Announcements
BCCGN celebrates members of the genomics community who recieve awards and recognition for their endeavors, including BCCGN Award announcements.
CFRI Student Research Day; Thursday 28th July 2011. Form left to right Namrata Jhamb, SSRP Award; Emma Broderick, Jeffrey Cheuk Ho, Maia Kaplan, CFRI Awards and Eric Zhao BCCGN Award.
2011 BCCGN Student Award Recipients
BCCGN is pleased to announce the winners of its 2011 Student Competition
| Student |
Supervisor |
Affiliation |
Project |
| Eric Zhao |
Christina Dias |
CFRI |
Identifying genomic causes of mental retardation. |
| Peter Wang |
Suzanne Lewis |
UBC |
Clinical and gene signatures of autism spectrum disorders. |
| Chelsea Fauth |
Scott Tebbutt |
UBC |
Genomic signatures that discriminate early from dual responses in allergic asthma and rhinitis subjects after allergen challenge. |
| Katherine Santos |
Ian Wilson |
BCAA |
Pathogenicity determination of unclassified DNA variants in familial cancer syndromes. |
2011 BCCGN Training Award Recipients
This year BCCGN partnered with CFRI's Training Program's Summer Student Program to support three studentships in the area of clinical genomics
| Student |
Supervisor |
Affiliation |
Project |
| Maia Kaplan |
Stuart Turvey |
CFRI/UBC |
The functional impact of NFKBIA gene promoter polymorphisms on the innate immune system. |
| Emma Broderick |
Dan Goldowitz |
CMMT/UBC |
Nicotine driven DNA methylation modifications. |
| Jeffrey Cheuk Ho |
Cheryl Wellington |
CMMT/UBC |
Characterization of apolipoprotein E modulators. |
2011 BCCGN Faculty of Medicine SSRP Awards
This year BCCGN partnered with UBC's Faculty of Medicine's Summer Student Research Program to support two studentships in the area of clinical genomics
| Student |
Supervisor |
Affiliation |
Project |
| Jay Ching-Chieh Wang |
Joanne Matsubara |
UBC |
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in the complement factor H (CFH) gene in eye tissues. |
| Namrata Jhamb |
Bill Gibson |
UBC |
Genetic obesity disorders: visceral fat and biomarkers of cardiometabolic risk. |
2011 CFRI Mini-med School Summer Student Award
| Student |
Supervisor |
Affiliation |
Project |
| Zoe Johnson |
Shelin Adam |
UBC/BCCGN |
BCCGN Survey to study the impact of clinical genomics on BC physicians |
2010 BCCGN Student Award Recipients
BCCGN supported seven student projects in 2010
2009 BCCGN Student Award Recipients
BCCGN supported seven student projects in 2009
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