New Group Content: Important Note Re: CGSM Portal
Hello, As you are all aware, the deadline for CGS-Master’s applications Canada-wide is *5pm PST Monday, 1 December*. This deadline is inflexible, and UBC has no administrative authority/means to extend the deadline for applicants. This deadline also applies to application materials provided by other parties than the applicant, such as reference letters. Failing to submit […]
BIOF student research presentation agenda – Friday, November 28th
Please note that supervisors are expected to attend. If they cannot, they should send a representative from their lab. ************************* Sharon Ruschkowski Bioinformatics Graduate Program Coordinator 100-570 West 7th Avenue Vancouver, BC CANADA
BIOF student research presentation agenda – Friday, March 28th
Nov 2014 Rotation Presentation Agenda
Bursaries available for service learning program
Serena from Operation Groundswell here. I just left you a voicemail regarding our international service learning programs and wanted to follow up with more information. Our goal is to facilitate service-learning programs abroad that combine critical learning, cross-cultural dialogue, and community service. We’ve just received funding to provide bursaries that all students are eligible for and was […]
2015 Friedman Scholars Program
*Deadline: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 4:00pm PST* *Intent to apply deadline: no later than Monday, February 9, 2015* The Constance Livingstone-Friedman and Sydney Friedman Foundation Scholarships in Health Sciences are named after the first two faculty members in the UBC Faculty of Medicine. Drs. Constance and Sydney Friedman believed that a full well-rounded education […]
Bioinformatics reading group talk
This week Jiarui Ding will present about his research in “Integrating heterogeneous datasets for tumor stratification”. Here is more details about his talk: Abstract: Cancer is a disease of the genome. However, we have observed that tumors show similarity in phenotype (mRNA gene expression) but heterogeneity in DNA mutations. Recent studies have shown that treatments based […]
Paper this week
Hi all, This week Chris Cameron will present “RNA-RNA interaction prediction using genetic algorithm“. The detail of presentation is as below: Time: Nov 6, 3:00pm – 4:00pm Place: X530 Here is more material about this presentation: Background RNA-RNA interaction plays an important role in the regulation of gene expression and cell development. In […]