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March 28, 2019: the "part of a well-balanced breakfast" edition
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Registration is now open for the
ICORD Trainee Symposium on May 13
-> Click here to register for the Trainee Symposium
Registration deadline: 5pm, Friday May 10
-> Click here to submit your abstract
Abstract submission deadline: 5pm, Friday April 26
If you are submitting an abstract, you must also register. Abstracts should be less than 250 words and information on abstract submission can be found on the registration website as well. Please contact us if you have any additional questions.
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Shannon Kolind fetured in Science
ICORD Investigator Dr. Shannon Kolind has been featured in Science! It's so exciting that this leading journal is recognizing the value of myelin water imaging technique that was developed and pioneered at UBC to study various neurological diseases.
Click here for the article.
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 The ICORD Seminar Series presents
Future Perspectives on 3D printing for SCI repair
Dr. Paul Dalton
Wednesday April 17
4-5pm in the Lecture Hall
Paul Dalton is Germany’s first Professor in Biofabrication, based at the University of Würzburg. A graduate from Curtin University in Perth, Australia, he was part of a successful team in the 1990s taking an artificial cornea from concept to the clinic at the Lions Eye Institute in Perth. Paul post-docced with Molly Shoichet at the University of Toronto, Canada, on neural tissue engineering and then with Martin Möller at RWTH Aachen, Germany, using nanotechnology for biomedical research. As a Welcome Trust advanced training award recipient in the United Kingdom and then at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, he investigated how biomaterials in the spinal cord can alter the injury cascade. However, it was the impressive capability of melt  electrowriting (MEW) as a 3D printing technology that led him to work at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia until 2014. With over 25 years’ experience across several disciplines, Paul has published over 100 research articles in journals including Advanced Materials, Progress in Polymer Science and Nature Materials with more than 7,000 citations, including over 1,000 citations in 2018.
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We are SO ahead of the game
The 2020 ICORD Annual Research Meeting will take place on Tuesday March 10 and Wednesday March 11. We have some exciting speakers lined up!
Put this in your calendar right now.
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Travel grants available for people with SCI
The Rick Hansen Institute is sponsoring travel grants for 8 individuals with SCI to attend the Journal of Wound Care’s 5th International Conference on Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, April 26-27. This conference will bring together a multidisciplinary team of expert international speakers to explore and investigate issues surrounding wound infection, identification, prevention and management of pressure.
Please email sciinquiries@rickhanseninstitute.org by Friday, April 5 with your interest or share this with those in your networks who may be interested.
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 Meet Zeina Waheed, Research Coordinator at the Rick Hansen Institute
Where are you from / how did you end up in Vancouver?
My family moved to Vancouver from Pakistan when I was 7 years old and I have lived here ever since.
Describe your job/what you do in the BSCC in three sentences or less.
I am a Research Coordinator at the Rick Hansen Institute. I work with the Research Team mostly on projects that use data collected in the Rick Hansen Spinal Cord Injury Registry (RHSCIR).
What’s your favourite thing about your job / research?
I enjoy learning from my colleagues and working with them on projects that aim to make positive impacts on the care and outcomes for patients and people living with SCI.
What do you like to do when you’re not working?
I have recently started skiing so a lot of my time nowadays has been trying to go as much as I can before the season ends! Other than that I enjoy cooking, travelling, and relaxing by either watching tv, reading or wasting time on the internet.
What’s your superpower?
My memory for relatively unimportant information; sometimes it’s a superpower, sometimes it’s a curse.
What’s the best book you’ve read, or show you’ve seen lately?
The best book I’ve ever read is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. I first read it as a teenager and it’s one book that I will never get tired of reading.
If you could have dinner with any scientist or clinician in history, who would it be and why (and where would you go to eat)?
Michael Smith: in addition to being a brilliant scientist he seemed to be a kind and generous person. I would take him to Pho Goodness!
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Volunteer to be profiled! Or nominate someone. You don't even have to know them (that's the whole point of this column!) Send ideas to Cheryl.
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GF Strong's Annual Research Day: May 8
This event is free, with lunch provided by the events sponsors. Enjoy presentations and posters by rehabilitation clinicians, researchers, graduate students, and residents on projects and topics relevant to the rehabilitation community. Click here for more information & preliminary program, or contact Tasha Klotz or Maria Canvin with your questions.
Want to present?
Are you a rehab clinician, researcher, graduate student or resident? For more information and instructions, or to submit your title, please email Tasha Klotz.
Important dates:
April 3: Submit presentation title.
April 17: Submit completed abstract.
April 24: Decision for podium or poster presentation announced.
May 2: Submit PowerPoint presentation.
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BCREGMED Trainee workshop (May 14) and 3rd annual symposium (May 15). Both taking place at the UBC Point Grey Campus.
Congratulations to Rahul Sachdeva and Shane Balthazaar of the Krassioukov Lab, who have both received BCREGMED travel awards. Want to apply for one yourself? Details here.
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TODAY: Meet some new people, make some connections
The next D.R.I.N.K.S. (Discussions Relevant to Inspiring New Knowledge & Science) social will happen TODAY (March 28) from 4 to 7pm at Mahoney's Stamps Landing. The purpose (if you need an excuse to stay a little later!) is to bring together faculty, clinicians, scientists, residents, trainees, staff, entrepreneurs, bio/pharm staff/execs/veterans, lawyers, VCs, journalists/editors, sabbaticals, and others with common interests in biomedical/translational research & discovery/commercialization once a month to casually interact and meet new people over a beverage of their choice and/or appie. It's also becoming a great way for people who have just moved to or are visiting Vancouver, or looking for collaborations, jobs, networking/socializing, to meet others in research/biomedical field/industry.
Future dates: Apr 18, 4-7pm
All are welcome to sign up for the LinkedIn page
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UBC Alumni Association presents
Game Changers: How Are Assistive Technologies Making Sport Accessible?
From basketball to recreational skiing and hiking, assistive technologies are helping break down barriers to sport participation for persons with disabilities or health concerns – and to support individual mental and physical wellbeing.
Join us as our panel of athletes, changemakers, and leaders share their personal experiences, and discuss ways that sport is being transformed – by technology and people – to broaden participation and to change our understandings of (dis)ability. Beyond just technology, we’ll hear stories of resilience and perseverance, while also gaining a better understanding of what more is needed to ensure equal participation for all.
Speakers
Dr. Andrea Bundon, MA’08, PhD’14, Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology
Gail Hamamoto, BA’91, Executive Director, BC Wheelchair Sports Association
Donovan J. Tildesley, BA’08, Former Canadian Paralympic Swimmer; flag bearer of Canada at the 2008 Paralympic Games
Monday April 8
6:30PM – 8:30PM
Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre
6163 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC
Tickets are $10. Free for students. Reception to follow. Light refreshments will be served.
Details + registration here
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The next Gordon Research Conference on Spinal Cord Injury is now open for registration
Spinal Cord Injury and Repair: From Molecules to Function
June 16 - 21, 2019
More info here.
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Canadian Spinal Cord Injury Research Meeting: April 8+9 - Online Registration is now sold out.
GF Strong Research Day: May 8
ICORD Trainee Symposium: May 13
ICORD Seminar Series: April 17, 4PM - Dr. Paul Dalton
ICORD ARM 2020: March 10-11, 2020
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2019 Trainee Symposium: registration is open!
The ICORD Trainee Committee is excited to announce that this year's Trainee Symposium is taking place on Monday May 13. Invited speakers will be Dr. Kristian Franze from Cambridge University, and Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis from UBC-O.
Click here to register Registration deadline: May 5
Click here to submit your abstract Deadline: April 25
More details in the News & Announcements section above.
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 Loay's workshop picks-of-the-week
Submitting Your Thesis (WEBINAR), Apr 4, 1-2 pm
The Steps for Planning your Doctoral Exam (WEBINAR), Apr 4, 2:15-3:30 pm
Say 'Yes' to Success (WEBINAR), Apr 25
SPSS for statistical analysis (Introduction), Apr 3
Choose the right citation management tool, Apr 4
Work on Campus: Digital & Social Media Assistant in Office of Indigenous Education and Indigenous Teacher Education Program (NITEP); 8 hrs/week
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Postdoc Career Day includes former ICORD postdoc on panel!
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 Applying for funding?
Assistance is available with ICORD boilerplate, infographics and illustrations. Contact Cheryl Niamath by email or call 604-675-8844.
Need signatures?
Unfortunately ICORD no longer has a grant facilitator. Lowell McPhail can help you get the Centre Director's signature on your application. Please request this at least 7 working days before the deadline.
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Mitacs’s Globalink Research Award - funding for university collaborations abroad
Through Mitacs’s Globalink Research Award (GRA), recipients can can receive $6,000 for research collaborations with universities abroad. Applications are accepted anytime, but please apply at least 16 weeks prior to your planned departure.
Destinations include Australia, China, EU member countries, Japan, the United Kingdom, Norway, and the United States and more — the complete list of eligible destinations is on the award web page.
If you have any questions, please contact international@mitacs.ca.
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Working on a grant application?
SPARC can help!
UBC's Support Programs to Advance Research Capacity (SPARC) offers comprehensive reviews for competitive funding applications, as well as workshops and tutorials to streamline the application process. Learn about the different services they offer, get to know their team, or contact them with any questions that you have about research support at UBC.
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Eggs are confusing
Eggs, which were once good for you, then bad for you, then again good for you, are now bad for you once more.
Orange juice is disappointing
On the topic of breakfast foods you can't be sure about, did you know that your "freshly-squeezed orange juice" might have been sitting for up to a year in a giant underground vat?
Do you smell toast?
Final item for our breakfast-themed column: Did you know that it was a Canadian neuroscientist who mapped the human brain while developing surgical treatment for epilepsy, and discovered the burnt-toast-smelling area? You probably did.
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What is the BICP?
You've likely seen the badge in our newsletter and the posters around the atrium, telling people about the Blusson Integrated Cures Partnership, but do you know about all of the different kinds of research and activities being supported by the BICP? ICORD and the Rick Hansen Institute have created a webpage to inform you about the work that we're doing together with the Rick Hansen Foundation through this unique collaboration.
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A microscopic announcement from VWR!
Please contact Clare or Nadia for more information and promotional offers.
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Do you recruit participants for research studies?
If you do, and you want your studies to be posted on the ICORD website, you can submit your study information online.
Just log into the members section of the site (scroll down to the bottom of any page and click on ICORD user: login (contact Matt if you need a reminder of the login ID and password). Complete the form, and the ICORD communications team will create a new study page using the information you've provided. We will also forward your study to the SCI-BC recruitment coordinator if you request this.
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Need logos?
Click the images to download full-size .png versions. Other logos and other file types are also available by contacting Cheryl at the ICORD Admin Office.
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Useful BSCC contacts
BSCC Access: contact Matt or Nadia in the Admin Office
Bookings (meeting rooms, AV, temporary parking requests): bookings@icord.org
Maintenance work requests + reports: bscc-maintenance@icord.org
MedIT: 1-877-266-0666 or medit.servicedesk@ubc.ca.
Lost+found: Paladin Security 604-677-3734
After-Hours emergency maintenance: 604-875-4111 x62601
After-Hours emergency cleaning: 1-844-372-1959
Paladin Security Urgent: 604-677-3672 (from an inside line: 88)
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