3 things you should know about the science behind the diversity of Canada’s winter precipitation, the April 2024 solar eclipse and how to safely watch it, and how the new methods of bioponics can make hydroponic agriculture organic

Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Cassandra Marion, and Michelle Campbell Mekarski. They are Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert scientific advice on key subjects relating to the Canada Agriculture

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Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 Criteria

Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 Criteria Transplantation Organs and Tissues Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Friday, February 16, 2024 Cathy Jones Background  Recipients of the Canadian Blood Services Lifetime Achievement Awards are individuals whose landmark contributions are recognized as both extraordinary and world class in the field of transfusion and transplantation medicine, stem cell or cord...

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Microbiology lab reflects on 20 years of advancing knowledge and providing evidence to improve blood component safety

Microbiology lab reflects on 20 years of advancing knowledge and providing evidence to improve blood component safety Transfusion Blood Tuesday, February 13, 2024 Sandra Ramirez-Arcos This post was written by Canadian Blood Services senior scientist, Dr. Sandra Ramirez-Arcos, on behalf of the microbiology lab, affectionately known as the Micro Lab, located at Canadian Blood Services’...

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UBC’s trailblazing biologist, Dr. Gertrude May Smith

Dr. Gertrude May Smith in 1926, the year she received her MA in biolology from UBC. Photo: Frederick Louis HackingUBC Science’s first female professor was unceremoniously let go during the Great Depression — but her contributions live on in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum collectionsBy Ildiko SzaboIf you open the Beaty Biodiversity Museum cabinet containing rough-skinned newt specimens, the jar...

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Unveiling trogocytosis: A breakthrough in understanding antibody-mediated immune suppression

Unveiling trogocytosis: A breakthrough in understanding antibody-mediated immune suppression Plasma Transfusion Tuesday, February 06, 2024 Dr. Travis Sztainert This blog was written with the assistance of Canadian Blood Services senior scientist, Dr. Alan Lazarus. Yoelys Cruz Leal giving a presentation at ISBT in Gothenburg, which led up to the published article. In transfusion science, groundbreaking...

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