Position Available: SILENT GENOMES PROJECT – BIOINFORMATICS TEAM Post-Doctoral Scientist
Silent Genomes: Reducing health-care disparities and improving diagnostic success for Indigenous children with genetic disease. Silent Genomes is a Genome Canada/CIHR funded 4-year project which has 4 key activities: Activity 1: the core of the project, integrates Indigenous-led governance, community engagement, community education, and student capacity building throughout the entire project; Activity 2: Precision diagnosis […]
NSERC-CREATE Internships due: April 30, 2018
NSERC-CREATE Internships application deadline for Sept 2018 intake is April 30, 2018. See http://bcbioinformaticsgrad.ca/internship/ for details.
Application deadlines for the September 2018
For domestic and US students, this deadline is March 2, 2018 For international students, this deadline is February 2, 2018 For more info, see How to apply.
Women in Bioinformatics: Information Session
Hello World! Bioinformatics is a growing, exciting field that combines a breadth of applied and basic sciences, centred around a biological sciences – computational sciences spectrum Interested in interdisciplinary graduate studies? Want to know more about a career in Bioinformatics? Looking to network with professors, graduate students and professionals in the field? Faculty Speakers: Fiona Brinkman, […]
The 8th Annual BIG Day is on March 9th, 2018
The Bioinformatics Graduate Program (BIOF), Interdisciplinary Oncology Program (IOP), and Genome Science + Technology Graduate Program (GSAT) from the University of British Columbia are pleased to present their 7th annual research day on March 9th, 2018 In this event, over 100 graduate students from all 3 programs will gather to present their exciting research projects; and […]
Warm welcome to Dr. Roger Tam
Dr. Roger Tam is now part of the UBC Bioinformatics Faculty.
Bicycle June Social – Bioinformatics go biking!
Hi people, For this month’s bioinformatics social, we’re gonna to bike to Deep Cove and then do one~all of the followings: 1. Eat donuts 2. Kayak and find jellyfish 3. Hike a little bit 4. Eat more 5. Chill in the sun Check out the Facebook event to get more details about this getaway happening […]
Warm welcome to Dr. Alexandre Bouchard-Côté
Dr. Alexandre Bouchard-Côté is now part of the UBC Bioinformatics Faculty.
Pool and foosball games at Soho Bar, Yaletown
There had been an excessive amount of sunshine and warmth last week, but like how sometimes good thing comes to a pause, a whole week of cloud and rain is upon us… Fear not! Your super social bioinformatics social coordinators are here to bring you joy and laughter! We will be having a social at […]
[VanBUG] Fwd: Special Seminar – Niko Beerenwinkel – April 28th
Dear all, There is a special seminar by Dr. Niko Beerenwinkel this Thursday at BCCRC. Please see information excerpt below and the VanBUG calendar for more information: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MTdtMGJmcmkycjJmcG90MzNjMTJ2ZzdvZXMgdmFuYmlvaW5mb0Bt&tmsrc=vanbioinfo%40gmail.com Cheers, Will > > Molecular Oncology Department > Special Seminar > > “Modeling cancer evolution from genomic data” > > by > > Dr. Niko Beerenwinkel > […]