UBC School of Biomedical Engineering Assistant/Associate Professor Position Open
The School of Biomedical Engineering at The University of British Columbia invites applications for two positions at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure or tenure track. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter. Job information [...]
Lentiviral Fluorescent Genetic Barcoding for Multiplex Fate Tracking of Leukemic Cells
Maetzig T, Ruschmann J, Sanchez Milde L, Lai CK, von Krosigk N, Humphries RK. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2017 Jun 1;6:54-65. View Paper
Myelin regulatory factor drives remyelination in multiple sclerosis
Duncan GJ, Plemel JR, Assinck P, Manesh SB, Muir FGW, Hirata R, Berson M, Liu J, Wegner M, Emery B, Moore GRW, Tetzlaff W.A Acta Neuropathol. 2017 Jun 19. doi: 10.1007/s00401-017-1741-7.A View Paper
Minister of Science announces half a billion dollars in support for fundamental research through NSERC
"When Canadaa s scientists and engineers have the opportunity to succeed, theya re able to make the discoveries that lead to ground-breaking innovations, sustainable economic growth and a stronger middle class. The hard work of these researchers also helps new generations of students master [...]
Myelinogenic Plasticity of Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells following Spinal Cord Contusion Injury
Assinck P, Duncan GJ, Plemel JR, Lee MJ, Stratton JA, Manesh SB, Liu J, Ramer LM, Kang SH, Bergles DE, Biernaskie J, Tetzlaff W. J Neurosci. 2017 Sep 6;37(36):8635-8654.A View Paper
A stepwise model of Reaction-Diffusion and Positional-Information governs self-organized human peri-gastrulation-like patterning
Tewary M, Ostblom J, Prochazka L, Zulueta-Coarasa T, Shakiba N, Fernandez-Gonzalez R, Zandstra PW.A A Development. 2017 doi: 10.1242/dev.149658. [Epub ahead of print] View Paper
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: What does the Future Hold?
New Graduate Course offered at UBC in Jan 2018!
Loss of Apela Peptide in Mice Causes Low Penetrance Embryonic Lethality and Defects in Early Mesodermal Derivatives
Freyer L, Hsu CW, Nowotschin S, Pauli A, Ishida J, Kuba K, Fukamizu A, Schier AF, Hoodless PA, Dickinson ME, Hadjantonakis AK. Cell Rep. 2017 Aug 29;20(9):2116-2130. View Paper
Isolation, Culture, and Differentiation of Fibro/Adipogenic Progenitors (FAPs) from Skeletal Muscle
Judson RN, Low M, Eisner C, Rossi FM. Methods Mol Biol. 2017;1668:93-103.A View Paper
Signals To Clear Up Uncertainties Pertaining To Will My Ex lover Want By myself Back
It is a common sight these days, exactly where youngsters as well as the elders, are looking for partners, over the internet, via the dating websites. These dating websites are indeed free and you do not need to pay charges, to enroll for just [...]
Repeatability of a Dislocation Spinal Cord Injury Model in a Rat – A High-Speed Biomechanical Analysis
Mattucci S, Liu J, Fijal P, Tetzlaff W, Oxland TR. J Biomech Eng. 2017 Oct 1;139(10). View Paper
Mechanically stable fibrin scaffolds induce neurite outgrowth and promote viability of neural aggregates derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells
Robinson, M., Douglas, S., andA Willerth, S.M.A A Scientific Reports. 2017. View Paper
Stephanie Willerth recognized as a Woman of Innovation at Conference of Metallurgists in August 2017!
Dr. Stephanie Willerth is being recognized asA a Woman of Innovation at the COM2017 meeting held in August 2017 in Vancouver! She will alsoA be featured on the associated panel at the conference! Congratulations Dr. Willerth! Read about the conference here!
Engineering neural tissue using stem cells
We are so excited to announce that our own Steering Committee Member Dr.A Stephanie Willerth's book came out on July 24th 2017! A Check out all of the detailsA here!
Engineering neural tissue using stem cells
Dr. Willerth's book came out on July 24th! Check it out here!
Biomarker development in COPD: moving from p-values to products to impact patient care
Sin D, Hollander Z, DeMarco M, Sadatsafavi M, McManus BM, Ng, Raymond. CHESTA February 2017; 151(2):455-467. View paper
Differentiating heart failure with preserved and reduced ejection fraction through sex-specific transcriptomic and proteomic biomarker panels
Toma M, Mak G,A Chen V, Hollander Z, C, Lam K, Ng R, Tebbutt S, Wilson McManus J, Ignaszewski A, Anderson T, Dyck J, Howlett J,A Ezekowitz J, McManus BM, Oudit G. ESC Heart Failure. March 2017. View Paper
PETER ZANDSTRA TO LEAD NEWLY ESTABLISHED SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Dr. Peter ZandstraA has been appointed as Founding Director, School of Biomedical Engineering, and has also been appointed Director of the Michael Smith Laboratories. Read more about his new position here!
Myelin regulatory factor drives remyelination in multiple sclerosis
Greg J. Duncan, Jason R. Plemel,P eggy Assinck, Sohrab B. Manesh, Fraser G. W. Muir, Ryan Hirata, Matan Berson, Jie Liu, Michael Wegner, Ben Emery, G. R. Wayne Moore,A Wolfram Tetzlaff.A Acta Neuropathol. 2017,A doi: 10.1007/s00401-017-1741-7 Epub ahead of print. View Paper
Neuroprotection and secondary damage following spinal cord injury: concepts and methods
Hilton, BJ, Moulson, AJ, Tetzlaff, W. Neurosci.A Lets. 2017,652:3-10.A View Paper
2017 BC Regenerative Medicine Symposium Follow Up
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! In 2017, we were honoured to have the 2016 Friesen Prize winner, Dr. Janet Rossant, [...]
Engineering the haemogenic niche mitigates endogenous inhibitory signals and controls pluripotent stem cell-derived blood emergence
Rahman N, Brauer PM, Ho L, Usenko T, Tewary M, ZA?A iga-PflA?cker JC, Zandstra PW.A Nat Commun. 2017 May 25;8:15380. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15380 View Paper
Engineering cell fitness: lessons for regenerative medicine
Shakiba N, Zandstra PW.A Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2017 May 25;47:7-15. View paper
The role of the innate immune response regulatory gene ABCF1 in mammalian embryogenesis and development
Wilcox SM, Arora H, Munro L, Xin J, Fenninger F, Johnson LA, Pfeifer CG, Choi KB, Hou J, Hoodless PA, Jefferies WA.A PLoS One.A 2017 May 19;12(5):e0175918 View Paper
Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research recipient Dr. Janet Rossant to give talk at BC Regenerative Medicine Symposium on May 10th
We are very excited to announce that the internationally renowned developmental biologist and 2016 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research recipient Dr. Janet Rossant, CC, PhD, FRS, FRSC,A will be giving a talk at the BC Regenerative Medicine Symposium in VancouverA on [...]
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