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GSAT students participate in 3rd annual CHiBi/GSAT retreat

GSAT Students Participate in 3rd Annual CHiBi/GSAT Retreat GSAT students participated in the 3rd Annual Centre for High-Throughput Biology/GSAT retreat at UBC’s Loon Lake Research and Education Centre on October 1 & 2, 2012. The retreat allowed members of both groups the opportunity to exchange research ideas and participate in team building activities. Trainees from […]

GSAT program celebrates first graduate

GSAT Program Celebrates First Graduate GSAT student Laura Mai successfully defended her MSc thesis on Friday, August 26, 2011 to become the first student to graduate UBC with a degree in Genome Science & Technology. Laura’s thesis examined the application of SCODA to forensic exhibits. SCODA is a novel extraction method that utilizes electrophoretic forces […]

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2012 GSAT cohort underway

2012 GSAT Cohort Underway The GSAT program has enrolled 16 new graduate students in the 2012 cohort bringing the total number of students in the program to 41. Students in the 2012 cohort come from a wide variety of backgrounds with undergraduate degrees in Nanotechnology Engineering, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Computational Biology and Biopharmaceutical Science, to […]

BC Ministry of Advanced Education approves the new GSAT program

BC Ministry of Advanced Education Approves the New GSAT Program On July 30, 2010, the BC Ministry of Advanced Education granted approval to the new Genome Science + Technology graduate program at UBC. This unique multidisciplinary program, offered through the College for Interdisciplinary Studies, will allow graduate students to receive a more focused M.Sc. or […]