Latest Past Events
Music that Moves Us: A Live Nice Genes Podcast Episode
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre 1100 Chestnut Street, VancouverBe part of an amazing experience and explore how music shapes the brain, memory and learning. Genome BC and the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre invite you to a special evening where music and science collide. The Nice Genes! podcast goes live under the dome of the iconic Star Theatre for a one-of-a-kind night filled with […]
Build a robust data ecosystem for One Health infectious disease research
Virtual EventTracking infectious diseases across humans, animals, and the environment—and understanding how they evolve—requires strong epidemiological intelligence (epi-intel). Integrating pathogen genomic data with high-quality contextual information provides high-resolution epi-intel and accelerates research. This approach was used widely during the COVID-19 pandemic, yielding an unprecedented volume of data and a rapid expansion of knowledge. In this talk, […]
Don Rix Distinguished Keynote Address 2025: Space Genetics: Epigenetic Evolution in Cancer and a 500-Year Plan for Synthetic Biology
Vancouver Convention Centre West Building 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC, VancouverThe future of humankind on Earth is uncertain. Whether by climate disaster, cataclysmic war, or the death of the sun in a few billion years, we face the prospect that at some time, life on Earth may end. As a resourceful species aware that life is at risk of extinction, we have a responsibility to […]

