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Past Cafes

Nov 14 – Once upon a time we treated Diabetes with Insulin

Drs. Megan Levings, Garth Warnock & Timothy Kieffer

Oct 1st – Walking the tight-rope between Bleeding and Clotting

On Oct 1, 2013, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the 13th LSI Café Scientifique. Over 60 interested community members, students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with LSI experts for new series of Cafes focused on Disease.  The topic of this session was “Walking the […]

Seeing is Believing Series – Super-resolution Microscopy: Breaking the Diffraction Barrier

Tuesday, April 30th

Seeing is Believing Part 4, “Viewing the Biological World with X-rays and Magnetic Fields”

On Nov 14, 2012, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the 11th LSI Café Scientifique. Over 70 interested community members, students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with LSI experts for the fourth session in the “Seeing Is Believing” series. The topic of the session was […]

Seeing Is Believing Part 3, “NanoSpace Invaders: Seeing into the subcellular world”

On May 29, 2012, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the 10th LSI Café Scientifique. Over 50 interested community members, students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with LSI experts for the third session in the “Seeing Is Believing” series. The topic of the session was […]

Seeing is Believing Part 2 – “Flights of Fancy: using Fruit Flies to shed light on Health and Disease”

On February 13, 2012, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the 9th LSI Café Scientifique. Over 50 interested community members, students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with LSI experts for the second session in the “Seeing Is Believing” series. The particular topic of the session […]

Seeing is Believing Part 1, The Universe Within – Seeing how cells move and interact.

On November 21, 2011, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the 8th LSI Café Scientifique. A record number of over 60 interested community members, students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with LSI experts for the first session of the “Seeing Is Believing” series. The particular topic […]

E-natomy – How digital anatomy has changed the way we teach and practice medicine.

On May 17, 2011, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the seventh LSI Café Scientifique.  Over 50 interested community members, as well as students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with experts on the topic of “E-natomy – How digital anatomy has changed the way we […]

Memories in your Genes?

On March 29, 2011, the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) at the University of British Columbia hosted the sixth LSI Café Scientifique. A record number of over 75 interested community members, students and faculty gathered for an informal and participatory dialogue with LSI experts on the topic of “Memories in your Genes?” The Café featured members […]

What can be done about antibiotic resistance?

On November 16, 2010, the University of British Columbia Life Sciences Institute hosted the fifth LSI Café Scientifique at the Cafe Perugia.

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