UBC Cellular & Physiological Sciences

📢 Faculty Opportunity at UBC The Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences invites applications for a Canada Impact Chair (Emerging Leader) in Multiparametric Physiologic Metabolism. 🗓️ Deadline: Oct 23 🔗Learn more: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Mark Cembrowski on receiving a CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund award! Learn more: research.ubc.ca/news/august-... #UBC #CFI

Exciting news! 🎉 Dr. Arun John Peter has been awarded a CIHR Spring 2026 Project Grant for his research on the lipid transporter Vps13 and its regulation at membrane contact sites. Congratulations on this well-deserved achievement! 👏 Learn more: research.ubc.ca/news/august-... #CIHR #UBC

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Kurt Haas, Dr. Ryan Hoiland, and Dr. Arun John Peter on being awarded NSERC Discovery Grants for 2026! This recognition supports their innovative research and reflects the strength of our research community. Learn more: research.ubc.ca/news/july-7-... #UBC #NSERC

Congrats to Drs. Cembrowski and Weidberg on receiving the 2026 UBC Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards! 🎉 A fantastic recognition of their impactful contributions to research and scholarship. 🔗 Read more: www.med.ubc.ca/news/faculty...

📢 Next Monday! Join us for the CPS Special Seminar featuring Dr. Cosimo Commisso from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. Title: “Organelle Rewiring in Cancer: Mechanisms of Metabolic Survival” 📌 May 25 at 2:30pm in LSC 3 and on Zoom We hope to see you there! 🌟

Join us in welcoming our new staff member, Niki Wang!⭐ We’re excited to have Niki join us as our HR Coordinator. She’ll be supporting our faculty and staff reappointments. Learn more: cps.med.ubc.ca/new-staff-an... Staff roles: cps.med.ubc.ca/staff/

📢Attn: Grad Students📢 Teaching Assistant positions are available for the 2026 Winter Session! 🌟 Apply by June 30. Learn more and apply: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

📢 [Speaker Updated] This Friday! Join us for the BMB Postdoc Symposium & LSI Joint Seminar, featuring Drs. David Burstein, Huan Zhong, Michael Rowley and Jerry Leung 📌 Symposium: Mar. 20 at 2pm in LSC 3 and on Zoom 📌 Seminar: Mar. 20 at 3pm in LSC 3 and on Zoom We hope to see you there! 🌟

📢Two positions for CAPS 391 available for the 2026 Summer Session! Apply by April 15, 2026 Application Form: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

📢 Today! Join us for the LSI-CPS/Zoology Joint Seminar featuring Dr. Douglas Portman Title: “Sex vs. Food: Biological Sex as a Modulator of Neural Circuit Function and Behavior in C. elegans” 📌 Feb 6 at 3pm in LSC 3 and on Zoom We hope to see you there! 🌟

📢 Next Monday! Join us for the CPS Special Seminar featuring Dr. Cristine Reitz Title: “Decoding human heart failure: Cellular and molecular architecture of the failing heart” 📌 Feb 5 at 12pm in LSC 3 and on Zoom We hope to see you there! 🌟

📢 Next Monday! Join us for the CPS Special Seminar featuring Dr. John Paul Kennelly Title: “New Pathways in Cholesterol-Driven Atherosclerosis” 📌 Feb 2 at 12pm in LSC 3 and on Zoom We hope to see you there! 🌟

📢 Next Thursday! Join us for the CPS Special Seminar featuring Dr. Adriana Blazeski Title: “Microphysiological Models of the Heart” 📌 Jan 22 at 12pm in LSC 3 and on Zoom We hope to see you there! 🌟

We’re thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. Calvin Roskelley as the new Head of the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences. 🌟 Check out our BIOCAPS spotlight to learn more about his vision and leadership: cps.med.ubc.ca/dr-calvin-ro...

📢 Next Thursday! Join us for the CPS Special Seminar featuring Dr. Lin Yuan Title: “Tuning Sensory Neuron Resilience” 📌 Jan 15 at 12pm in LSC 3 and on Zoom We hope to see you there! 🌟

How do cells call for help when their energy runs low? 🆘 Dr. Hilla Weidberg’s team discovered the “distress signal” they send — a breakthrough that could transform how we tackle disease and aging. Learn more: www.med.ubc.ca/news/ubc-sci...

Next Monday! Join us for the CPS Special Seminar featuring Dr. Wenzheng Shi Title: “Modeling Actin Dynamics Across Scales: From Noisy Leading Edges to Chiral Microtissues” 📌 Dec 1 at 12pm in MATX 1100 and on Zoom We hope to see you there! 🌟

📢 Next Wednesday! Join us for the CPS Special Seminar featuring Dr. Anamika Agrawal Title: “From Form to Function: Mathematical models to translate cellular physiology into neural function and dysfunction” 📌 Nov 26 at 2pm in Earth Sciences Building 5104 and on Zoom We hope to see you there! 🌟

📢 Next Monday! Join us for the CPS Special Seminar featuring Dr. Felix Zhou Title: “Cell Morphological Control of Signaling in Cancer” 📌 Nov 24 at 12pm in LSC 3 and on Zoom We hope to see you there! 🌟

📢 Next Friday! Join us for the LSI-CPS Joint Seminar featuring Dr. Julia Kaltschmidt Title: “Networking in the gut: development and organization of the enteric nervous system” 📌 Nov 21 at 3pm in LSC 3 and on Zoom We hope to see you there! 🌟

📢 Next Wednesday! Join us for the CPS Special Seminar featuring Dr. Yu-Chen Cheng Title: “Exploring Cell Heterogeneity: Implications for Treatment Variability and Resistance” 📌 Nov 19 at 2pm in ESB 5104 and on Zoom We hope to see you there! 🌟

📢This Friday! Join us for a CPS-LSI Joint Seminar featuring Dr. Hung-Ping Shih, hosted by Drs. Janel Kopp & Hilla Weinberg. Title: “Bridging the gap: reciprocal regulation of cell adhesion and cholesterol biosynthesis in maintaining islet function” 📌Nov. 7 at 3 PM in LSC3 See you there!🌟

📢 This Wednesday! Join us for the CPS Special Seminar featuring Dr. Nargess Khalilgharibi Title: “The role of basement membrane mechanics in the form and function of tissues” 📌 Nov 5 at 10:00 AM on Zoom We hope to see you there! 🌟

🎉 Huge congrats to Nazreen Khan on receiving the President’s Service Award for Excellence! Naz’s dedication, care, and behind-the-scenes brilliance make a lasting impact in the department.🌟 Learn more about Naz: focusonpeople.ubc.ca/awards/2025-...

📢Calling undergrads! Apply for the Dr. Susanne Clee Memorial Undergraduate Research Award by Nov 21 if you've volunteered in CPS labs (Sept 2024 - Aug 2025)🔬 ➡️Details: cps.med.ubc.ca/undergraduat...

Join us in welcoming our new staff member, Wendy Wu!⭐ We’re excited to have Wendy join us as our new program assistant. She’ll be supporting our undergraduate program. Learn more: cps.med.ubc.ca/new-staff-an... Staff roles: cps.med.ubc.ca/staff/

Congratulations to Drs. Bamji, Johnson, Kopp and Allan on receiving funding through the Spring 2025 CIHR Project Grant competition! Learn more: lsi.ubc.ca/spring-2025-...

📢CPS is collaborating with‪ @ubcaging.bsky.social to invite applications for the Assistant Professor (Tenure) position. Apply by Sep 15, 2025 ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo...

📢CPS is collaborating with the Department of Mathematics to invite applications for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair position in Mathematical and Computational Modelling in Cell Biology and Physiology. Apply by Sep 15, 2025 www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/26...

We are pleased to introduce our newest faculty member, Dr. Mikaela Stiver, as an Assistant Professor of Teaching! 🌟 ➡️Faculty Profile: cps.med.ubc.ca/faculty/stiv... Welcome to the CPS!👏

"Adrienne Kinman is credited with discovering a new type of brain cell – ovoid cells – which has opened doors to advancing the study of Alzheimer's, epilepsy and other cognitive conditions." 👏 Article featuring Adrienne, a PhD student in the Cembrowski Lab: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1ec5d1f...

Congratulations to Drs. Ivan Robert Nabi and Kurt Haas on receiving the 2025 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards! 🏅 Dr. Ivan Robert Nabi – Excellence in Basic Science Research 🏅 Dr. Kurt Haas – Advancement of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusiveness

📢 The 21st D. Harold Copp Lecture featuring Dr. Noboru Mizushima, Vice Dean and Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan! 📍June 24th at 3 PM in LSC 1 We hope to see you there!🌟 cps.med.ubc.ca/lsi-seminars...

📢 Next Thursday! Join us for an in-person CPS Special Seminar featuring Dr. Joan Camuñas-Soler, hosted by Dr. Jim Johnson. Talk Title: “Integrative Single-Cell Approaches in Diabetes and Cell-Free RNA Diagnostics” 📌 May 15 at 9:00 AM in LSC3 We hope to see you there! 🌟

📢 Next Tuesday! Join us for an in-person CPS Special Seminar featuring Dr. Matthew Buechler, hosted by Dr. Michael Underhill. Talk Title: “Cross-Tissue (Re)Organization of the Fibroblast Lineage” 📍May 13 at 2:30 PM in LSC3 We hope to see you there!✨

We are pleased to extend our congratulations to Dr. Mark Cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 Canadian Association of Neuroscience (CAN) New Investigator Award @can-acn.bsky.social! 🌟👏 Read more: can-acn.org/mark-cembrow...

We are very proud to announce the winner of the 2025 CAN New Investigator Award: Dr. Mark Cembrowski, Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia - Read his profile here: can-acn.org/awards/new-i...

📢Attn: Grad Students📢 Teaching Assistant positions are available for the 2025 Winter Session! 🌟 Apply by June 30 Learn more and apply: cps.med.ubc.ca/careers-2/

📢NEXT MONDAY! Join us for the CPS Special Seminar featuring Dr. Yanlan Mao from University College London. 💫 📍: Monday, April 14, 12:00-1:00 PM in LSC 3 Talk Title: “Coping with Mechanical Stress: Tissue Dynamics During Development, Homeostasis, and Repair” We hope to see you there! ✨

📢 CPS is now on Bluesky! 💙 We're excited to bring our key updates, research highlights, faculty news, and event announcements to Bluesky! 🚀 Let’s build this new space together—give us a follow and stay tuned! 📢 #UBC #CPS

Join us March 28 in LSC3 from 3:00-4:00 PM for a joint seminar by Alan Davidson, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry at the University of Toronto Adventures with Phages and CRISPR mbim.ubc.ca/events/semin...