Posts from the ‘health’ category

A Life Worth Living: considering the limits of science in medicine and life

Horatio: O day and night, but this is wondrous strange! Hamlet: And therefore as a stranger give it welcome. There are more things in heaven and…

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World TB Day at UBC

Tomorrow, Wednesday March 24th, the Department of Microbiology and Immunology is co-hosting a TB awareness day to mark World TB Day. From the event website: WTBD-UBC…

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(2009) Malaria: How We Are Biting Back: Nadine Qureshi

Name: Nadine Qureshi Talk Title: “Malaria: How We Are Biting Back” Notes:Faculty of Science, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, 3rd year Topic: Nadine has heard…

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Our Torch to Bear

By Matt Whiteman On the evening of February 11th, just before the Olympic torch arrived on UBC campus, I met with our university’s president, Stephen J.…

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What role does Sport play in your life?

The Olympics are coming to Vancouver… and whether you’re excited about the Games or not, there are going to be lots and lots of great events…

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Saying hello to Carl Zimmer

Carl is currently in Vancouver, and he was gracious enough to come out for drinks with us last night. This was after a great talk he…

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Access to medicines: and for credit too!

Sonja says: “No doubt many of you have seen Mike Gretes’ fantastic talk at TEDxTerry Talks 08. If you haven’t yet, there’s a treat in store…

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(2009) Public Health in the 21st Century: the Open-Source Outbreak: Jennifer Gardy

Name: Jennifer Gardy Talk Title: “Public Health in the 21st Century: the Open-Source Outbreak” Notes: UBC Alumni (Faculty of Science, 2000). Topic: Dr. Jennifer Gardy, an…

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Microbes as glass sculptures: in a word, beautiful.

Dear Luke, I just saw a photo of your glass sculpture of HIV. I can’t stop looking at it. Knowing that millions of those guys are…

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Does the name Dr. Krisana Kraisintu ring a bell? (If not, might be worth reading this)

A review of Cocktail: A Play about the Life and HIV Drug Development Work of Dr. Krisana Kraisintu by Vince LiCata and Ping Chong Truth be…

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