May
6
Life Sciences Institute’s Café Scientifique
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | May 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Dear All: Life Sciences Institute’s next Café Scientifique is scheduled at 6:00 pm on May 17, 2011. Please see below and attached for information. “E-natomy – How digital anatomy has changed the way we teach and practice medicine.” Great advances in field of medical imaging have made it possible to look inside the human body […]
Apr
11
April Café Scientifique
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, Our next café will happen on April 19th, 7:30pm @ Railway Club (579 Dunsmuir Street). The speaker for the evening will be Andrea Gutierrez, a PhD student working at the UBC’s TRIUMF, one of the world’s leading subatomic physics laboratories. Andrea is involved with a project that is ranked as the #1 […]
Mar
13
March Café Scientifique
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | March 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, Our next café will happen on March 29th, 7:30pm @ Railway Club (579 Dunsmuir Street). The speaker for the evening will be Mark MacLachlan, an Associate Professor from the Chemistry Department at UBC. His talk that evening will be: Biomimetic Materials … With a Twist! Natural materials that have evolved in plants […]
Feb
8
February Café Announcement
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | February 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, Our next café will happen on February 22nd, 7:30pm @ Railway Club (579 Dunsmuir Street). The speaker for the evening will be Dr. Eric Lagally, an Assistant Professor from the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at UBC. His talk that evening will be: Microfluidics: its uses in medicine, health, and manufacturing […]
Jan
24
Announcement from CIHR Café Scientifique
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | January 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Hello, As you may already know, there are other Café Scientifiques all over British Columbia and Vancouver. If you are interested in attending more Cafés, have a look at the links posted on the left menu! CIHR Café Scientifique is hosting an event in Vancouver (Feb 1st) and Surrey (Mar 15th) . Click on the […]
Jan
18
Abstract for Dr. Ramer’s presentation
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | January 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Hello, Here is the abstract for Dr. Ramer’s presentation. See you next week! Peril atop the porcelain throne: the problem of blood pressure control after spinal cord injury “It is … autonomic functions that we take for granted when we have them and that dominate our lives when we lose them.” Kim Anderson, PhD: Spinal […]
Jan
13
January 25th mark your calendars!
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | January 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, Our next café will happen on Tuesday Jan 25th at 7:30pm @ The Railway Club (579 Dunsmuir St). We will be hosting Leanne Ramer and – continuing from last week’s health-related theme – her talk is titled “Peril atop the porcelain throne: the problem of blood pressure control after spinal cord injury.” […]
Dec
25
Handouts from Dr. Kendall Ho’s presentation
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | December 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Hi all, Here is the handout from Dr. Ho’s presentation (click on hyperlink below). Handout (PDF file) Happy Holidays!!!! Café Scientifique
Dec
7
December Café
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | December 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, Our next café will happen next Tuesday Dec 14th at 7:30pm @ The Railway Club (579 Dunsmuir St). The speaker for that evening will be Dr. Kendall Ho (MD FRCPC, Associate Professor in Department of Emergency Medicine, and Director of eHealth Strategy Office) and his talk will be: eHealth: what is […]
Nov
21
November Café
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | November 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, Our next café will happen next Tuesday, November 23, 7:30pm at the Railway Club (579 Dunsmuir Street). The speaker that evening will be Dr. Kevin Allen, an expert on food microbiology. Here is the abstract of the talk, and a couple of related links: Food safety – How safe is our food? […]