{"id":1430,"date":"2019-10-17T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T18:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolblues.bcmultistaging.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=1430"},"modified":"2026-01-20T21:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:57:34","slug":"science-hits-runway-vancouver-kids-fashion-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/kobor-lab\/2019\/10\/17\/science-hits-runway-vancouver-kids-fashion-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Science hits the runway at Vancouver Kids Fashion Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Science has entered the world of kids\u2019 fashion\u00a0and the results are fabulous! This past weekend, BC Children\u2019s Hospital and Vancouver Community College (VCC) presented their new kids\u2019 spring\/summer 2020 fashion collection at\u00a0Vancouver Kids Fashion Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Science has entered the world of kids\u2019 fashion and the results are fabulous! This past weekend, BC Children\u2019s Hospital and Vancouver Community College (VCC) presented their new kids\u2019 spring\/summer 2020 fashion collection at Vancouver Kids Fashion Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Vancouver Kids Fashion Week has a reputation for recognizing and celebrating diverse and innovative talent, and with bright chemical assay colours and fruit fly wing-inspired patterns on the runway, this fresh line of clothing adds a new dimension to fashion.   <\/p>\n\n\n

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Audience members at Vancouver Kids Fashion Week check out the Healthy Starts booth.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vancouver Kids Fashion Week, Healthy Starts Booth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lab Coat Inspiration at Vancouver Kids Fashion Week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n


The Fashion Meets Science Model Organisms Collection is the result of a collaboration between VCC students, alumni, and instructors in the Fashion Design & Production Program and scientists in the\u00a0Healthy Starts Research Theme<\/a>\u00a0at BC Children\u2019s. The collection features elements inspired by science\u2019s favourite model organisms \u2014 species such as yeasts and fruit flies that share many genes with humans and are easy to maintain in a research lab.<\/p>\n\n

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“Inspiring the next generation of young scientists and bringing the \u2018hidden\u2019 side of research into the public eye are huge priorities for Healthy Starts. We are so excited that our scientists have found a creative way to connect research to the communities it benefits.”<\/p>\t<\/blockquote>\n\t

\n\t\t– Dr. Michael Kobor\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cWe see the Model Organisms Collection as a platform for curiosity, inspiration, and conversation between scientists and the broader community,\u201d said\u00a0Dr. Michael Kobor<\/a>, Healthy Starts lead at BC Children\u2019s. “Inspiring the next generation of young scientists and bringing the \u2018hidden\u2019 side of research into the public eye are huge priorities for Healthy Starts. We are so excited that our scientists have found a creative way to connect research to the communities it benefits.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dr. Kobor is also an investigator at BC Children\u2019s Hospital and the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, a professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia, the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Social Epigenetics, and the Sunny Hill BC Leadership Chair in Child Development.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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His research team uses various model organisms to study epigenetics, or modifications in gene expression. The study of epigenetics has yielded important findings that inform our knowledge about disease onset, progression and development of novel treatment options.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cVisiting the Kobor lab was an eye-opening experience. I was particularly drawn to the flies and the work being done with them. I was in awe of the iridescent quality of their wings and their eyes look like hundreds of little diamonds,\u201d said VCC student, Lexi Vanderzalm.<\/p>\n\n

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Kids walk down the runway at Vancouver Kids Fashion Week. The Fashion Meets Science collection is the result of a collaboration between Vancouver Community College and BC Children’s Hospital.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

Audience members at this season\u2019s Vancouver Kids Fashion Week learned more about model organisms by visiting the Healthy Starts booth at the two-day event, which was held at David Lam Hall. Through a combination of information and dazzling kids\u2019 fashion creations, even the youngest attendees got excited about science. <\/p>\n\n

Vancouver Fashion Week was established in 2001, while Vancouver Kids Fashion Week began as an official offshoot in the fall of 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n

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