[VanBUG] Gairdner Symposium – October 27 4-6pm‏

The VanBUG team occasionally forwards events of interest to the local bioinformatics community. The upcoming event is posted on the Bioinformatics Event Calendar at: http://www.vanbug.org/calendar/

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Gairdner Symposium
Date: Monday, October 27,  4– 6pm
Location: Life Sciences Centre, Lecture Theatre 2 (LSC 2), UBC, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
 
Don’t miss this opportunity to listen to two dynamic and high profiled researchers at the 2014 Gairdner Vancouver Symposium.
 
This free public lecture will feature:
  1. James P. Allison PhD
Recipient of the Canada Gairdner International Award, 2014
“For his discovery of immune checkpoint blockade and its successful application to immune therapy of cancer” 
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
 
Presentation Title: “Targeting Immune Checkpoints in Cancer Therapy: New Insights and Opportunities”
For information about Dr. Allison: 
http://www.gairdner.org/content/james-allison
  1. Salim Yusuf, DPhil, FRCPC, FRSC, O.C.
Recipient of the Canada Gairdner Wightman Award, 2014
“For his exceptional leadership in global clinical trials and population studies of cardiovascular disease that shaped best guidelines for prevention and treatment”
McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences
 
Presentation Title:Lessons from 3 decades of research in preventing CVD globally
To learn more about Dr. Yusuf: http://www.gairdner.org/content/salim-yusuf
 
Please see  Vancouver Gairdner symposiumfor moreinformation.
 
Please see Gairdner Foundationfor more information about the Gairdner Foundation.
 
For questions or more information please contact Seetha at skumaran@cmmt.ubc.ca
 
Seetha Kumaran
Research Manager, Hayden Lab
Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics (CMMT) – Researching Life to Change Lives
 
CMMT, The University of British Columbia | Child & Family Research Institute
3024-950 West 28th Ave | Vancouver, BC Canada V5Z 4H4
phone: 604 875 3823 | fax: 604 875 3840

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