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 […]
UBC Public Scholars Initiative for Doctoral Students
Dear PhD students and supervisors, There is a growing wave of interest at UBC (and elsewhere) in broadening our ideas of what doctoral education can encompass, especially to include more diverse and career-relevant forms of scholarship. In recognition of these new directions, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is very pleased to announce a pilot support and […]
Student printing posters – please respond to this email by March 11
CM_poster guidelines Hi All, The program has some extra money that it needs to spend before the end of March, so the program will pay for the retreat posters for those that are having new ones printed. If you are having a poster printed for the retreat – let me know by this Wednesday, March […]
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 […]
New Group Content: Competition Announcement: Canadian Student Health Research Forum
If you are interested in entering this competition, please send me your application materials (your abstract) to me no later than February 25th. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Entering its 28th year, the 2015 Canadian Student Health Research Forum will take place on 2-4 June, 2015 in Winnipeg. This forum is a valuable opportunity for health research trainees in […]
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 […]
VanBUG Winter 2015 events – save the dates!
Dear VanBUGger, I hope you had a wonderful holiday break. VanBUG is returning on Thursday, February 12th at 6pm with Dr. Nick Loman from the Institute for Microbiology and Infection at University of Birmingham. Dr. Loman’s talk is titled: “Genomes from metagenomes: new technologies and algorithms”. Bio: Dr. Loman is an Independent Research Fellow in […]
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. […]
Let’s Talk Science Recruitment
Dear Graduate Secretaries, My name is Leah Cooper and I am the communications and media coordinator this year for Let’s Talk Science. Could you please pass on our recruitment letter to graduate students in your department, it would be much appreciated! Thank you for taking the time and please contact me with any questions! Leah […]
Announcement: Walter C. Sumner Memorial Scholarships
Dear graduate program faculty and staff, Please distribute the following competition announcement to your students: Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowship The Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowships are available to Canadian citizens engaged in or about to start doctoral studies in Chemistry, Physics, or Electronics (including Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) at UBC. Annual Value: $6,000 […]