Translating research to treat prostate cancer

Original story from the Faculty of Medicine can be found here. A sun-lit Vancouver building houses a world-renowned team of scientists and researchers. They are oncologists, medical geneticists, biologists, biophysicists and computer scientists – at the leading edge of cancer research…

SBME Seminar: Applied Neural Networks for Classification

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 at 1pm in the Biomedical Research Centre, Room 251 Title: Applied Neural Networks for Classification Speaker: Prof. David Becerra, Visiting Professor at Zandstra Lab, University Loyola Andalucía This is an introductory discussion on the use of…

Meet our Students: Delaram Behnami

Original story here Introduce yourself... My name is Delaram. I’m 27 years old. I am originally from Iran. I moved to Canada after high school in 2009 and have been a UBC student ever since! I got my Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering in 2014, Master of Applied…

RCL Lab wins student paper awards at SPIE Medical Imaging 2019

Original story here Congratulations to the Robotics and Control Laboratory (Salcudean, Rohling, Abolmaesumi), whose team has received both the first place and the second place student paper awards in image guided procedures, robotics Interventions and modeling at SPIE Medical…

Peter Zandstra Finalist in CIFAR's Global Call for Ideas

Original story here. CIFAR's Global Call for Ideas invited applicants from all over the world to propose an important research question they want to address. We chose 12 finalists, and will announce the final selection in May. Find out more about Peter Zandstra and his proposed program on …

Sara Mostafavi named to inaugural cohort of Canada-CIFAR AI Chairs

Original story from the Faculty of Medicine Dr. Sara Mostafavi, Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics, was named to the inaugural cohort of Canada-CIFAR AI Chairs for her work in artificial intelligence (AI) research. The 29 chairs will receive approximately $30 million…

BMIAI Hackathon a Success

The Biomedical Imaging and Artificial Intelligence<bmiai.ubc.ca> (BMIAI) research cluster held a two-day Hackathon on 3-4 November to connect with the student population and catalyze interest the rapidly growing field of data-driven biomedical imaging. Attendance at the event passed…

CUTTING-EDGE NEW CANCER TREATMENT COMING TO B.C.

Original story can be found here BC Cancer Foundation Announces $18.346 Million VANCOUVER, B.C.  – Today, the BC Cancer Foundation announced a historic $18.346 million philanthropic grant from the Aqueduct Foundation on behalf of an anonymous donor that aims to transform…

BMIAI Hackathon planned for November 3rd to 4th

You are cordially invited to the first Hackathon event hosted by the Biomedical Imaging and Artificial Intelligence (BMIAI) research cluster on November 3-4. This event will bring together students interested in exploring computer science in the context of biomedical applications is an…

The Innovators: UBC researchers behind new ultrasound advancement