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October 6, 2023Zara Abbasiparashkouh Receives 2023 AAC Student Research Award
Congratulations to Zara Abbasiparashkouh, who received an American Academy of Cariology Student Research award in the MSc category! 🎉👏 This award is given to MSc students for the pursuit of novel cariology research. Her project will be overseen by Dr. Adriana Manso, AMDB Cluster Lead.
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September 15, 2023Dr. Emily Cranston Wins Rutherford Memorial Medal
Dr. Emily Cranston has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry from the Royal Society of Canada! We applaud her dedication to academic excellence and significant contributions to innovative, sustainable research. For a full list of 2023 RSC Award…
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September 13, 2023Dr. Manso and Dr. Comeau: 2023 S. Wah Leung Endowment Fund recipients!
Congratulations to Dr. Manso and Dr. Comeau: S. Wah Leung Endowment Fund recipients! 🎉 The funded project aims to develop the BioLight, a research tool to assist researchers exploring photodynamic therapy. The device will be co-developed with Mark Carlson, UBC Physics and Astronomy.
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September 11, 2023Dr. Emily Cranston Announced as a new Member of the RSC
Congratulations to AMDB Cluster member, Dr. Emily Cranston, who has been announced as a new Member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists! Another amazing achievement. 👏
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August 15, 2023UBC GSI Award Recipients
We are so excited to announce that three students supervised by AMDB Cluster members have won a UBC Graduate Support Initiative Award! Dr. Mengxuan (Vivian) Chen and Dr. Elham Vakili, both supervised by Dr. Carvalho, and Dr. Shayan Darvish, supervised by Dr. Manso, have all been named as…
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August 2, 2023Dr. Pakpour Receives HIFI Award
A big congratulations to Dr. Pakpour who has been named as one of the recipients of UBC’s Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Award! 🎉👏 As a part of the Healthy Aging Stream, her research will investigate the connection between the conjunctival-gut microbiome and dry eye diseases…
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July 13, 2023Dr. Bertassoni Secures Funding for the Knight Cancer Precision Biofabrication Hub
Dr. Bertassoni and his team have secured over $1 million to establish and expand the Knight Cancer Precision Biofabrication Hub. The hub aims to unravel the mysteries of cancer and other diseases using lab-grown organoids, 3D-printing technology, and organs-on-a-chip, amongst other…
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June 28, 2023⭐Trainee Spotlight⭐: Ariane Fernandes
Meet Ariane Fernandes, PhD student! Co-supervised by AMDB Cluster members Dr. Cranston and Dr. Manso, Ariane works on the development of nanocellulose-stabilized emulsion systems, with a focus on developing drug delivery systems to treat oral diseases. She recently won first place…
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June 8, 2023AMDB Cluster Members at Colgate-Palmolive’s Clinical Research Innovation Day
Dr. Adriana Manso & Dr. Patricia Comeau, recipients of the Colgate Award for Research Excellence (CARE), delivered an outstanding presentation at Colgate-Palmolive’s Clinical Research Innovation Day. A round of applause for these two AMDB Cluster members sharing their incredible work!
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