UBC Centre for Blood Research

05/20/2026

CBR SEMINAR NEXT WEDNESDAY! Join us next Wednesday for our CBR Seminar with Dr. Jan Potempa on “Modern Koch's Postulates Applied to Bacterial Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease.”⁠
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🗣️ Dr. Jan Potempa
📅 May 27, 1:00-2:00 PM⁠
📍Life Sciences Centre 1003 (LSC3) & Zoom⁠
🥪 Lunch provided

05/14/2026

CBR SEMINAR NEXT WEDNESDAY! Join us next Wednesday for our CBR Seminar with Dr. Eddie James on “T Cell Responses to Self, Altered self and Pathobiont Epitopes in RA.”⁠
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🗣️ Dr. Eddie James
📅 May 20, 1:00-2:00 PM⁠
📍Life Sciences Centre 1003 (LSC3) & Zoom⁠
🥪 Lunch provided

05/12/2026

04/29/2026

CBR PI Dr. Natalie Strynadka is part of a group of researchers who have developed a new way to target proteins long considered “undruggable,” opening the door to new treatments for prostate cancer and other serious diseases.

Read more: https://cbr.ubc.ca/drugging-the-undruggable-scientists-achieve-million-fold-leap-in-targeting-elusive-cancer-proteins/

Source: UBC Faculty of Medicine

04/27/2026

Join us on May 7th for our next CBR Poster Session! Pizza and drinks provided.

📅May 7, 2026
🕐️3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
📍LSI - 4th Floor Pod

04/20/2026

During National Volunteer Week, we extend our deepest gratitude to the volunteers of the Centre for Blood Research. Happy National Volunteer Week to our incredible CBR community!

04/16/2026

Thank you to all of the speakers, poster presenters, and attendees who joined us at the Norman Bethune Symposium yesterday!

04/15/2026

CBR SEMINAR NEXT WEEK! Join us next Wednesday for our CBR Seminar with Dr. Ryan Stubbins on “Transcriptional alterations drive disease relapse in acute myeloid leukemia.”

🗣️ Dr. Ryan Stubbins
📅 April 22, 1:00-2:00 PM⁠
📍Life Sciences Centre 1003 (LSC3) & Zoom⁠
🥪 Lunch provided

04/14/2026

Norman Bethune Symposium attendees! This is everything you need to know before you go.

04/10/2026

Big news for the bees — and for one of our own! 🐝 CBR alumna Abigail Chapman has been appointed as the province of BC's new apiculturist!

During her time in the Foster lab, Abigail researched how viral infections shape honeybee queen health and reproductive potential. Congratulations, Abigail — BC's bees are in great hands!

Learn more through the Country Life BC article: https://www.countrylifeinbc.com/province-appoints-new-apiculturist/