adMare’s Lunch & Learn: Building Talent with Amplitude Ventures
2022-03-17 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Vancouver) | Online
Are you an outstanding life science focused PhD candidate, post doc, MD, or inventor? Do you want to stay rooted in health and life science while exploring the dynamic and creative scientific impact you can have as an entrepreneur? The Amplitude Fellowship may be what you’re looking for. The Amplitude Fellowship is a crucible where Canada’s brightest health-focused PhD candidates, post docs and MDs – many of whom are also inventors – come together each summer to explore “what if” biotech concepts as the first step in creating novel, life-changing health science companies.
Please join us for a seminar and Q&A to learn more details about the program, the venture creation process at Amplitude and explore whether life science entrepreneurship is a path for you.
Amplitude Ventures is one of Canada’s foremost life science ventures firms that creates, builds and grows the next generation of world leading companies. We’ve been involved in catalyzing and launching Canada’s leading platform companies such as Notch Therapeutics, Deep Genomics, Radiant Biotherapeutics, Congruence Therapeutics and Gandeeva Therapeutics.
Join us for this “Lunch and Learn” session with Michael Mee, Principal at Amplitude Ventures on Thursday, March 17th, at 12 PM EST to learn about the Amplitude Fellowship.
Register for the event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0LZ8J0nLTX-6kaqccIHkWA

Science Communication Career Workshop
2022-03-18 05:00 - 06:00
Are you interested in science communication as a career but aren’t sure how to make it happen? Join the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health and the Women’s Health Research Cluster on March 18th, from 12-1pm to learn more! This event will feature a panel of three science communicators, all with diverse backgrounds, who will be sharing their insights and experience in their science communication journey. This event is open to anyone who is interested in learning more about a career in scicomm.

NMIN Lecture: Dr. Gang Zheng
2022-03-23 10:00 - 11:30
Dr. Gang Zheng is Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, cross-appointed to Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering & the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy & the Institute of Medical Science. He is also Associate Research Director of Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.

His research is currently focused on developing clinically translatable technology platforms to combat cancer. His lab discovered porphysome nanotechnology (Nature Materials 2011), named one of the “top 10 cancer breakthroughs of 2011” by the Canadian Cancer Society. His lab also discovered that on exposure to low-frequency ultrasound, porphyrin microbubbles form nanoparticles that possess the same optical and therapeutic properties as the original microbubble, and can be used simultaneously for imaging and drug delivery (Nature Nano 2015). Dr. Zheng is an Associate Editor for Bioconjugate Chemistry and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. In 2019, he was awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cancer Nanomedicine.

Neglected Diseases: Recent Breakthroughs
2022-03-25 02:30 - 05:30
On behalf of the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative (NGDI) at the University of British Columbia and the organizing committee, we would like to invite you to attend the symposium on Neglected Diseases: Recent Breakthroughs. There will be a number of local and international speakers that will share their scientific contribution and field experience in the area of neglected diseases.
The event is scheduled for March 25th, 2022 and will be hosted on Zoom
Time: March 25, 2022 from 09:30 AM to 12:30 PM PST.
Location: Event will be hosted on Zoom
*Zoom ID and password will be shared once registered.*

Women In Science - A Fireside Chat
2022-03-25 12:00 - 13:00
Event Summary
Join us for an insightful fireside chat with inspiring women-identifying scientists from diverse disciplines united by their history of conquering stigma and barriers faced by women and other minorities in STEM. Hear from these women about challenges they faced throughout their career and, more importantly, how they overcame them to stride towards success with grace and grit. Have the opportunity to ask your questions and determine how to navigate the current and future science landscape in Canada as a woman-identifying person.
Event objectives
Understand the unconscious and conscious biases and barriers against women and other minorities in STEM
Learn about challenges faced by successful women-identifying scientists in diverse disciplines and how they overcame them
Determine how to best set yourself up for success as a woman in STEM
Event Details
March 25th, 12 pm – 1 pm PST
Online (Zoom)
Register Here:
https://www.s2bn.org/events-dg2jf/vancouver-victoria-women-in-science-a-fireside-chat
Speaker Bios
Dr. Larissa Vingilis-Jaremko, Founder & President
Canadian Association for Girls in Science (CAGIS)
https://girlsinscience.ca/
In 1992, at age nine, Larissa Vingilis-Jaremko founded the Canadian Association for Girls in Science (CAGIS), a not-for-profit organization that supports interest in science, technology, trades, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) among girls and gender nonconforming youth. As a child, Larissa noticed that girls in her class had negative, stereotyped images of STEM professionals, stereotypes Larissa knew weren’t true because her parents, a scientist and engineer, didn’t fit the mould. She wanted to expose girls to diverse role models, exploration, and hands-on activities to break stereotypes and share the excitement of STEM. What started as a small, local group of 20 girls expanded to a national organization with chapters across Canada.
Larissa remains president of CAGIS and has become a strong voice and recognized expert internationally. She is often consulted by various levels of government, speaks to the media regularly on issues relating to gender equity in STEM, and serves as an adviser and consultant on numerous selection and review committees.
Larissa has created awareness of the barriers that still exist, and through her efforts has become renowned for her work. She has received a variety of honours including Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women, Toronto Young Woman of Distinction, London Young Woman of Excellence, Youth in Motion Top 20 Under 20, Chatelaine’s 80 Amazing Canadian Women to Watch, and more. In addition to her work with CAGIS, Larissa serves as chair of the board of directors of the Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades, and Technology (CCWESTT). Larissa is trained as a vision scientist and received her PhD from McMaster University in 2013.
Dr. Edie Dullaghan, Scientific Director
adMare Academy, adMare BioInnovations
https://www.admarebio.com/
As the Scientific Director of the adMare Academy, Dr. Edie Dullaghan plays a direct role in the development and advancement of scientific talent within the Canadian life sciences ecosystem. At adMare, Dr. Dullaghan supports the Academy’s programs, including The BioInnovation Scientist Program, a one-of-a-kind program for early-career scientists looking to build a drug development and commercialization career in Canada’s life sciences industry.
Previously, Dr. Dullaghan worked at CDRD – The Centre for Drug Research and Development as the Director of Target Validation, where she spent over ten years advancing made-in-Canada innovations while also mentoring the next generation of drug developers. Prior to joining CDRD, Dr. Dullaghan served as the Pathogenomics Project Leader for Inimex Pharmaceuticals Inc., developing robust animal models of human infections with a focus toward host defense peptides and small molecules. Over the course of her career, she has managed several large-scale R&D programs, including leading a global collaboration with LifeArc and The Defence Science and Technology Laboratories (DSTL) in the United Kingdom using a novel approach in drug target discovery that capitalises on areas of commonality across pathogens.
Dr. Dullaghan obtained her PhD in the U.K. at the National Institute for Medical Research, studying the molecular genetics of the SOS response in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of TB.
Would you like to join our S2BN Vancouver-Victoria team?
Email us at: s2bnvancouver@s2bn.org

UBC's Three Minute Thesis Final
2022-03-30 12:00 - 14:00
Listen, learn and be fascinated. Graduate students spend years mastering a subject. The Three Minute Thesis Competition asks them to present their research in three minutes. Join us on March 30 for the 2022 UBC 3MT final. All members of the public are welcome to attend. Click on the website link below to RSVP.
