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People

April 14, 2026

Meet Dr. Milan Valyear, a new researcher who is exploring the science of behaviour

Growing up in a small town in Ontario, Dr. Milan Valyear always enjoyed tinkering and building things, and in particular, one memory stands out. “It was the summer, school was out, and so was the power – 3500 megawatts had surged from New York to Ontario,” he recalls. In the dark, he built a rudimentary flashlight, complete with a dimmer…

People

April 13, 2026

DMCBH Director of Finance & Administration transition

We are pleased to welcome Katherine Moore as the new Director of Finance &…

Research

April 1, 2026

DMCBH members leading two UBC Research Excellence Clusters in 2026-27

UBC’s Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation has announced a total of 43…

Research

March 30, 2026

Papers of the month: March 2026

Check out some of the papers that were recently published by DMCBH members: …

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Dr. Mypinder Sekhon: Characterizing The Human Dying Process for translational insights into in vivo Brain Ischemia

April 24

2215 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3 Canada

The talk will undertake an overview of the physiology of the human dying process as an in vivo model of brain ischemia physiology. The talk will cover the feasibility of undertaking this work at VGH and the characterization of the physiology of circulatory arrest in humans. Additionally, I will describe preliminary insights into the changes of the proteome and metabolome…

Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars

April 24 @ 3:00 pm