Event Date: May 28, 2018
VPRI Unit: SPARC
At the request of Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR), SSHRC is circulating the 2018 call for proposals to the ICLR Quick Response Program. This program supports researchers’ quick deployment to a disaster-affected area in the aftermath of an extreme event to collect perishable data.
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VPRI Unit: Sequencing and Bioinformatics Consortium
BC Cancer’s Genome Sciences Centre (GSC) and UBC’s Sequencing and Bioinformatics Consortium (SBC) are now collaborating as the Genomics Technology Platform, supported by Genome BC and Genome Canada. For quotes and sample submission enquiries please contact Dr. Sunita Sinha.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
UBC professor Janet Werker, a world-renowned developmental psychologist, was awarded the 2018 Killam Prize in Social Sciences, one of Canada’s most prestigious awards for academic-career achievement.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Date: June 11-14, 2018 Time: 9.00am - 4.00pm (each day) Location: GEOG 101, 147, 200, Geography Building, 1984 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Adi Steif named one of 14 members of the inaugural 2018-2019 class of Schmidt Science Fellows.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
UBC researchers are named among the latest Canada Research Chairs appointments.
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New UBC Chairholders
Burton, Cole Canada Research Chair in Terrestrial Mammal Conservation
RenewED UBC CHAIRHOLDERS
Armstrong, Jeannette C. Canada Research Chair in Okanagan Indigenous Knowledge and Philosophy
Event Date: Jun 12, 2018
VPRI Unit: SPARC
In the SSHRC IG Peer Editing Workshops, participants will bring a draft of the appropriate module to be peer reviewed in small groups (3-4 applicants). Registered applicants will be emailed location details in advance of the sessions. Please note researchers all welcome to attend any combination of the below sessions, including attending the same session twice.
Set 1
Budget/Budget Justification: Monday, July 8th, 10am-1pm
Knowledge Mobilization Plan and Expected Outcomes:...
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Meagan Black and Evan Bowness named among top 25
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
13 projects supported by John R. Evans Leaders Fund
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Judith Mank, Josef Penninger and Azim Shariff are the latest international researchers to join UBC through the Canada 150 Research Chairs Program.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
When: Wednesday, May 9th 2018 (10am-11am PDT) Where: Webinar
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Research analysis workflows have become increasingly complex over the years. As a result, the management of such workflows has become a daunting task, especially for those lacking advanced computing skills or working on distributed systems.
Is there a better way? Fortunately, yes.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Compute Canada has launched the Canadian Bioinformatics Helpdesk.This online community forum is a free service that aims to provide support for the national bioinformatics community with bioinformatics experts from across the country - using its forum, training and education workshops, and even one-on-one sessions.
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Come join our team!
UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is hiring a Student Assistant for the Summer term under the UBC Work Learn Program. Please see Job ID 848993 on the CareersOnline website.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
The British Columbia-led Digital Technology Supercluster is one of the funding recipients for the Government of Canada’s Innovation Supercluster Initiative, announced my Minister Navdeep Bains on February 15, 2018.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
2018 George W. Beadle Award recognizes Hieter's outstanding contributions to the genetics research community
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
When: Wednesday, February 14th 10am-11am PSTWhere: Online Webinar
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This webinar will include information on how structural variants can arise, their importance in cancer, and how they are detected at the Genome Sciences Centre.
Speakers:
Karen Mungall, Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
UBC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 Faculty Research Awards. Winners were selected by UBC’s Faculty Research Awards Committee and will be honoured at a reception in April.
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VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Made possible through a generous gift from Microsoft, a total of $100,000 is available as seed funding to catalyze collaborative projects between UBC and University of Washington researchers pertaining to transportation, housing, public health, and law.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Two new internal awards are available to build or strengthen collaborative research partnerships by enabling researchers to move between UBC campuses or between UBC and the University of Washington.
VPRI Unit: VP Research & Innovation Office
Funding to support 65 projects at UBC and affilaited health authority research institutes.