Pakpour Laboratory

Biomedical Microbiome Research (BMR) Laboratory | UBC
Associate Director - Graduate Students - School of Engineering - UBC

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@fordnation Thank you!

[CTV News Toronto @CTVToronto]

#NEW: Global Day of Action draws one of Toronto’s largest protests ever
https://t.co/PcyUlNZYnP

[Pakpour Laboratory @Pakpourlab]

Huge congratulations to Joud Jelassi on successfully passing her PhD proposal exam & officially becoming a PhD candidate at @UBCOkanagan! Joud is a hardworking, creative, and dedicated researcher; we're so proud of you. Keep up the amazing work! #WomenInSTEM #PhDCandidate #BMRLab

[James Olson @JamesDeanAPSC]

Celebrating @UBC research award winners with @ubcprez Bacon! Congratulations everyone especially @ubcappscience @ubco @UBCOSOE Professors Sepideh Pakpour, Sina Kheirkhah, Amanda Giang and Vikram Yadav. @ubcmech

[Negin Kazemian, PhD @NeginKazemian]

The collaborative research coming from @PakpourLab (@UBCSOE), @Narayan_ADSL (@UBC), @Holvera (@OHSUNursing), and @CedenoLaurent (@Rutgers) is available now at https://t.co/uaHGDdNog0! 📖 #gutbrainaxis #mentalhealth #guthealth

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Using high-speed train technology to quickly and inexpensively detect airborne viruses. Learn more about our magnetic levitation system that was recently published in @acsnano. @UBCOSOE @michiganstateu

[Castanet @CastanetNews]

Virus detection levelling up #Kelowna https://t.co/0B3en0AVws

[UBC Health @ubc_health]

@AMDB_Cluster @Pakpourlab Congratulations! We look forward to the project outcomes.

[AMDB Cluster @AMDB_Cluster]

Congratulations to @Pakpourlab for receiving the UBC #HIFIAward! 🎉👏

The upcoming #research will investigate the connection between the conjunctival-gut #microbiome and dry eye diseases associated with age.

For a full recipient list: https://t.co/w0LFEbJwXm

#AMDB_Cluster

[Nature Microbiology @NatureMicrobiol]

Viruses don't infect cells in isolation!

NEW review by @SperanzaEmily highlights methods to study virus-host interactions in the infection microenvironment

https://t.co/5VhPDfXgdx

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Our team had the amazing opportunity to hear from fellow researchers and partners on ongoing microplastics research at the Microplastics Symposium #MicroplasticCluster

[Marcus Johns @DrMarcusJohns]

The incredible researchers and industrial partners involved in the @ubcscience #MicroplasticCluster
Thanks to @ubcpharmacy for hosting!

[Marcus Johns @DrMarcusJohns]

Second session of the #MicroplasticsCluster symposium focused on analytical techniques to identify plastics from the nanoscale to the macroscale. Great talks all round!
#InterferometricScattering
#MagneticLevitation

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Exciting collaboration between @UBC, @UMich (@MoriMahmoudi 's lab), and @TuftsUniversity (Jon Runstadler's lab) published in ACS Nano. Our research focuses on detecting viable viruses in the air, using Maglev.
https://t.co/4CICXWcenp

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

This is unbelievable!

Kurt Wüthrich, an 84-year-old, Swiss, male scientist, who won the Nobel Prize in 2002 claims that "as a male scientist" he has "a feeling of discrimination."

He said this during the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on a panel that had four old, male scientists including him and an old, male moderator. (It was literally a susage fest!)

When Science Magazine asked him to elaborate on the kind of discrimnation he faced, "Wüthrich said he did not feel personally discriminated against as an individual at the event but thought that all men attendees faced discrimination while women were tokenized."

Here's an example of the discrimination Kurt Wüthrich, a Nobel Prize winner, gave:

In group photos of laureates, women laureates were asked to stand in front while male scientists like him were told to stand behind them 🤦😂😭

This makes him feel "horrible" because asking women laureates to stand in front is "ridiculous, fully ridiculuous."

A young scholar countered Wüthrich's childish tantrum and the moderator tried to shut her up.

For reference, here's a comparison:

Nobel Prizes won:
By men: 892
By women: 60

Speakers invited to this year's Lindau meeting:
Men: 34
Women: 5

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A couple of observations:

1. The feeling among men that gender equality is somehow a form of discrimination against them is not limited to incels (involuntary celibates) on the internet.

Male Nobel Prize winners can feel the same way too.

2. Many young scholars and scientists are still playing the "prestige" game: do a PhD in a "prestigious" university, do a postdoc in a "prestigious" lab, go to "prestigious" meetings like Lindau.

Playing the prestige game takes a lot of toll on one's mental health and personal relationships. The worst part is make you feel extremely insecure.

No amount of external validation, not even a Nobel Prize, will help you overcome your insecurities.

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A member of our BMR lab graduated today from @UBCOSOE! Congratulations Rita🎓 That smile says it all. We're all going to miss you👋 #Classof2023 #UBCO #UBCOgrad

[Katie Guzzetta 🌻 @ktguzz]

Cool new clinical study!
"Although higher energy harvest by microbes is believed to lead to more energy being absorbed by the host..our results show the opposite: host metabolizable energy was lower due to higher fecal energy loss on the MBD."
@NatureComms
https://t.co/ytEZqeXnOZ

[AMDB Cluster @AMDB_Cluster]

🏆Ashley Bowers @ashleychem has won the AMDB Multi-Centre Collaborative Research Travel #Award!🎊

This award supports interdisciplinary, collaborative #research🦷🧫

👏 Join us in congratulating Ashley, co-supervised by #AMDB_Cluster members Dr. Duarte & Dr. Pakpour @Pakpourlab

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"🎉 A huge THANK YOU to my incredible team for the heartwarming birthday wishes! 🎈 Your kind words and thoughtfulness made my day extra special. I'm so grateful to work with such an amazing group of people. Cheers to an awesome team! 🙌🥳 #BMR #Gratitude #Teamwork #BirthdayVibes

[Pakpour Laboratory @Pakpourlab]

Dr. Sepideh Pakpour @UBCOSOE, a molecular biologist who works at the intersection of biotechnology and microbiome engineering, is seeking ways to create healthier environments in our buildings and bodies.

Learn more at: https://t.co/e94S5hO5Pf