3 Minute Thesis at UBC

Dear CFIS Graduate Students I am emailing to encourage you to consider over the holidays whether you’d like to take part in the Three Minute Thesis competition in 2012. There is more information on the 3MT web site: Home Page Registration begins on 9 January 2012 and ends on 20 January 2012, but there is […]

Ryan Morin wins Skarsgard award

Ryan Morin wins Skarsgard award : BC Cancer Research Centre – Lloyd Skarsgard Research Excellence Award for Outstanding Graduate Student

University of Victoria – Faculty position – Proteomics‏

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Thesis Defence – Fong Chan: Friday, December 16, 2011 at 9:30 AM‏

The University of British Columbia MSc. THESIS DEFENSE Fong Chun Chan BSc. Simon Fraser University, 2009 Friday, December 16, 2011 at 9:30 AM LOCATION: 2nd floor meeting room of BCCRC Detection of Differentially Expressed Alternative Transcripts using Conventional Microarrays Abstract: Alternative splicing, alternative promoter usage and alternative 3′ polyadenylation are the main molecular mechanisms which […]

Evolution, Development & Genomics 2012 Symposium – Early registration deadline & scholarship availability‏

The Future of Evo-Devo – Genomes in context: Systems, populations and environment February 10-12, 2012 The Nines in Portland, OR www.evodevo2012.org Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the availability of scholarships for travel to, and attendance of our symposium: “The Future of Evo-Devo – Genomes in context: systems, populations and environment.” The deadline for […]

Ryan Morin doctoral exam

Morin Programme

Exit seminar- Ryan Morin – December 12, 2011‏

The University of British Columbia EXIT SEMINAR Ryan Morin B.Sc., Simon Fraser University, 2003 M.Sc., The University of British Columbia, 2007 Tuesday, December 12, 2011 at 12 PM LOCATION: Lecture Theatre, BCCRC Utilizing new sequencing technologies to identify somatic mutations in lymphoma and leukemia Abstract: Emerging “massively parallel” sequencing technologies offer opportunities to profile the […]

Funding Opportunity – MSFHR/CIHR Science Policy Fellowship‏

Dear Graduate Programs, The MSFHR/CIHR Science Policy Fellowship is a new knowledge translation funding opportunity offered by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) in partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the BC Ministry of Health. The fellowship offers an opportunity for an independent researcher or trainee (graduate student or […]

Bioinformatics Research Rotation Presentations

November 25, 2011 Location: Lecture Theatre-BCCRC – 675 West 10th Avenue AGENDA: 8:45am – 9:15 am – BREAKFAST and Meet & Mingle 9:15 am – 9:20 am – Introduction –Patrick Tan– Moderator 9:20 am – 9:30 am – Presentation: Raunak Shrestha (Jack Chen Lab – MBB, SFU) “Identification of Mutations in Putative Heterozygous Alleles in […]

Yvonne Li – Bioinformatics – exit seminar – Friday, November 18‏

The University of British Columbia EXIT SEMINAR Yvonne Li B.Sc., University of British Columbia, 2003 Friday, Nov 18, 2011 at 11 AM LOCATION: Lecture Theatre, BCCRC Bioinformatic Approaches to Drug Repositioning Abstract: Repositioning existing drugs for new therapeutic uses is an efficient approach to drug discovery, since approved drugs have known clinical histories. However, most […]