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Immune Profiling project by Dr. Hongshen Ma supported by New Frontiers in Research Fund
Dr. Hongshen Ma’s project “Immune profiling using single cell cytokine secretome and transcriptome analysis” has been awarded funding from the New Frontiers in Research Fund’s (NFRF) Exploration Stream. The NFRF supports world-leading interdisciplinary, transformative and rapid-response Canadian-led research.
German President visits UBC Hydrogen Testbed
Last week, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier toured Dr. Walter Mérida’s Smart Hydrogen Energy District (SHED), as part of his visit to Canada. SHED is a unique testbed that re-envisions how hydrogen technologies, energy storage and renewable energy generation could be integrated into infrastructure solutions. SHED is scheduled to open shortly, transforming the area next to Thunderbird […]
NSERC CREATE funding awarded for Care Anywhere project
Congratulations to Dr. Antony Hodgson and his collaborators on receiving NSERC CREATE funding for Care Anywhere: Smart Biosensors to Promote Healthy Aging and Transform Healthcare. This project will train the next generation of multidisciplinary researchers, developers and clinicians to develop and make the best use of biosensors – anywhere from the hospital to everyday life. […]
SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship awarded to PhD Candidate Samuel Berryman
Congratulations to Samuel Berryman, PhD candidate in Dr. Hongshen Ma’s Multi-scale Design Laboratory, on being awarded the 2023 Graduate Education Fellowship Grant from the society for Laboratory Automation and Screening. “I feel extremely grateful and enthusiastic to have been chosen as the recipient of the SLAS fellowship,” says Berryman. “This fellowship award is certainly one […]
Millions of Kitchens – Are they Safe: PhD student explores energy use and air pollution through photography
A new photography exhibit by Mechanical Engineering PhD student and Liu Scholar Mrinmoy Chakraborty explores the kinds of residential energy sources used in rural India and their effect on indoor air pollution. Usually, he investigates this issue using numerical simulations and field studies under the co-supervision of Dr. Amanda Giang and Dr. Naomi Zimmerman, but […]

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May 4, 2023
Immune Profiling project by Dr. Hongshen Ma supported by New Frontiers in Research Fund
May 3, 2023
German President visits UBC Hydrogen Testbed
April 25, 2023
NSERC CREATE funding awarded for Care Anywhere project
March 20, 2023
SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship awarded to PhD Candidate Samuel Berryman
February 14, 2023
Millions of Kitchens – Are they Safe: PhD student explores energy use and air pollution through photography

Apr 27, 2023: Seminar – Dr. Padmini Rangamani: Multiscale Modeling of Membrane-Actin and Actin-Cross Linker Interactions

Apr 6, 2023 – Seminar by Dr. Ramathasan Thevamaran – Microballistics: From Dynamic Testing of Emerging Materials to Creation of Heterogeneous Nanostructures in Metals

Mar 31, 2023: MECH-CHBE Special Speaker Seminar – Dr. Balachandar: A Statistical Approach for Fast and Reliable Prediction of Room-scale Airborne Viral Contagion

Mar 23, 2023 -Guest Lecture: Patrick Mitchell – Re-Establishing Foundational Stability in Kanaka Bar

Mar 27, 2023 – Seminar: Dr. Marco Simonelli: A new class of lightweight alloys enabled by laser powder bed fusion

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Call for Applications: John Tiedje Fellowship + Paul and Helen Trussell Scholarship – Deadline: Jun 1 (8AM)

Call for Applications: Robert Allan Scholarship in Naval Architecture – Deadline: June 30

Call for Applications: Order of the White Rose – Deadline: June 17, 2023

Call for Applications: Inclusion and Belonging Award – Deadline: May 7, 2023

Call for Applications: Canada Graduate Scholarships Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (CGS-MSFSS) – Deadline: May 19

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