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  • Graduate student Liz Clemis recipient of several awards

    Submitted: August 5th, 2009
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    Travel and Research Grants Awarded to Liz Clemis

    Although Liz has been with the Proteomics Centre for less than a year, she has already accumulated more than $6,000 in awards that will help her attend conferences related to her studies. Liz is working towards building an integrated platform for MALDI tissue imaging.

  • UVic-Genome BC Proteomics Centre awarded $625,500 from Western Economic Diversification

    Submitted: June 25th, 2009

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    Federal Investment Strengthens Life Sciences Sector
    June 25, 2009 Victoria, British Columbia

    Today, Andrew Saxton, Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board on behalf of the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification announced federal support for the University of Victoria's Genome BC Proteomics Centre to enhance its research, analytical and training services.

    "This investment will further strengthen the University of Victoria's Genome BC Proteomics Centre's position as an international leader in life sciences," said Mr. Saxton. "Our Government is taking action to support research and innovation in order to build a more competitive Canadian economy."

  • Ministry of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development Success Story

    Submitted: April 14th, 2009
    The UVic Genome BC Proteomics Centre is featured as a BC Ministry of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development Success Story.

    Read the press release here

  • Randy Mason awarded BCPN undergraduate training award

    Submitted: April 1st, 2009

    Randy Mason, an undergraduate student at the Uvic Genome BC Proteomics Centre, has been awarded a 2009 BCPN Undergraduate Training award. With this award, Randy will work on the development of an immuno-affinity MALDI (iMALDI) assay for diagnosing Hypertension at the Centre this summer.

  • Drs. John Webb, Brad Nelson, Julian Lum and Christoph Borchers awarded a CIHR Catalyst Grant for the Ovarian Cancer Immune Epitope Database

    Submitted: April 1st, 2009

    BC Cancer Agency researchers, Drs. John Webb, Brad Nelson and Julian Lum, in collaboration with Dr. Christoph Borchers secured a CIHR Catalyst Grant for the development of the Ovarian Cancer Immune Epitope Database. This work will catalogue ovarian cancer cell surface proteins and thus potential ovarian cancer drug targets.