Program News

Any news that is relevant to both faculty and students

Seminar Talk on Genomic Data Privacy‏

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/ ——————————————————————————————————— — Seminar Talk on Genomic Data Privacy Sean Simmons, Ph.D. candidate, Berger Lab, MIT Friday March 13 , 2015, 10:30am to 11:30am. SFU Burnaby Campus, Applied Science Building, Room 9896 […]

Extended deadline March 2nd (Monday)- Annual BTP/IOP/GSAT Research Day

Dear all, We have extended the abstract submission and registration deadline for a week to March 2nd (Monday). https://sites.google.com/site/bigretreat2015/ Faculty can register there as well. Just need to fill out name, email. Check “other” for Program and leave it blank for Year. Or you can RSVP directly with contact person for each program from now […]

Registration now open: 5th Annual BTP/IOP/GSAT Research Day‏

Dear students and faculty, Registration is now open for the 2015 BTP/IOP/GSAT (B.I.G.) Research Day on Friday, March 20th, from 9-5pm at UBC Robson Square! This cross-disciplinary retreat is a great chance to meet and mingle with other graduate students, and learn about the exciting interdisciplinary research happening at UBC. For more information about our […]

Save the date: 5th Annual BTP/IOP/GSAT Research Day

Dear students and faculty, We would like to invite you to join us on Friday, March 20th, from 9-5pm at UBC Robson Square for the 2015 BTP/IOP/GSAT (B.I.G.) Research Day. This cross-disciplinary retreat is a great chance to meet and mingle with other graduate students, and learn about the exciting interdisciplinary research happening at UBC. […]

February 2015 Graduation Deadlines.‏

Dear Graduate Program Staff and Graduate Advisors Can you please forward this information to all Graduate Students that are hoping to have their degree granted in February 2015, and the congregation ceremony in May, 2015. Please advise students that Enrolment Services will not accept any late applications for graduation, and there will be no exceptions […]

Deadline for January 2015 Registration.‏

Dear Graduate Staff and Advisors Please be aware of the following deadlines for January 2015 Registration Can you please forward this deadline information to your Graduate Students. Thanks, Evelyn *********************************************************************************** Monday, 19 January 2015 Last day for change in registration and for withdrawal from most Winter Session Term 2 courses and Distance Education Term C […]

VanBUG] Fwd: Cancer Genomics: From Discovery to Clinic, Elaine R. Mardis, PhD‏

BCCA Research Seminar – Dr. Elaine Mardis 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/ ——————————————————————————————————— A special presentation by Elaine R. Mardis, PhD “Cancer Genomics: From Discovery to Clinic” Monday, January 19th, 2015 2:00 – 3:00 pm BC […]

Delayed SSC Award payments‏

Dear Graduate Program staff, Due to some system issues, the SSC award payments (such as International Tuition Award, GSI, department recommended awards and so on) that were supposed to pay out to student’s SSC account on 3 January 2015 have yet to go through. The following is for your information so that you have the […]

Register for your thesis for January if you only registered for one term‏

Hi All, If you only registered for one term for your thesis because you thought you would be finished your degree and you are not, then please remember to register for term 2 thesis: BIOF 699 002 for PhD students and BIOF 599 002 for MSc students. If the system does not allow you to […]

REMINDER: FW: Travel awards available to non-CIHR training program students – some still available

To all Bioinformatics graduate students: There are 7 travel awards of $500 each available to non-CIHR training program students (that is because CIHR training program students all receive travel awards already in their first 2 years). These are available now and up until April 30, 2015. To qualify: 1) Must be presenting a poster or […]