Assistant professor at @ubcpharmacy | Bioinspired design at the microbe-material biointerface | Ice cream enthusiast and lover of the outdoors
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined September 2011
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Thrilled to announce that I will be joining the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences as an Asst Prof in Jan 2023! My lab at @ubcpharmacy will design bioinspired nanomaterials that interface with microbial communities to advance human health
Our Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at #UBC is #hiring an assistant professor in the #Nanomedicine and #ChemicalBiology research theme! All research areas pertaining to Nanomedicine or Chemical Biology are welcome. Please share widely! tinyurl.com/56hu4u45
Vancouver Nanomedicine Day 2024 was a huge success! Over 200 attendees with fantastic talks from @AmaniHariri20 @coledeforest , @SMitragotri , Kim Woodrow, @cryoem_UBC and many others! Wonderful to co-chair this conference with Urs Hafeli and host it at our @ubcpharmacy
Had a fun lab outing today to the UBC Botanical Garden! Especially enjoyed the Tree Walk on suspension bridges dangling above the forest floor. So many fun and beautiful places to explore right on campus!
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Very happy to receive this NSERC Discovery Grant to develop new classes of microbe-interfacing nanomaterials. Stay tuned as our lab explores this exciting research space!
Congratulations to #UBC Pharm Sci's @joelfinbloom, @tvelenosi, and Brian Rodrigues, 2024 NSERC Discovery Research Program recipients. Read more at ow.ly/6G8250Sj0TS. @NSERC_CRSNG @InovationCA @TIPS_SPIIE
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Bonus #2: quality time with #labfamily! 😊 @pashucklab @BoekhovenLab @P_Dankers @joelfinbloom @SamuelStupp @AnnaMetko @AnnaBlakney @shaobaqian @SaraISCarvalho @funbiomats @fernandezdebets #MollyStevens @GordonConf 🇨🇭🍷🏔️
ALT People at dinner posing for a selfie
ALT People standing in front of a mountain in Switzerland
Very thankful to be here at the Bioinspired Materials @GordonConf in Switzerland!🇨🇭Great science, people, & views 🏔️ Bonus: hanging with our PhD and postdoc advisors at the same time @SamuelStupp #DameMollyStevens @pashucklab #labfamily
ALT Lesley Chow, Molly Stevens, Sam Stupp, & Tommy Pashuck standing outside
ALT View of mountains in Switzerland
Had a wonderful time at @2024Wbc! So nice to reconnect with old friends, meet new folks, and hear about exciting science. Especially great to hear talks by @DesaiLabUCSF members @justinxzhong and @preethiragh
Now for some vacation before Bioinspired GRC in Switzerland!
Around the world in 30 days! 🌏 Heading to the Biomaterials Congress @2024Wbc in Korea followed by vacation in Seoul and Okinawa. Then 24h in Taipei en route to the Bioinspired @GordonConf in Switzerland. And finally heading back home after 48h in Paris. Let the adventure begin!
Had a great time last week at the @ubcpharmacy Grad and Postdoc Research Symposium! Fantastic to hear about all the exciting research being done in the Faculty and was especially nice to see lab members Noah and Chinekwu present their work for the first time! #proudPI
Such a great conversation about mentorship in the sciences. How to support trainees, rethink career landscapes, and cultivate a people-focused research environment.
Dr. Nika Shakiba (@nika_shakiba), Assistant Professor at @SBME_UBC, sits down this week with the Lab Coats & Life Podcast to talk about how the landscape of #mentorship is changing, the importance of scientific storytelling, and more.
👂 Listen now! bit.ly/49QvY9I
Daylights saving and living in Vancouver means leaving work in the dark a lot during the winter months. But at least it also means catching amazing sunsets from the office!
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We are ✨hiring✨ not one, not two, but three new faculty positions in @SBME_UBC! The focuses are on cell therapies for autoimmune diseases, neuroengineering and immunoengineering. Passion for pranking @PZandstra on April Fool's desired, but not required. Please RT (RX? Idk)!
Shasta Day at UBC! Had to do the UBC Pharm Sci building photo shoot to make the “lab dog” title official.
Had a lot of fun writing this review article! Nature is full of beautiful nanomaterials serving important functions. By taking inspiration from these materials we can create new drug carriers to treat diseases such as cancer and bacterial infections. bit.ly/3HxuZPT
My fascination with nanotopography started in grad school and has continued ever since! Learn how nanscale structures inspired by nature can modulate biological barriers. Kudos to the team @joelfinbloom @XiaoHuangNano Dr. Cindy Huynh @UCSF @brownengin
Looking forward to further developing nanomedicine to treat bacterial biofilms with my independent lab at @ubcpharmacy! This work was a major part of my postdoc at @DesaiLabUCSF and it’s great to see it published in @ScienceAdvances. Check it out! science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
Excited to share our newest @ScienceAdvances paper on codelivery of antimicrobials with nanocomplexes to treat lung infections. Congrats to @joelfinbloom and @preethiragh for leading this effort and our awesome @UCSF collaborator Michelle Yu. @brownengin
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New job, new views! Settling into my first week at @ubcpharmacy. Love looking off at the mountains in this beautiful city. Excited to get started building up the lab, doing new and exciting research, and exploring all the wonderful nature that BC has to offer!
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Bittersweet send off to @joelfinbloom from the @DesaiLabUCSF! Enjoy your new position @UBC ! We are so excited for your next chapter.
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One of my favorite White House traditions was telling Thanksgiving jokes – which at least I thought were funny.
Here’s a look back at some of my favorites:
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Both Parnassus and Mission Bay campuses at UCSF came together today for an absolutely incredible day 6 ✊🏼 #FairUCNow #UAWonStrike @sruuaw @uaw2865 @UAW5810
