News And Events

BTP October Social‏

Hello all, Thanks for your input at the doodle. The October social will be: Location: The Foundation (map). Day: this Friday, Oct 14th. Time: 5:30 – 8:00 PM. Please let me know if you can make it, so I can call in for a reservation. There will also be an unofficial social potluck: Location: To […]

APBC2012 Call for Posters – Melbourne Australia‏

CALL FOR POSTERS (APBC 2012) The Tenth Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC2012) 17-19 Jan, 2012, Melbourne, Australia http://homepage.cs.latrobe.edu.au/ypchen/APBC2012/ Please consider submitting a poster to the conference. The deadline for Posters submission is 25th Oct 2011. The details of the call for posters can be found here: http://homepage.cs.latrobe.edu.au/ypchen/APBC2012/ and click ‘Call for Posters’ We are looking forward […]

[VanBUG] Bioinformatics Event: Training Courses in Web Publishing – Scientific Data and Services‏

Please find below the announcement for our next semantic event in  Vancouver, October 22-23: the SADI workshop,  http://sadiframework.org/training/WS2/index.html, where you will learn how  to publish scientific data on the web using semantic web services. Thanks to late funding, I am able to offer a limited number of discounted  registrations for local attendees: 125$ instead of […]

CFIS/IRES Professional Development seminar: Pursuing a Career Outside of Academia, Part I‏

Pursuing a Career Outside of Academia (Part I) Date: Wednesday, October 5th 2011 Time: 1:00 – 2:30pm Location: Room 101, Michael Smith Labs (2185 East Mall) Cost: Free! Map: http://bit.ly/nJjoGL   Interested in a career off the beaten academic track?  Come on out to this workshop to hear from two young professionals who cut loose from academia to embark on […]

Trudeau Scholarships nominations – deadline to Grad Studies 28 Oct 2011‏

Call for Nominations: Trudeau Scholarships The Faculty of Graduate Studies is pleased to announce the 2012-2013 competition for the highly prestigious Trudeau Scholars Programme. These awards are for outstanding doctoral students whose work addresses one of the following four themes: – Human Rights and Dignity – Responsible Citizenship – Canada in the World – People […]

[VanBUG] Thursday, Oct 13, 6pm – Inanc Birol, Haploid Assembly of Diploid Genomes‏

Please post poster available at http://vanbug.org —————————————————————- Next VanBUG (Vancouver Bioinformatics User Group) talk is on Thursday, October 13 at 6pm. The seminar is followed by pizza, refreshments and great networking. *Intro speaker* (10mins): Olena Morozova, PhD Candidate, Marra Lab, Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency A wide spectrum of somatic mutation in high-risk neuroblastoma […]

Let’s Talk Science volunteering recruitment‏

***An Invitation to all UBC graduate students to join Let’s Talk Science*** Interested in Science or Engineering? Enjoy working with kids and youths? Want to give back to your community? Let’s Talk Science is a national volunteering organization that strives to improve science literacy through outreach. We motivate and empower youth to use science, technology, […]

Registration now open for Early November Instructional Skills Workshop‏

Registration for the Early November Instructional Skills Workshop is now open. You can register for the ISW at the following link: http://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/series/view/5 The Instructional Skills Workshop is a 3 day, interactive workshop focused on developing teaching abilities. Please note that the workshops are popular, and registration fills up quickly, so please register soon if you […]

September Graduate Pathways to Success Sessions at UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies‏

For full event details and registration information students may also visit: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/gps-graduate-pathways-success/gps-workshops-events or e-mail graduate.pathways@ubc.ca .   Registration is now open for the following sessions: Wed, Sept 14th, 2:00 – 4:00 PM: Navigating Your Final Doctoral Exam, registration open at https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g11d0   So, it’s Time to Write a Paper!  This 6 session workshop begins Sept 28th  however to register student MUST be […]