World Sexual Health Day is a national day that raises awareness, reduces stigma, and improves access to essential sexual health resources. This year’s theme is “Consent” – a crucial and fundamental element of any healthy sexual encounter. To acknowledge this day, researchers from the Faculty of Science are sharing their scientific research in relation to sexual health, how scientific knowledge plays an important role in increasing informed consent, and how consent is honoured in collecting research. Blakney Lab – Michael Smith Laboratories... Read More
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Thursday, August 31, 2023
World Sexual Health Day is a national day that raises awareness, reduces stigma, and improves access to essential sexual health resources. This year’s theme is “Consent” - a crucial and fundamental element of any healthy sexual encounter. To acknowledge this day, researchers from the Faculty of Science are sharing their scientific research in relation to sexual health, how scientific knowledge plays an important role in increasing informed consent, and how consent is honoured in collecting research. In this Q&A from the immunology perspective of the... Read More
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
World Sexual Health Day is a national day that raises awareness, reduces stigma, and improves access to essential sexual health resources. This year’s theme is “Consent” - a crucial and fundamental element of any healthy sexual encounter. To acknowledge this day, researchers from the Faculty of Science are sharing their scientific research in relation to sexual health, how scientific knowledge plays an important role in increasing informed consent, and how consent is honoured in collecting research. In this Q&A from the microbiology perspective of the... Read More
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Chen on being selected as one of the 23 recipients of the 2022-2023 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships, awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). Each year, these prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships are offered to scholars who have a record of research excellence and leadership, have proposed a research program of exceptionally high quality, and have demonstrated commitment from their chosen institution and synergy between the institution’s strategic priorities and their own research goals. “It... Read More
Thursday, July 13, 2023
We are excited to welcome Selena Sagan to the UBC Department of Microbiology and Immunology! After a decade of teaching and research at McGill University (Montréal) in the Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Biochemistry, Dr. Sagan has joined the department as a research professor with a focus on RNA viruses. In this Q&A, get to know more about her research, accomplishments, and hopes for the future at UBC. What is your lab’s main research focus? Selena Sagan: There were two moments during my undergraduate... Read More