Announcements

2013 BCCGN Training Award Recipients

Student Supervisor Affiliation Project
Allen Zhang Wyeth Wasserman CMMT/CFRI Efficient algorithms for detecting disruptive mutations of DNA-protein interactions
Yi Qi Chen Sheila Innis Department of Pediatrics/CFRI Genetic variation and essental fatty acid metabolism in pregnancy
Kelsey Lee Pascal Lavoie Department of Pediatrics/CFRI Genetic variability in the secretion of IL-1β

2013 BCCGN Faculty of Medicine SSRP Award

Student Supervisor Affiliation Project
Sandy (Si Kei) Lou Stephen Yip Pathology & Lab Medicine, UBC Dissection of glioma spatial and temporal heterogeneity via transcriptomic profiling of selectively biopsied tumor tissues using metabolic pet imaging
Jane (Jaeyun) Yoo Martin Dawes Department of Family Practice Creating optimal clinical decision support and risk assessment for patient-centered genome-informed primary care

2012 BCCGN Student Award Recipients

BCCGN is pleased to announce the winners of its 2012 Student Competition

Student Supervisor Affiliation Project
Jieqing Xu William Gibson CFRI Genomic analysis of the DNA repairome in a hypermutator
James Cairns Daniel Goldowitz CMMT/UBC Age-related effects in the epigenome and transcriptome induced by Nicotine Exposure
Maria Kovalik Blair Leavitt CMMT/UBC Validation of genes changes induced by MyoD and myogenin over-expression in muscle of a mouse model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Jessica Ho Michael Kobor CMMT/UBC Understanding basic molecular mechanisms in ncRNA regulation
Cory Weisman Michael Hayden CMMT/UBC Pharmacogenomic predictive model of adverse drug reactions in patients receiving cisplatine or anthracycline treatment

2012 BCCGN Training Award Recipients

This year BCCGN partnered with CFRI’s Training Program’s Summer Student Program to support three studentships in the area of clinical genomics.

Student Supervisor Affiliation Project
Charles Yang Stefan Taubert CFRI/CMMT The role of TGF-β signaling and lipid metabolism in dietary restriction mediated longevity
Sean Addison Wendy Robinson CFRI/Department of Medical Genetics Use of novel arrays to asses X-chromosome inactivation and its clinical significance

 2012 BCCGN Faculty of Medicine SSRP Awards

This year BCCGN partnered with UBC’s Faculty of Medicine’s Summer Student Research Program to support four studentships in the area of clinical genomics.

Student Supervisor Affiliation Project
Minju Park William Gibson UBC Medical School Metabolic endophenotypes in lipodystrophy
Angela Burleigh Samuel Aparicio UBC Medical School Dissecting the heterogeneity of breast cancer methylomes
Matthew Michaleski James Johnston UBC Medical School Genomic Epidemiology of a TB Outbreak in BC
Michael Horkoff Andrew Sandford UBC Medical School The role of BPIFA1 and BPIFB1 in the immune response to Pseudomonas Aeruginosa infection in the lungs

 

BCCGN celebrates with members of the genomics community who recieved awards in 2011 to recognise their endeavors.

BCCGNSummer2011

From left to right Namrata Jhamb, SSRP Award; Emma Broderick, Jeffrey Cheuk Ho, Maia Kaplan, CFRI Awards and Eric Zhao BCCGN Award.

 2011 BCCGN Student Award Recipients

BCCGN supported ten student projects in 2011

2010 BCCGN Student Award Recipients

BCCGN supported seven student projects in 2010

2009 BCCGN Student Award Recipients

BCCGN supported seven student projects in 2009