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Unit A: Living Systems Respond to Their Environment

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Resources on Immunology

STEM Explained

Resource page including articles and career profiles related to immunology.

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What’s Special About the New COVID-19 Vaccines?

STEM Explained

Learn about viruses, vaccines and why the new COVID-19 vaccines are innovative.

Lakshmi Krishnan

Lakshmi Krishnan

Vice President, Life Sciences

Lakshmi Krishnan is the Vice President of Life Sciences for the National Research Council.
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Valérie Plante

Nurse

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Camille

Physiotherapist

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Audrée

Emergency Medical Dispatcher

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Genomics Resources

STEM Explained

Resource page including articles and career profiles related to genomics.

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Erica Dupuis

Cardiac Registered Nurse

Erica Dupuis is a Cardiac Registered Nurse for Horizon Health Network, NB.
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Creating a Vaccine for COVID-19 in Canada

STEM Explained

Learn how vaccines are developed, how they work and how some scientists in Canada are researching vaccines for COVID-19.

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Herd Immunity: How Vaccines Protect the Most Vulnerable

Backgrounders

What is herd immunity and how does it protect some of the most vulnerable people in our communities?

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Sanger Sequencing

Backgrounders

Learn about DNA sequencing and the Sanger Sequencing method.

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Immunity and Vaccination

Backgrounders

Learn about the history of vaccines and how vaccines trigger an immune response that keep us from getting some dangerous diseases.

Hallie Dau

Hallie Dau

Research Coordinator

Hallie Dau is a Research Coordinator for the University of British Columbia.
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Organ Transplantation

Backgrounders

Learn about organ transplantation - what it is, how it can save lives, how your immune system responds, and how the matching process works.

Martina Bona

Martina Bona

Career Profiles

Process Discipline Specialist

Martina Bona is a Process Discipline Specialist for Jacobs Engineering.