Feb
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LSI Cafe Scientifique – Feb. 13th
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The Life Sciences Institute is having a Cafe Scientifique on February 13th (see attached poster). The title of the presentation is: “Flights of Fancy: using Fruit Flies to Shed Light on Health and Disease”. Hope you can attend!
Jan
9
January Café Scientifique
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | January 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, Our next café will happen on Tuesday January 31st, 7:30PM at the Railway Club. The speaker for the evening will be Simon Donner, an Assistant Professor in the UBC Department of Geography who is interested in why the climate matters. His talk will be on: Beyond Nemo: Coral reefs in […]
Nov
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November Café Scientifique
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, Our next café will happen on Tuesday November 29th, 7:30PM at the Railway Club. The speaker for the evening will be Dr. Richard Moore, a scientist at the world-renowned Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre. His talk will be on: Cancer Metagenomics: Microbes and Cancer Greater than 20% of all […]
Oct
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October Café Scientifique
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, Our next café will happen on Tuesday October 25th, 7:30PM at the Railway Club, and the speaker for the evening will be Jenna Capyk (PhD candidate from UBC’s Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department). Her talk will be on: Tuberculosis and Cholesterol: Growth of a biochemical field Tuberculosis may be […]
Oct
3
ARPICO Café Scientifique announcement
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | October 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Posted on behalf of Anadi Canepa, President of ARPICO: Dear Cafe Scientifique Vancouver, It is my pleasure to join the Board of Directors to announce the incorporation of the Society of Italian Researchers and Professionals in Western Canada (ARPICO). The Society is non-profit and was founded by a group of researchers and professionals in Vancouver, […]
Oct
3
Life Sciences Centre Café Scientifique announcement
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | October 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Part I of the “Seeing is Believing” series Please RSVP to nvohra@mail.ubc.ca by November 14, 2011
Sep
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September Café Scientifique: Pacific salmon and climate change
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | September 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, Our next café will happen on Tuesday September 27 at the Railway Club (579 Dunsmuir Street) at 7:30pm. Our speaker that evening will be Erika Eliason, an expert on Pacific salmon migration who has been featured on the UBC Public Affairs webpage. Her talk that evening will be: Pacific Salmon […]
Aug
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August Café Scientifique
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, Our next café will happen on Tuesday Aug 30th, 7:30pm at the Railway Club (579 Dunsmuir St). We will be hosting Jacquelyn Cragg and Ward Plunet from the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), and their topic will be: From headlines to reality: How to be a smart consumer of scientific […]
Jul
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July Café Scientifique
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | July 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, Our next café will happen on Tuesday July 26th, 7:30pm at the Railway Club (579 Dunsmuir St). We will be hosting Agatha Jassem, from the Department of Pathology at UBC, and her talk will be: Old Drugs, Bad Bugs: Antibiotic Treatment of Lung Infections in Cystic Fibrosis Cystic fibrosis (CF) […]
May
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May Café Scientifique
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, Our next session will happen on Tuesday May 31, 7:30pm @ The Railway Club. We will be presenting AJung Moon, a mechanical engineering researcher at UBC. Her talk will be: Roboethics – A discussion on how robots are impacting our society From vacuuming houses to befriending older persons at care facilities, […]