Graduate Students’ Association
BMB-GSA | Department of Biochemistry
The UBC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Association (BMB-GSA) represents the voice of graduate students in the Biochemistry Department at UBC. Our main goal is to foster a strong sense of community among graduate students in our department in order to establish an engaging learning and working environment. To this end, we organize a number of social, recreational and academic events all through the year.
All BMB graduate students are encouraged to attend the BMB-GSA monthly meetings. These meetings are designed to plan, delegate and organize the work for upcoming events. If you would like to participate and become more involved with the BMB-GSA or would like more information about upcoming events please contact any members of the committee via e-mail or through the BMB-GSA Facebook page.
Contacts
E-mail: bmbgsa.ubc@gmail.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ubc.bmb.gsa
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ubcbmbgsa
Current Executive Members
President: Tess Smith (Strynadka Lab)
Vice-president: Nisha Johal (Parker Lab)
Secretary: Olivier Hinse (Bromme Lab)
Treasurer: Calem Kenward (Strynadka Lab)
Communications Director: James Liu (Chen Lab)
Academic Coordinators: Georgia Cheung (Parker Labs) and Dane Sands (Mayor Lab)
Social Coordinators: Steve Harland (Molday Lab) and Ashim Bhattacharya (Duong Lab)
Wellness Coordinator: Armando Palacios Chaparro (Strynadka Lab)
Upcoming Events
BMB-GSA Monthly Poster Sessions for 2024 and 2025 – LSI 5th Floor Pod
At least 3 labs will present for each poster session. We are inviting all labs in the BMB department to participate. Dates listed below:
January 30, 2025 – Ciernia, Tokuriki, Yip
February 27, 2025 – Greenblatt, Gsponer, Schindler
March 27, 2025 – Mayor, Parker, Subramaniam
April 24, 2025 – Bromme, Foster, Somaskharan, Teves
May 29, 2025 – Cullis, Dedhar, Lim, Measday
September 25, 2025 – Jan, Molday, Mui
October 30, 2025 – Sadowski, Stephenson, Van Petegem
November 27, 2025 – Chen, Duong, Strynadka
In addition to poster sessions, the GSA is currently planning the following activities:
• Interdepartmental Beach day (anticipated for July 2025)
• BMB GSA Voting lunch (anticipated for Sep 2025)
• BMB Departmental BBQ (anticipated for Sep 2025)
Past Event
The GSA has recently organized the following events:
• Annual BMB Symposium (May 2025)
• Zbarsky Party hosted by Eli Hoy (Feb 2025)
• Board Game Night (Jan 2025)
• BMB Christmas Party Planning (Dec 2024)
• Gingerbread House Building Night (Dec 2024)
• Trivia Night (Nov 2024)
• Halloween Movie Night (Oct 2024)
• BMB Welcome Back BBQ (Sep 2024)
• BMB-GSA Voting Lunch (Sep 2024)
• Model your Molecule (Clay Sculpting Night; July 2024)
• Annual BMB Symposium (June 2024)
• BMB Easter Egg Hunt (March 2024)
• Christmas Party Planning (Dec 2023)
• Career Workshop (Nov 2023)
• Halloween Pumpkin Carving (Oct 2023)
• BMB Departmental BBQ (Sep 2023)
• BMB GSA Voting lunch (Sep 2023)
