@prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isReferencedBy "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1210082"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "University Publications"@en ; dcterms:issued "2015-07-20"@en, "2004-06-03"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ubcreports/items/1.0118716/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA VOLUME 50 I NUMBER 6 I JUNE 3,2004 UBC REPORTS 2 UBC in the News 3 Cure for Baldness Respectful Research 6 Mentors 7 Depression Centre 8 Fighting Fire Totem in 3D: Museum of Anthropology Recreates a Northwest Coast Monument One pixel at a time, by erica smishek Imagine being able to "travel through" a traditional Northwest Coast village site that no longer exists. Thanks to three-dimensional laser scanning technology, the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC may one day make this virtual re-creation a reality. "New tools are changing the way we're teaching and conducting research, the way we're preserving and presenting cultural objects," says MOA projects manager/curator Bill McLennan. "The future is almost scary." In consultation with the Haida Nation, McLennan and his colleague, designer Skooker Broome, worked with a Vancouver-based firm to scan a totem pole collected from the Ninstints Village on the Queen Charlotte Islands in 1957 and now housed in the museum. The totem, which dates back to the mid-19th century, features a bear with a frog in its mouth and a wolf. It has weathered, been broken into three parts and carries only small traces of its original paint. "The technology allows us to basically retrieve the information that is in a piece so the information isn't lost," says McLennan. "We can make it available for people studying the culture, or for young artists learning their craft." The tripod-mounted portable scanning system measured every square millimetre of the entire surface geometry of the totem in "xyz" coordinates, thereby completing a digital record of the monument and capturing it in the form of a point cloud - a dense, accurate and interactive 3-D model that can be rotated and viewed from any perspective on a computer. "First we get an exact wire mesh of the whole piece," McLennan explains. "Then we can lay on the 'skins' [layers of wood]. Working with contemporary artists, we can determine what the colours were like in the 1850s when it was carved. We can also bisect the pole at any point and can get an exact representation of the thickness of the wood." A plastic model generated from a 3-D laser printer as well as two-dimensional prints provide additional documentation of the object. Developed by Leica Geosystems, an international company serving customers in surveying, engineering, construction, GIS, mapping, industry and other areas of activity, the 3-D laser scanner has traditionally been used as a tool to create "as- built" documentation of large structures and sites like pulp mills, oil refineries and dams. Scanning provides a safe, time-efficient, cost-efficient and accurate way to determine how a building has changed since it was built. More recently, companies that market the product have looked for other applications to showcase the technology, using it to prepare "as- found" documentation of dinosaur bones, European cathedrals and castles, and even the Statue of Liberty. "Traditional technology has not been able to capture that much data," says Christine Young, who worked on the pilot project with MOA. "With 3-D scanning, it's almost overkill what you can do with it." Young, director of marketing for a firm that distributes the scanners, explains they can be positioned at significant distances from the structures that are being measured, eliminating the need for activities such as climbing and crawling that pose the risk of accident or the need to physically touch items that are often very vulnerable. Moreover, she says, people don't have to be in the same room as the object in order to benefit from the data, thereby expanding the research continued on page 8 Dried starfish ^fccandleholders. Toy cars sporting sea urchin wheels. Sand dollar necklace pendants. Souvenirs crafted from dead sea life have become such a ubiquitous part of the scenery in tropical resorts, it's easy to forget that these curios were once living animals. In a new exhibit opening this month, Chicago's Shedd Aquarium hopes to raise public awareness of the issue using research conducted by Project Seahorse, an international marine conservation and research organization based at UBC. Project Seahorse's contribution to the "Sea Star Quest" exhibit comes in the form of a survey of the Mexican echino- derm trade, which includes sea stars - more popularly known as starfish - as well as sea - Saving the Sea Star - Dead sea creatures a popular souvenir, by Michelle cook mmmm Project Seahorse conducted research on the Mexican curio trade in sea stars for a new exhibit at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. urchins, sand dollars, and heart urchins. More than 1,500 different species of these live in tidal waters worldwide but little is known about the global trade in sea stars or urchins for use as souvenirs. Drawing on her previous experience as a trade surveyor in southeast Asia, Project Seahorse researcher Kristin Lunn traveled to Mexico in February to interview fishers, distributors and retailers in several of Mexico's key resort areas including Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun and Cozumel. "We had this idea that sea stars were being taken for the curiosity trade but we didn't have any idea how many were being traded and what that would mean for wild populations," Lunn says. continued on page 5 2 | UBC REPORTS | JUNE 3, 2 O O 4 t/filde Deprez 1 - W d c m r y r ,1 1, ^£ .. • Notarizations V • Wills & Powers of Attorney • Real Estate transactions • Affidavits & Statutory Declarations - Close to major bus stops ^*» _■ f\\*\\* a*%a*% - Outcall service - Free underground parking |)U4Hataata 1 "4w4w - English / French / Dutch 2515 Alma Street (between W.lOth and W. Broadway) www.notarydeprez.com IN THE NEWS BILL CAINE PUTS You first. ARE YOU CONFUSED BY YOUR PENSION CHOICES? 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CANADA V6T 1Z1 EMAIL: public.affairs@ubc.ca Highlights of UBC Media Coverage in May 2004. compiled by brian lin Troy Good for the Classics Commenting on the recent blockbuster epic film Troy, starring Brad Pitt as Achilles, Shirley Sullivan, head of the classics department at UBC, said most of her colleagues are willing to overlook the film's faults for the interest it will spark in the ancient world. "Anything that broadens the person's perspective, that takes them into the past and makes them see a wider range of history, can't but do good. Even if it's a distortion," Sullivan told Canadian Press. Sullivan said other epic movies have boosted the study of the antiquities, including Gladiator, starring Russell Crowe and movie classic Ben Hur. Jelly Fish for Lunch? Kicking off the World Fisheries Congress in front of 1,500 fisheries scientists from around the globe, UBC fisheries professor Daniel Pauly, one of the world's leading fisheries researchers, showed how people's growing appetite for seafood has driven fishing boats from industrialized countries ever farther into Southern Hemisphere seas controlled by Third World nations. In the wake of the disastrous crash of the North Atlantic's cod stocks, the Newfoundland government is encouraging fishermen to go after jellyfish, said Pauly, who in November was chosen by Scientific American as one of the top 50 fisheries scientists in the world, reports The Seattle Post Intelligencer. UBC professor Daniel Pauly, one of the world's leading fisheries researchers. Bell Gives UBC $1.25 Million for Tech Research Bell Canada recently announced a $1.25-million commitment to UBC to support technology research. The five-year commitment is the first in Western Canada for the Bell University Laboratories program, reports The Globe and Mail. Bell is exploring a number of potential projects with UBC researchers. Projects will focus on wireless technology and social computing. The Truth About Echinacea Commenting on a new U.S. study that says echinacea doesn't help prevent colds, UBC alternative therapy researcher Lloyd Oppel told Global National that "echi nacea is not delivering on the promise that it's held out to have. So this study is very much in keeping with that." Placebo Effect Revealed Experiments conducted by Italy's University of Turin Medical School have revealed the action of the placebo effect in Parkinson's disease patients. "The research provides further evidence for a physiological underpinning for the placebo effect," UBC neurologist Jon Stoessl told New Scientist. His team demonstrated in 2001 that placebos can relieve symptoms by raising brain levels of dopamine, a beneficial neurotransmitter. □ Dynamic Teaching Earns Faculty Killam Awards There are three rules in Dr. Bob's classroom, says one student of music professor Robert Pritchard. 1) Don't Panic; 2) Stay with the tour; and 3) If you don't understand, it's the teacher's fault! Pritchard's creative approach earned him one of 22 Killam Teaching Prizes, awarded to faculty members during Spring Congregation ceremonies. Other winners include Education Prof. Pat Mrenda, North America's leading authority on autism, and Botany Prof. Jennifer Klenz, an expert on plant and drosophila (fruit fly) genetics. Killam winners are selected by their faculties based on recommendations from students and colleagues. Each receives $5,000 from university endowment sources. Recipients are distinguished by their creativity, commitment and dynamic approach to learning. Other Killam Teaching Prize recipients for 2004 are: Prof. Geoffrey Herring, Chemistry Dept. • Prof. Mchael Ward, Mathematics Dept. • Senior Instructor Judy Brown, English Dept. • Prof. Anthony Dawson, English Dept. • Dr. Diane Roscoe, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine • Prof. Ralph Hakstian, Psychology Dept. • Senior Instructor Jacques Bodolec, Dept. of French, Hspanic & Italian Studies • Assoc. Prof. Ann Curry, School of Library, Archival & Information Studies • Assoc. Prof. Bruce MacDougall, Law • Asst. Prof. Harry Hubball, Curriculum Studies • Instructor Sally Osborne, Physiology Dept • Assoc. Prof. Valerie LeMay, Forest Resources Management • Assoc. Prof. Calvin Roskelley, Biology Dept. • Prof. Jonathan Fannin, Civil Engineering/Forest Resources Management • Prof. Kay Teschke, School of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene • Prof. Alan Lowe, Oral Health Sciences Dept. • Assoc. Prof. Brian Rodriques, Pharmacology & Toxicology; Prof. Nicolas Jaeger, Electrical & Computer Engineering • Lecturer Mike Le Roy, Marketing/Sauder School of Business. □ UBC REPORTS Director, Public Affairs Scott Macrae scott.macrae@ubc.ca Editor Paul Patterson paul.patterson@ubc.ca Design Director Chris Dahl chris.dahl@ubc.ca Designer Sharmini Thiagarajah sharmini@exchange.ubc.ca Contributors Cristina Calboreanu mccalbor@exchange.ubc.ca Michelle Cook michelle.cook@ubc.ca Brian Lin brian.lin@ubc.ca Erica Smishek erica.smishek@ubc.ca Hilary Thomson hilary.thomson@ubc.ca Advertising Fran Hannabuss hannabus@exchange.ubc.ca UBC Reports is published monthly by the UBC Public Affairs Office 310 - 6251 Cecil Green Park Road Vancouver BC Canada V6T IZI UBC Reports welcomes submissions. For upcoming UBC Reports submission guidelines, please see www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/about. Opinions and advertising published in UBC Reports do not necessarily reflect official university policy. Material may be reprinted in whole or in part with appropriate credit to UBC Reports. Letters (300 words or less) must be signed and include an address and phone number for verification. Submit letters to: The Editor, UBC Reports UBC Public Affairs Office (address above); by fax to 604.822.2684; or by e-mail to paul.patterson@ubc.ca or call UBC.NEWS (604.822.6397) UBC REPORTS | JUNE 3, 2 O O 4 | 3 UBC Researcher Seeking a Cure for Baldness Solution could be available within ten years, by Hilary Thomson Researcher Kevin McEiwee - one of only a few people in the world who hold a doctoral degree in hair biology - thinks a cure for baldness that uses the technique of hair cloning could be commercially available within 10 years. Hair cloning is a slang term for engineered hair growth. The process involves isolating a group of cells at the base of the hair follicle - the living part of hair rooted in the skin. Once the follicular cells are multiplied in a laboratory, they can then be implanted back into the donor's scalp where they divide to create new follicles and generate new hair. A sample of about 10 hairs could produce several million cultured cells, which, in turn, could grow several thousand hairs. (See sidebar for information on scalp hair population.) Scientists have been studying hair cloning in animal models for a few years, but McElwee is the first investigator to demonstrate exactly how cloning works. "Now that we have proof of how this process works, we can accelerate the research toward creating a limitless supply of hair - in effect, a cure for baldness," says the 34-year-old. While early results are promising, he estimates it will take almost a decade of further study, clinical trials and meeting regulatory requirements before cloning is widely available. Common or pattern balding affects about 20 per cent of men in their 20s. By age 50, about half the male population and 20 per cent of women have problems with baldness or hair thinning. An expert in the cellular mechanics of hair loss and growth, McElwee was recruited by Dr. Jerry Shapiro, a world authority on hair disorders, to join the division of dermatology in UBC's department of medicine in March 2004. Also an investigator with the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, McElwee came to Canada from Philipp University in Germany where he was a senior scientist in the department of dermatology. A biologist and immunologist, McElwee completed his unique PhD in the immunological mechanisms involved in alopecia areata, an inflammatory hair loss disease that can affect men, women and children and cause full body hair loss. The cause of the disease is not fully understood but it is believed that an individual's own immune system prevents hair follicles from producing hair fibre. This month, McElwee will travel to the International Meeting of Hair Research Societies in Berlin to present his findings on the cells believed to be the primary culprits in causing the disease. By separating cells in lymph nodes, McElwee has determined which cells are capable of inducing the disease. He found two types of cells caused balding problems: CD8, which produce patchy baldness and CD4, which produce systemic balding. "This research is the first Recent recruit Kevin McElwee (I) joins Jerry Shapiro's hair disorders lab. evidence that CD4 cells are our primary target in fighting alopecia areata," he says. "This new data will help us develop interventions and treatments to ease or stop this condition which can be psychologically devastating for patients." Shapiro and McElwee will host the International Meeting of Hair Research Societies in Vancouver in 2007. For more information on hair loss, visit http://www.hairinfo.org/ □ Did you know? • On average, each person has a total of 20 million hair follicles on their skin, of which 90,000 to 140,000 are scalp hair follicles. • You can lose up to 25 per cent of your scalp hair before it becomes noticeable. • Typically, scalp hair fibres grow for two to seven years before being replaced by a new hair fibre. • People may lose up to 100 scalp hairs a day as a result of normal hair cycling. • The numbers of hairs on the head vary with colour. Redheads have about 90,000 hairs and black-haired people about 108,000 hairs, while brown- and blonde- haired people have up to 140,000. • On average, hair is composed of about 50 per cent carbon, 21 per cent oxygen, 17 per cent nitrogen, as well as hydrogen and sulphur. Hair also contains trace amounts of magnesium, arsenic, iron, chromium and other metals and minerals. • Circus performers who hang by their hair know how strong it is. 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