Sep
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September Café Scientifique with Suzanne Vercauteren
Posted by: jdewitt | September 1, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday, September 25th at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Suzanne Vercauteren the Director of BC Children’s Hospital BioBank. Her topic will be: Giving patients, the public, and health-care providers a voice in pediatric biobanking Dr. Vercauteren is a hematopathologist and associate […]
Aug
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August Café Scientifique with Katie Marshall
Posted by: jdewitt | August 1, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday, August 28th at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Katie Marshall from the Department of Zoology at UBC. Her topic will be: Getting the message: what is gene expression and why does it matter? Many of us think that DNA is like […]
Jul
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July Café Scientifique with Nienke van Houten
Posted by: jdewitt | July 1, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday, July 31st at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Nienke van Houten from the Faculty of Health Sciences at SFU. Her topic will be: Test Tubes to Teaching: How Anti-Vaxxers and a Global Financial Crisis Shaped my Career Part research talk, and […]
May
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May Café Scientifique with Michelle Tseng
Posted by: jdewitt | May 1, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday, May 29th at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Michelle Tseng, Assistant Professor in the Zoology department at UBC. Her topic will be: Insects in the city: shrinking beetles and disappearing bees. How bugs help us learn about the […]
Apr
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April Café Scientifique with James McCormack
Posted by: jdewitt | April 5, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday, April 24th at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. James McCormack, Professor from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Services at UBC. James received his undergraduate pharmacy degree at the University of British Columbia in 1982 and received his doctorate in pharmacy (Pharm.D.) in 1986 from the Medical University of […]
Mar
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March Café Scientifique with David Shiffman
Posted by: jdewitt | March 13, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday, March 27th at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. David Shiffman, Liber Ero Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Simon Fraser University, where he studies the sustainability of shark fisheries. David is an award-winning science communicator with bylines in the Washington Post, Slate, […]
Feb
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February Café Scientifique with Robert Tarzwell
Posted by: jdewitt | February 8, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday, February 27th at 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Robert Tarzwell, from the Department of Psychiatry at UBC. Functional Brain Imaging in Psychiatric Disorders – Current Uses and Future Directions Functional brain imaging seeks to detect and map specific […]
Jan
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January Café Scientifique with Andrew Tait
Posted by: jdewitt | January 22, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday, January 30th at 7:30pm in the back room of Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Andrew Tait, founder of Tait Labs, a Vancouver-based startup putting a modern spin on traditional natural medicines with scientific research. Come find out more about his research journey and how the […]
Nov
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November Café Scientifique with Lucas Brotz
Posted by: jdewitt | November 1, 2017 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday, November 28th at 7:30pm in the back room of Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Lucas Brotz. Jellyfish – friend, foe, or food? Did you know that in addition to stinging swimmers, jellyfish also cause extensive damage to fisheries and coastal power plants? As threats […]
Sep
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October Café Scientifique with Kaylee Byers
Posted by: jdewitt | September 20, 2017 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Halloween night Tuesday October 31st, 7:30pm in the back room at Yagger’s Downtown (433 W Pender). Our speaker for the evening will be Kaylee Byers. Rat Detectives: Uncovering the disease ecology of our most despised bedfellow Few animals are as appropriate to discuss on Halloween as the rat. Just mentioning these critters […]