Latest Past Events
2019 Health and Regenerative Medicine Hackathon
After a very successful first event at UVic last year, we are making our 2nd annual Hackathon even bigger! With a cross-campus Hackathon happening between UVic and UBC! 🧬 What is a Hackathon? 🧬 A ‘traditional’ hackathon is an event where programmers get together for a short period of time to collaborate on a project. Typically, participants have 24-48 hours to consecutively work on the challenge with the goal of delivering a completed product/project at the end of that time period. 🔬 BUT 🔬 This is not your typical Hackathon! FIRST: you do not need a background in coding or computer science [...]
Making Writing Easier
Who is this workshop for? Researchers who are struggling with writing manuscripts, grants, research program descriptions for applications, scholarships or thesis. What is this workshop about? Researchers 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. In this [...]
2019 BCRegMed 3rd Annual Symposium
Great Hall @ The Nest 6133 University Blvd. Vancouver, BC, VancouverOur 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! BCREGMED 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. Thank you to everyone who participated and attended. Thank You To Our Sponsors