3 Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition where participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their thesis project to a non-specialist audience. This year, both Master’s student Taha Qaiser and PhD student Raza Malik from the Human Locomotion Research Lab qualified for UBC’s 3MT finals (top 8 in the whole of the university!). More recently, Taha placed first at the School of Kinesiology’s 3MT competition as a part of the Kinesiology Graduate Student Research Day. Well done Raza and Taha!

Last week, City of Vancouver Council Member Andrea Reimer visited ICORD to take a tour of PARC and the Human Locomotion Research Lab to learn about the research and community work being done here. Councillor Reimer chairs the the Nomination Sub-Committee for the City of Vancouver and supported PARC’s nomination for a City of Vancouver Award earlier this year. If you missed it, take a look at this awesome video by Accessible Media Inc in which Councillor Reimer speaks about PARC’s impact on the community.

 As a part of the tour, Councillor Reimer was able to check out the Ekso in action. From left to right: Taha Qaiser, Alison Williams, Kyle Gieni, Coucillor Andrea Reimer.

This fall, The Human Locomotion Research Lab traveled to San Diego to present at the Society for Neuroscience annual research meeting. With over 30,000 attendees, SFN 2016 was a fantastic event for everyone involved. We look forward to continuing to attend SFN meetings in the years to come!

Did you miss the Spin 2016 ICORDian Newsletter? This edition ran an article featuring Kyle Gieni, a long-time member of the ICORD family and regular participant in our lab. Kyle was also our first ever participant in the Physical Activity Research Centre (PARC)!

To read more, check out the ICORDian Spring 2016 edition here.

Yesterday was a happy and sad day in the Human Locomotion Research Lab. It was our long-time colleague Mustafa’s last day with the lab as he has left to take a full-time position with ISSofBC. Mustafa first started as a research participant 6 years ago. After a year, he became a volunteer, and two years ago he took on a part-time position as a reserach assistant under Dr. Tania Lam. We are very happy for him to have this new opportunity but we hope he will still come visit us!

Congratulations Mustafa – we will miss you!

Congratulations to our post-doctoral fellow Amanda Chisholm and graduate student Taha Qaiser for winning awards at this year’s Annual Research Meeting! Taha walked away with 3rd place in the category for best poster by a masters or undergraduate student. Dr. Chisholm received the Gordeon Hiebery prize for best poster by a postdoc or resident. Congrats to them both!

Did you miss the 2016 Annual Research Meeting? Keep an eye on http://icord.org/upcoming-events/ for upcoming ICORD events!