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Welcome to Pathology's Bi-Weekly Bulletin | January 27, 2023

PATHOLOGY PROVINCE-WIDE ROUNDS

 

Book off 12-1 pm for every Friday for the Pathology Province-Wide Rounds
Location: https://ubc.zoom.us (the same URL for all rounds) .
For Zoom information or any questions, please email Heleena Mistry. Rounds are recorded and available HERE

  • Friday, Jan 27, 2023 from 12pm-1pm *RESEARCH*

    Dr. Ying Wang, Assistant Professor, Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC; St. Paul's Hospital Centre for Heart Lung Innovation
    "Characterizing atherosclerosis at the molecular level to improve treatment outcome of anti-inflammatory therapies"

      Learning objectives:
    1. Tackle the problems seen in the CANTOS trial: using multiplex imaging to define the “bad” cytokines in human coronary lesions
    2. Discuss who will benefit from colchicine: defining the therapeutic targets of colchicine in clinically relevant models and human coronary lesions.

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  • Friday, Feb 3, 2023 from 12pm-1pm *CLINICAL*

    Dr. Veronica Hirsch-Reinshagen, Consultant Neuropathologist at Vancouver General Hospital, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC "TBC"

LATEST RESEARCH STORIES

 

  • Through Diabetes Canada's #EndDiabetes Awards research competition, Dr. Bruce Verchere will receive a $100,000 grant annually for three years to fund his work tackling this condition. Title: Islet prohormone processing and beta cell dysfunction in type 1 diabetes | Research area: Type 1 diabetes | Award: End Diabetes 2022 Award, 2022-2025. Congratulations! !
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  • Dementia Dialogue Podcast: "What are biomarkers and how are they connected to Alzheimer’s Disease?" Dr. Mari DeMarco discusses how diagnosis can be improved by discovering and using biomarkers on the dementia dialog podcast.
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  • Dr. Blake Gilks and his team recently published a practice-changing paper on NSMPs, the most commonly occurring molecular subtype of endometrialcarcinomas.
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  • Check out Dr. Will Lockwood's team new protocol paper on uncovering drug-protein interactions in cancer cells lead by @FJ_Scientist in collaboration with Gregg Morin's proteomics group @BCCancer_GSC. "Tandem mass tag-based thermal proteome profiling for the discovery of drug-protein interactions in cancer cells"
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  • Dr. Stephen Yip's paper on dissecting the role of SMARCB1 in poorly-diff #chordoma paper is out.
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HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS

 

PATHOLOGY DAY - JUNE 1, 2023 (VENUE: Diamond Healthcare Centre (floor 1 and 2) for the talks and MSAC for the posters and evening networking event) This year's Pathology Day will feature lectures and keynotes on artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on machine learning, deep learning and related approaches topic. Mark your calendars and get ready to connect with researchers in your community. More to follow...

 

The call for abstracts is now open - the deadline is Friday 5pm March 31, 2023

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We invite you to participate in a project that aims to increase gender equity and inclusivity within faculty positions and faculty leadership of the UBC Faculty of Medicine.

We would love to hear your perspectives as a UBC Faculty of Medicine faculty* member who identifies as a cis or trans woman, trans man or as Two Spirit, intersex, gender non-binary, agender, gender fluid or otherwise gender diverse. We are particularly interested in the perspectives of faculty members who also identify as Indigenous, Black or People of Colour. READ MORE


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