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.
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:
PALM Trainee Virtual Conference Attendance Awards - Call for 2021 Applications
Due to COVID, these awards have been temporarily revised to reimburse students for virtual conferences where a registration fee was paid. The applications for 2021 are due by e-mail to heather.cheadle@pathology.ubc.ca by Friday, December 31st, 2021 at 4:00PM. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.
Eligibility:
The competition is open to Pathology graduate students irrespective of citizenship or residency status in Canada who are registered in the PhD Program, and are entering the 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th year of their program.
The conference must be identified as an international conference, but it may take place in Canada.
If you have any questions about your eligibility, please contact Heather Cheadle for clarification.
A complete application includes:
1) Completed PALM Trainee Virtual Conference Awards Application found here
2) Submitted Conference Abstract.
3) Latest Annual Report.
4) Evidence of Abstract acceptance at Conference for Poster/Podium Presentation.
Reimbursement of this award will occur by funds transfer from G+PS Graduate Awards.
Applications will be adjudicated by a Departmental Awards Committee, and the results of this competition will be announced in late January 2021.
Aboriginal Graduate Fellowships
The University of British Columbia offers multi-year fellowships to Master's and Doctoral Indigenous students. Award winners are selected on the basis of academic merit through an annual competition, administered by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Approximately a dozen new fellowships are offered each year.
Each fellowship provides a stipend of $18,200 per year for Doctoral students or a stipend of $16,175 per year for Master’s students. Additionally, AGF recipients are eligible to receive tuition funding. Tuition funding will not exceed the current value of the standard Doctoral or Master's degree tuition fees. Applicants for Master's funding will receive fellowship funding until the end of their second year of Master’s studies; applicants for Doctoral funding will receive fellowship funding for four years or until the end of their fifth year of Doctoral studies, whichever comes first. In all cases, continued fellowship support is conditional on satisfactory academic progress. Recipients of Master’s fellowship funding must re-apply to be considered for Doctoral funding.
All Indigenous students are eligible to apply, but priority is given to Indigenous students whose traditional territory falls, at least in part, within Canada. This includes Canadian First Nations, Métis or Inuit students and may include Indigenous students from Alaska and other states of the USA. The University may request further information to confirm Indigenous eligibility.
Application deadline: Friday, January 28th, 2022 @ 4:00pm PT
For complete application and nomination details, see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/aboriginal-graduate-fellowships
Professional Development & Workshops:
The Entrepreneurship @ UBC Newsletter can be found here.
Our group, The (Un)Scientific Method podcast, has partnered with SciCats to run NSERC funded science storytelling workshops for the UBC and SFU grad communities. We will then recruit participants from this training cohort to interview on the podcast and broadcast their research
These workshops will be held on December 6 & 13 from 12:00-12:45; and January 17 & 24 from 9:00 to 10:00. The registration links are available on the poster or at https://bit.ly/SciCatsPt1 and https://bit.ly/SciCatsPt2. Information can be found at our website https://theunscientificmethod.ca.
