{"id":183,"date":"2021-03-28T15:33:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T22:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/?p=183"},"modified":"2021-03-28T15:37:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T22:37:46","slug":"attn-grade-11-12-students-interested-in-pursuing-a-career-in-science-or-the-biomedical-field-event-on-may-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/2021\/03\/28\/attn-grade-11-12-students-interested-in-pursuing-a-career-in-science-or-the-biomedical-field-event-on-may-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Attn Grade 11-12 students interested in pursuing a career in Science or the Biomedical field: UBC event on May 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><b>Grade 11-12<\/b> students are encouraged to register for UBC&#8217;s virtual symposium <em><b>Stem Cell Talks<\/b><\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>May 13th, 2021<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><strong>What is Stem Cell Talks?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Stem Cell Talks is a science outreach program run by graduate\u00a0student\u00a0volunteers, sponsored and founded by\u00a0<b>Let&#8217;s Talk Science<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Stem Cell Network<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span>Each year, our symposium on UBC campus\u00a0attracts\u00a0more than 200 students. However, this year we are moving our event online due to the pandemic and planning a special theme,\u00a0<b>&#8220;Stem Cell and the Respiratory System&#8221;<\/b>, to introduce the role of stem cells in repairing tissue damage in the lung and strategies and technologies to investigate and combat Covid disease.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><b>What is included in our event?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Students will receive a virtual\u00a0<b>Workbook<\/b>\u00a0prior to the event, with\u00a0detailed\u00a0information about each lecture\u00a0and activity. During the event, there will be a knowledge contest about what have been shown in Demos and lectures and top-ranked students can win prizes.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><strong>How to join the event?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\">All you need is an electronic device and a Zoom account.\u00a0Register today for Stem Cell Talks at\u00a0<strong>Eventbrite:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/stem-cell-talks-2021-virtual-vancouvercalgary-tickets-143242595459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/stem-cell-talks-2021-virtual-vancouvercalgary-tickets-143242595459<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><strong>Time: Thu, May 13, 2021<\/strong><br \/>\n8:30 AM \u2013 3:00 PM PDT<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Theme and Agenda: Stem Cells and the Respiratory System<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><strong>Dr. Jeff Biernaskie<\/strong>\u00a0(University of Calgary):\u00a0<em>Stem Cells 101<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><strong>Dr. Amy Wong<\/strong>\u00a0(University of Toronto):\u00a0<em>Lung Physiology and Lung Organoids<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><strong>Dr. Bernard Thebaud\u00a0<\/strong>(University of Ottawa):\u00a0<em>Stem Cells and the Respiratory System<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><strong>Dr. Josef Penninger<\/strong>\u00a0(University of British Columbia):\u00a0<em>Modelling COVID-19 Using Organoids<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><strong>Dr. Erika Kleiderman<\/strong>\u00a0(University of Calgary):\u00a0<em>Ethics Perspectives of Stem Cell Therapies<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><strong>Panel discussion<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Careers in Science<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Demonstration videos of lab techniques<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large;\">If you have any questions or inquiries, please email us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:stemcelltalksvancouver@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stemcelltalksvancouver@gmail.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grade 11-12 students are encouraged to register for UBC&#8217;s virtual symposium Stem Cell Talks\u00a0on\u00a0May 13th, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0 What is Stem Cell Talks?\u00a0 Stem Cell Talks is a science outreach program run by graduate\u00a0student\u00a0volunteers, sponsored and founded by\u00a0Let&#8217;s Talk Science\u00a0and\u00a0Stem Cell Network.\u00a0Each <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/2021\/03\/28\/attn-grade-11-12-students-interested-in-pursuing-a-career-in-science-or-the-biomedical-field-event-on-may-13\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Attn Grade 11-12 students interested in pursuing a career in Science or the Biomedical field: UBC event on May 13<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8670,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8670"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}