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Congratulations to CPS Honours Class of 2022!
Award Recipients Students attended at the CPS Graduation Reception
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BIOCAPS Spotlight: Naz Khan
BIOCAPS Spotlight is a new regular feature about people in BMB & CPS and their outstanding work. Meet faculty and staff members from across the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences! Naz Khan has been providing her excellent and friendly service to the CPS department for the […]
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New nasal spray treats Delta variant infection in mice, indicating broad spectrum results
Researchers have shown a new compound delivered in a nasal spray is highly effective in preventing and treating COVID-19 caused by the Delta variant in mice. The researchers, including scientists at UBC, Université de Sherbrooke, and Cornell University, believe this is the first treatment of its kind proven to be effective against all COVID-19 variants […]
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Dr. Karen Pinder Promoted to Professor of Teaching
The Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences is thrilled to announce the promotion of Dr. Karen Pinder to the rank of Professor of Teaching! Congratulations, Dr. Pinder! Professor Pinder is the MEDD 411 Director and the Director of Histology, Medical Undergraduate Education. Please find her full profile here: https://cps.med.ubc.ca/faculty1/pinder/
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Rising Star from the Rideout Lab – Dr. Lianna Wat
Dr. Lianna Wat completed her Ph.D. in 2021 in the Rideout Lab. Dr. Wat’s work will have a long-lasting effect on the field of physiology and metabolism – her Ph.D. thesis showed the discovery of two distinct mechanisms that explain for the first time, in exquisite detail, how sex differences in […]
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Meet Our Students – Sarah Erwin
Sarah Erwin is a Master’s student in Dr. Mark Cembrowski’s lab. Sarah’s research combines molecular, circuit, and behavioural techniques to study the precise cell-type logic of memory in the brain. She received her BS in Animal Sciences from Michigan State University, after which she worked as a technician at HHMI Janelia Research Campus. Through her […]
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New Staff Announcement! – Laura Andrews & Euri Park
Laura Andrews – REDI & Seminar Support Laura Andrews is a Research Technician in the Gross Anatomy Lab. She also provides Admin Support for the CPS REDI Committee, BMB EDI Committee and CPS Seminar Series. She is responsible for facilitating the body donation process in the lab, helping with REDI Committee initiatives, taking meeting […]
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Dr. Hilla Weidberg receives Fall 2021 CIHR project grant
UBC faculty of medicine researchers are leading 48 projects that were recently funded through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grants: Fall 2021 competition, including our department’s faculty member, Dr. Hilla Weidberg. The CIHR Project Grants Fall 2021 competition approved 417 research grants, plus 1 bridge grant, for a total investment of approximately $325 million. […]
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A Gap-Junction-Mediated, Calcium-Signalling Network Controls Blood Progenitor Fate Decisions in Hematopoiesis
What is the significance of the findings in this publication? Our new paper uses live imaging of calcium signalling in the intact Drosophila lymph gland, where blood stem cells reside in flies. We show that gap-junctions, a special type of cell junctions that form channels between…
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Dr. Hilla Weidberg receive scholar and trainee awards in latest round of Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research funding
September 9, 2021 The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research today announced its 2021 scholar and research training awards, with two LSI investigators and two postdoctoral trainees among the 86 recipients.
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A scalable Drosophila assay for clinical interpretation of human PTEN variants in suppression of PI3K/AKT induced cellular proliferation
Abstract Gene variant discovery is becoming routine, but it remains difficult to usefully interpret the functional consequence or disease relevance of most variants. To fill this interpretation gap, experimental assays of variant function are becoming common place.
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2021 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients
Recognizes outstanding contributions in the area of equity, diversity, and inclusion through research, teaching, or service.
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Reappointment of Dr. Edwin Moore as CPS Department Head
Dr. Moore is a professor in the Department. He was the inaugural Academic Director of the Centre for Disease Modeling prior to becoming Department Head, and is an active participant on a number of Faculty governance committees.
