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Around town: Operation Med School

Amanda — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 22:21:35 +0000

This one’s for you if you have a high school student around the house who is thinking that med school could be a good option for post-secondary. A group of enterprising Grade 11 and 12 students is putting on a one-day pre-medical conference for high school peers. Run as an annual event, Operation Med School… Read More »Around town: Operation Med School

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Around town: All creatures, great and small

Amanda — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 20:18:49 +0000

This weekend will see a gathering of the province’s veterinarians and staff in downtown Vancouver for the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) and the Society of British Columbia Veterinarians (SBCV) Chapter Fall Conference and Trade Show. The program seems predominantly small animal–oriented, but in reality, vets across BC handle all sizes of patient, quadruped and biped,… Read More »Around town: All creatures, great and small

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Around town: 16th International Conference of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Amanda — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:08:48 +0000

This week, Vancouver is hosting the 16th International Conference of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Jointly organized by three associations—the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences and the Pan-American Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology—conference attendees will attend sessions over five days. These include two plenaries delivered by Nobel Prize winners,… Read More »Around town: 16th International Conference of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Around town, a.k.a. back to school

Amanda — Fri, 13 May 2016 17:00:24 +0000

One of the reasons for highlighting upcoming science conferences in Vancouver in my Around Town series is that it gives me a push to find out more on a subject I may have little exposure to. It’s also a great inspiration for a regular series of blog posts! Last month, press releases ahead of one of… Read More »Around town, a.k.a. back to school

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Around town: Where’s the Patient’s Voice …?

Amanda — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:41:06 +0000

Most of the conferences covered in the Around Town series are annual or occasionally biennial events, hosting professionals for continuing education to update their skills, knowledge base and networking in the subject of their passion. The Patient’s Voice conference, held November 12–14, 2015 in Vancouver, was different: this was an evaluation of progress made since… Read More »Around town: Where’s the Patient’s Voice …?

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Around town: Human Proteome Organization World Congress 2015

Amanda — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:07:04 +0000

For a former protein scientist, the arrival of the HUPO World Congress in Vancouver is a Big Deal. First, one of my ongoing Talk Science to Me projects is a subcontract writing primary research reviews for a proteomics blog. Second, I am a proteins #fangirl. Whenever I think about proteins, Tigger’s song floats around my… Read More »Around town: Human Proteome Organization World Congress 2015

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Around town: The 8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2015)

Amanda — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:47:39 +0000

Next week, Vancouver welcomes the 8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention to the Vancouver Convention Centre. According to the conference website, this biennial forum is expected to receive about 6,000 delegates from a wide range of HIV/AIDS disciplines around the world. Organized by the International AIDS Society (IAS), the conference is also a partnership with… Read More »Around town: The 8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2015)

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Around town: 24th Annual John K. Friesen Conference—Harnessing Technology for Aging-in-Place

Amanda — Thu, 07 May 2015 18:16:34 +0000

On Thursday, May 14, the Segal Centre at the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Vancouver Campus will host the 24th Annual John K. Friesen Conference. The purpose of this event is to explore how technology can help adults in British Columbia to age in place, helping seniors to adapt their homes so they can keep living in… Read More »Around town: 24th Annual John K. Friesen Conference—Harnessing Technology for Aging-in-Place

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Around town: 6th Networking World Anesthesia Conference

Amanda — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 20:38:18 +0000

The Networking World Anesthesia Convention (NWAC) takes place next week in Vancouver, BC, bringing together clinicians and researchers working in this vital medical field. It is worth remembering that without adequate anesthesia, modern medicine and surgery would be stuck in the quick and dirty field of “getting it over with fast”: read Fanny Burney’s account of… Read More »Around town: 6th Networking World Anesthesia Conference

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