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Intro to Vitalant Research Institute (VRI)
Leonard Chavez, Ph.D.Staff Scientist, VRI
UCSF CHIC K12 Scholar
VRI
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2004
UCSF Summer Research Training Program: Lab of Dr. Donald Ganem
2007
Accepted into UCSF Biomedical Sciences (BMS) program
2008
Joined lab of Dr. Eric Verdin @ Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology
2014
Joined lab of Satish Pillai at VRI as postdoc
2017
Gilead HIV Cure Mentored Scientist Award
2015
CFAR Mentee: Mentored by Dr. Steve Deeks
2018
Promoted to Staff Scientist
2019
UCSF CHIC K12 Scholar
My Time at UCSF
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(The Institute Formerly Known As BSRI)
An introduction to…
Vitalant Research Institute
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Why the name change all of a sudden??
Our parent company (Blood Systems) grew too big and acquired too many blood banks with different names…
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What is Vitalant Research Institute (VRI)?
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What do we do at VRI?
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Key moments in VRI history
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Key moments in VRI history
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Key moments in VRI history
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Key moments in VRI history
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The impact of VRI / transfusion medicine research
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VRI is highly focused on education and training
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VRI Investigators
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VRI Cores
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