Vilte Barakauskas
FCACB, DABCC, PhD
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Clinical Biochemist, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Biochemistry
2004-2005 CIHR/MSFHR Strategic Training Program in Neurobiology, UBC
2011 AACC, Rocky Mountain Section [Travel & Meeting] Scholarship
2004-2006 National Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship – Master’s PGSM
2017 Mass Spectrometery in the Clinical Laboratory (MASCL) Meeting Travel Grant
2010 CIHR-INMHA Brain Star Award, September competition
2008 British Columbia Proteomics Network training allowance
2006-2008 National Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC), Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral CGSD
2006-2008 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Junior Trainee Award
2011 University of Utah, Department of Pathology Research Support Funds
2007 Michael W. Stahl Memorial Graduate Scholarship – University of British Columbia
2006 Young Scientist [Travel] Award – 13th Biennial Winter Workshop on Schizophrenia Research
2008-2010 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Senior Trainee Award
2012 American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), Society for Young Clinical Laboratorians (SYCL) 2012 Domestic Travel Grant
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The first peer-reviewed study in North America examining the timing between the first and second doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines shows that a longer dose interval leads to a stronger immune response. The study is funded by the Government of Canada through its COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF).
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In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many research teams around the world focused on creating antibody tests to diagnose individuals who had SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Surprisingly, some researchers detected low levels of antibodies in many individuals who had never been exposed to the virus.
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