Founder of AbCellera\, a Vancouver-based biotechnology company focused on the discovery of therapeutic antibodies from natural immune repertoires. Founded in 2012 as a spin-off from the University of British Columbia (UBC)\, AbCellera has grown from 12 to 50 employees over the past 2 years\, with triple-digit revenue growth year over year. The company was recently awarded the Life Sciences BC Growth Company of the Year\, and recognized on the 2018 Life Science Ready to Rocket list. \nAfter simultaneously completing a B.Sc. in Biochemistry/Biotechnology and a B.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Ottawa\, Vronique obtained her PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering from UBC. For her thesis\, she developed a microfluidic platform to study thousands of single mammalian cells at once that is now part of AbCelleraas core technology. In her free time\, she enjoys windsurfing\, weightlifting\, yoga and reading. \nDr. Eric Jervis (Principal Scientist\, STEMCELL Technologies)Dr. Jervis completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of British Columbia in 1998. Upon graduation he accepted a faculty position at the University of Waterloo in Chemical Engineering where he was eventually promoted to the rank of Full Professor. Dr. Jervis was a founding member of the Canadian Stem Cell Network NCE and directed the Long-term Live Cell Imaging initiative. In 2011 Dr. Jervis resigned his position at Waterloo to join STEMCELL Technologies to head the new BioEngineering Program in the Research and Development department. The Bioengineering group at STEMCELL is responsible for media and process development for stem cell culture scale-up\, tools and devices for immunomagnetic cell separation\, as well as tools and devices for tissue engineering and 3D cell culture. Dr. Jervis has 51 publications in refereed journals\, published 2 book chapters and more than 100 abstracts. He is also a co-inventor of 5 US patents and has served on many grant and academic review panels. \nDr. Amanda Kotzer (Executive Director\, BCREGMED)Dr. Kotzer (PhD\, PMP) has over 10 years of research\, operations and administration management in an academic environment. After completing her PhD in the area of cell and molecular biology in the UK and a postdoctoral fellowship at UBC\, she traded the lab bench for an office and is currently the Research Projects & Operations Leader of the Terry Fox Laboratory at the BC Cancer Agency. As a project leader\, Amanda guides her team providing the best possible support for the department’s scientists while seeking to integrate the tools of project management in this complex\, matrix environment. She is also currently the Executive Director for the BC Regenerative Medicine Network. \nDr. Leigh Anne Swayne (Associate Professor\, UVic)Dr. Swayne is an Associate Professor and cell biologist who studies brain and heart cell development in the Division of Medical Sciences at the University of Victoria. She is a MSFHR and BC Schizophrenia Society foundation scholar and her research is supported by grants from CIHR\, NSERC\, Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of Canada\, Canada Foundation for Innovation and the BC Knowledge and Development Fund. \nDr. Sam Wadsworth (Co-Founder and CSO\, Aspect Biosystems)Dr. Wadsworth is a world leader in the field of human airway tissue engineering and has published many peer-reviewed papers on related research. He completed his Ph.D. in respiratory cell biology in the UK before relocating to Vancouver in 2007 to work as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the UBC Centre for Heart + Lung Innovation at St. Paul’s Hospital. Since 2011 Sam has spearheaded inter-disciplinary\, cross-Canada research projects to build living 3D human airway tissues. He was scientific lead on a collaboration with StemCell Technologies to develop a cell culture media to fully differentiate cultures of primary human bronchial epithelial cells\, PneumaCult?-ALI is now one of the most successful products in this field. In 2013 Sam co-founded Aspect Biosystems with Konrad Walus\, Simon Beyer and Tamer Mohamed. Aspect is a world-leading tissue engineering company with proprietary 3D-bioprinting technology capable of revolutionising the fields of pharmaceutical drug development\, disease research\, personalised and regenerative medicine by providing living human tissues on demand. As Chief Scientific Officer\, he is responsible for external partnerships and internal projects to develop and use new printed tissue applications \n5:15-7:00pm: Networking reception
URL:https://bcregmed.ca/event/2018-bcregmed-trainee-workshop/
LOCATION:Pharmaceutical Sciences Building @ UBC\, 2405 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:2017 BC Regenerative Medicine Research Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Our 2017 Symposium was a huge success! We had over 230 attendees including scientists\, trainees\, industry and NGO representatives involved and interested in the area of regenerative medicine in BC!\n\n\n\nDownload the complete 2017 Symposium Booklet! \n(includes agenda\, registrant information and abstracts) \nIn 2017\, we were honoured to have the 2016  Friesen Prize winner\, Dr. Janet Rossant\,  give a lecture at the Symposium! (The Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research was established in 2005 by Friends of CIHR in recognition of Dr. Friesen’s distinguished leadership\, vision and innovative contributions to health research and health research policy.) \n\nThank You to Our 2017 Symposium Partners
URL:https://bcregmed.ca/event/2017-bc-regenerative-medicine-research-symposium/
LOCATION:Pharmaceutical Sciences Building @ UBC\, 2405 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
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