Dustin T King Awarded Governor General’s Gold Medal
Dustin King, PhD, trainee from Natalie Strynadka’s Lab has been selected to receive a Governor General’s Gold Medal. Only one Gold Medal is awarded to the student who has achieved the most outstanding academic record as a doctoral student. Dustin is one of 300 PhD’s graduating from UBC this year. Medals are presented on behalf […]
Leo Ng Awarded Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Leo Ng, a PhD student in Cell and Development Biology and a trainee in Dr. Accili’s Lab, is awarded a Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for TA’ing Biochemistry undergraduate courses. Leo has been a TA for us since 2013 Winter Session. Over the years, the comments in his TA evaluations are always positive and remarks on […]
Undergraduate 3MT Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the Undergraduate Biochemistry 3MT event Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic competition developed by The University of Queensland, Australia. Typically, these competitions are directed at graduate students. Considering the wide range of undergraduate research at UBC, on November 25, we had an undergraduate 3MT competition. Challenging their communication skills, […]
2015 Distinguished Medical Research Lecturer Award
Dr. Shoukat Dedhar have been selected by the Faculty of Medicine Research Council to be awarded the 2015 Distinguished Medical Research Award in Basic Science Research. “Every year the Faculty of Medicine recognizes the outstanding lecturers in our medical research fields. Candidates from Basic Sciences or Clinical Sciences are nominated by fellow faculty members on […]
Solmaz Sobhanifar Awarded 2015 Michael John Page Postdoctoral Fellow Award
Dr. Solmaz Sobhanifar, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Strynadka Lab, to receive the 2015 Mike Page Award . She will present a short seminar on, “The ‘bio’ in science and flamenco”. Friday, October 23rd at 4:00 pm in LSC #3, 2350 Health Sciences Mall.
Dr. Hugh Kim and Dr. Harry Brumer
Biochemistry welcomes two new Associate Members: Dr. Hugh Kim and Dr. Harry Brumer. Dr. Hugh Kim, an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry is a Principal Investigator in The Centre for Blood Research, UBC. Dr. Brumer is a full professor who holds joint appointments in both Chemistry and The Michael Smith Laboratories. […]
Dr. Natalie Strynadka a Fellow to The Royal Society
Congratulations Dr. Natalie Strynadka! Dr. Strynadka is one of 47 Fellows elected to The Royal Society. “The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship of many of the world’s most distinguished scientists drawn from all areas of science, engineering, and medicine.”
Natalie Strynadka Awarded 2 New CIHR Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance
New funding for major program to tackle microbial drug resistance Natalie Strynadka has joined with colleagues at UBC, at other Canadian Universities and several centres in Europe to attract major new funding for a Joint Initiative of the Canadian Government (through CIHR) and the European Union. Natalie has won two grants that are valued at […]
Pieter Cullis Awarded Milton Wong Award for Leadership
Dr. Pieter Cullis was awarded Milton Wong Award for Leadership by LifeSciences BC. “This award is designed to recognize an individual outside the direct life sciences and biotechnology industry in British Columbia who has demonstrated a significant contribution to the development of the sector. The award highlights the accomplishments of a person who has impacted […]