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Seeing Is Believing Part 3, “NanoSpace Invaders: Seeing into the subcellular world”

On May 29, 2012, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the 10th LSI Café Scientifique. Over 50 interested community members, students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with LSI experts for the third session in the “Seeing Is Believing” series. The topic of the session was […]

Seeing is Believing Part 4, “Viewing the Biological World with X-rays and Magnetic Fields”

On Nov 14, 2012, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the 11th LSI Café Scientifique. Over 70 interested community members, students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with LSI experts for the fourth session in the “Seeing Is Believing” series. The topic of the session was […]

Seeing is Believing Series – Super-resolution Microscopy: Breaking the Diffraction Barrier

On April 30, 2013, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the 12th LSI Café Scientifique. Over 60 interested community members, students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with LSI experts for the fifth session in the “Seeing Is Believing” series. The topic of the session was […]

Oct 1st – Walking the tight-rope between Bleeding and Clotting

On Oct 1, 2013, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the 13th LSI Café Scientifique. Over 60 interested community members, students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with LSI experts for new series of Cafes focused on Disease. The topic of this session was “Walking the […]

<a href="https://lsi.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2013/10/21/igem/" title="UBC iGEM advances to World Championship"><img src="https://lsi.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2013/10/iGEM-Gold-150x150.jpg" alt="UBC iGEM advances to World Championship" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>

UBC iGEM advances to World Championship

UBC’s iGEM team wins best model and gold medal at the Regional Jamboree

<a href="https://lsi.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2013/07/05/lorincz-hirst-lab/" title="Lorincz & Hirst Lab"><img src="https://lsi.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2013/07/spotlight-150x150.jpg" alt="Lorincz & Hirst Lab" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>

Lorincz & Hirst Lab

Publication appearing in Nature

<a href="https://lsi.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2013/03/05/gsa/" title="LSI GSA Research Day"><img src="https://lsi.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2013/01/GSA-Research-Day-Poster-150x150.jpg" alt="LSI GSA Research Day" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>

LSI GSA Research Day

LSI GSA Research Day

<a href="https://lsi.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2013/01/09/dr-mike-gold/" title="Dr. Mike Gold, Canadian Society for Immunology 2013 Cinader Award Lecturer"><img src="https://lsi.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2013/01/spotlight3-150x150.jpg" alt="Dr. Mike Gold, Canadian Society for Immunology 2013 Cinader Award Lecturer" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>

Dr. Mike Gold, Canadian Society for Immunology 2013 Cinader Award Lecturer

<a href="https://lsi.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/12/05/foster-lab-naus-lab/" title="Foster Lab & Naus Lab"><img src="https://lsi.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2012/12/spotlight7-150x150.jpg" alt="Foster Lab & Naus Lab" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>

Foster Lab & Naus Lab

Publication appearing in Biochim Biophys Acta – Biomembranes

<a href="https://lsi.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/10/29/michael-gordon/" title="Michael Gordon"><img src="https://lsi.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2012/10/spotlight14-150x150.jpg" alt="Michael Gordon" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>

Michael Gordon

Publication appearing in The Journal of Neuroscience