Below is information on how students who have been impacted by the recent flooding in BC and are in need of urgent financial support can access emergency funding.
Coordinator's Corner:
Course Announcements:
PATH 547 (3 credits) will be starting in January! Register now!
PATH 547 - Techniques in Molecular Biology and Experimental Pathology. Students will learn restriction enzyme digests, Northern and Southern blotting, cloning, DNA sequencing, polymerase chain reaction technology, electron microscopy, and fluorescein-activated cell sorting. Course Coordinator: Dr. David Ng
Course Objectives:
- To survey and use a range of molecular techniques (from old to new) that would prepare a researcher for molecular biology work.
- To focus on the biochemical principles in these techniques for best practices in troubleshooting and modifying experiments.
- To to provide an opportunity for public science engagement, in the form of science writing assignments that aim to engage a layman reader.
Job Opportunity:
AMBL, the teaching facility within the Michael Smith Laboratories, is looking to hire 2 Pathology Graduate students to participate in their outreach programming. Candidates will be hired to work with others on coordination and instruction activities associated with AMBL’s Grade 11/12 fieldtrip sessions (see http://www.bioteach.ubc.ca/portfolio/pcr-dna-fingerprint-assay-grade-12/ for more information).
Presently, we are hoping to re-open this field trip after a COVID pause, with a mind to host approximately 10 dates (schedule to be determined but will fall within the January 2022 to June 2022 timeframe, and subject to the availability of the AMBL lab, teacher schedules as well as the schedules of the graduate students hired). The two hires will work as a pair to deliver a 5 to 6 hour program to visiting Grade 11 and/or 12 classes. Hires will be appointed as Graduate Academic Assistants at a rate of $150 per session (or ~$25-$30 per hour).
Given the continued uncertainty around COVID, we are also hoping that in the event of having to further postpone the fieldtrips, the students hired would still be available as hires in September 2022.
Interested candidates should provide a cover letter and an updated CV to Dr. David Ng via email (db@mail.ubc.ca) on or before December 3rd, 2021 at 4:00pm. Relevant experience in working with high school students and/or science outreach programming for young people is a plus, as is strong interest in issues related to science education, science communication or science advocacy.
We are accepting feature photo submissions for upcoming newsletters! Email Heather with your photo at heather.cheadle@pathology.ubc.ca.
If you have changed your email address since the start of your Program, please email it to me to ensure you continue to receive Program Communications. Please also be sure to update your email in SIS to continue to receive important communications including awards notifications.
Awards:
UBC Affiliated Fellowships-Master's
Application deadline: 1 December 2021 before 5:00 pm PT (8:00 pm ET). Note that the application deadline is set at the national level and is not flexible; late applications cannot be submitted in the system and extensions to the deadline are not possible. Please also set the deadline for your referees to submit references a few hours earlier to avoid any issues.
The UBC Affiliated Fellowships Master's competition runs in concert with the Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master's (CGS-M; see below) competition. Approximately 50 fellowship with values ranging from $175 to $16,000 are offered through this competition. Current and prospective full-time UBC-Vancouver graduate students can apply regardless of citizenship or visa status. Students who are eligible for the CGS-M must submit a CGS-M application in order to additionally be considered for Affiliated funding.
Detailed Affiliated Fellowships-Master competition information with links to application and reference forms is available at: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/affiliated-fellowships-masters-program.
The deadline by which Affiliated Fellowship applications for Master's-level funding must be submitted to the Program to the Graduate Program Coordinator at heather.cheadle@pathology.ubc.ca is Tuesday, 1 December 2020 at 5pm PT (same as the deadline for Tri-Agency CGS-M applications).
Tri-Agency Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master's (CGS-M)
Applicants for Tri-Agency CGS-M competition must be domestic students (Canadian citizen or PR) who are applying for or enrolled in graduate studies anywhere in Canada. Each applicant can select up to 3 universities with the same application. To be considered for a CGS-M at UBC, they must select The University of British Columbia as one of the 3 available institutions.
Details about this award opportunity, including eligibility and evaluation criteria, are available at http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSM-BESCM_eng.asp and our site at https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/canada-graduate-scholarships-masters-cgs-m-program.
Students who apply for CGS-M awards will automatically be considered for open/un-restricted Affiliated Fellowships. To be considered for criteria-based Affiliated Fellowships, students should fill out and submit to their graduate programs the checklist available at https://www.grad.ubc.ca/forms/list-criteria-based-affiliated-fellowships.
ATTN: Tri-Agency Applicants: Be sure to separately email Heather your completed list of the criteria-based affiliated awards that you would like to be considered for by the deadline.
