The BEST Collaborative Adding a title like ‘BEST President’ to any CV certainly has an impressive ring to it, but for Dr. Dana Devine, whose career has many accomplishments and accolades, it feels like coming full circle. Devine, Canadian Blood Services chief scientist, will commence her four-year term as President of the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative this September, two decades after she attended her first meeting with the international research organization. ‘It really feels like I’m coming full circle. I have had an enjoyable 20 years with BEST, partly due

This post was written by Ardin Sacayanan, an undergraduate student, and edited by Loulou Cai, a PhD student. Ardin and LouLou are trainees at the Centre for Blood Research at the University of British Columbia. The post originally appeared on the Centre for Blood Research blog in August 2022. Nicolas Pereyra is a graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Dana Devine, Canadian Blood Services chief scientist, located at the Centre for Blood Research. We are happy to congratulate Nicolas Pereyra for placing in the top three of this year’s UBC Three Minute Thesis (3MT)! The 3MT is an academic

Research 180 Video Competition now open for entries Canadian Blood Services’ latest trainee competition is delivered in partnership with the Centre for Blood Research at the University of British Columbia. We want to hear our trainees’ research stories and this year we’re excited to give trainees the opportunity to showcase these stories by creating engaging video content. “Impact in motion” The Competition’s theme is “Impact in motion”. We’re asking trainees to make 180-second videos that explains the applicant’s research and its impact/potential impact to a nonexpert public audience. The