Featured Awards SBME Faculty and Staff Receive Faculty of Medicine Awards UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | September 23, 2026 We are proud to celebrate our SBME faculty and staff members who have been recognized…karnottSeptember 23, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Loss of Interruption in the HTT CAG Repeat Is Associated With Somatic Expansion and Loss of Medium Spiny Neurons in Huntington’s Disease Kay, C., et al. | September 23, 2026 Synonymous loss-of-interruption variants in the expanded CAG repeat sequence of Huntingtin (HTT) accelerate the clinical…karnottSeptember 23, 2026 Read More
Local News SBME Welcomes Todd Fernandez to Teaching Faculty UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | September 22, 2026 The School of Biomedical Engineering is pleased to welcome Dr. Todd Fernandez to our faculty. Dr. Fernandez joins SBME from…karnottSeptember 22, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards UBC Researchers Awarded $1M Wall Fellowships to Advance Human and Ecosystem Health UBC News | September 22, 2026 Two UBC Vancouver faculty members, Dr. Patrick Keeling and Dr. Rachel Scholes, have been awarded…karnottSeptember 22, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Loss of Interruption in the HTT CAG Repeat Is Associated With Somatic Expansion and Loss of Medium Spiny Neurons in Huntington’s Disease Kay, C., et al. | September 23, 2026 Synonymous loss-of-interruption variants in the expanded CAG repeat sequence of Huntingtin (HTT) accelerate the clinical…karnottSeptember 23, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Protocol for Induction and Quantification of Injury-Primed Axon Outgrowth in Adult Mouse DRG Neurons Seburn, E., et al. | September 18, 2026 Adult dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons provide a powerful model to study axon growth. Dissociated…karnottSeptember 18, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Gestational Inhibition of CSF1R Signaling Using PLX5622 Drives Musculoskeletal Changes in Postnatal Offspring Memar, R., et al. | September 8, 2026 Despite our understanding of the musculoskeletal system under homeostatic conditions and during tissue remodeling, the…karnottSeptember 8, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week A Microglia–Astrocyte Signaling Axis Regulates Astrocyte Piezo1 Expression and Inflammatory Responses Bai, Y., et al. | September 2, 2026 Structural tissue alterations in numerous brain disorders can initiate mechanosensory signaling pathways and influence neuropathology.…karnottSeptember 2, 2026 Read More
Local News SBME Welcomes Todd Fernandez to Teaching Faculty UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | September 22, 2026 The School of Biomedical Engineering is pleased to welcome Dr. Todd Fernandez to our faculty. Dr. Fernandez joins SBME from…karnottSeptember 22, 2026 Read More
Local News BCCHR Researchers Uncover Why Huntington Disease Progresses Faster in Some Patients BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | September 18, 2026 Huntington disease is a rare, inherited neurological disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve…karnottSeptember 18, 2026 Read More
Local News Kiana Yazdani: Storytelling Through Data BC Centre for Excellence | September 17, 2026 Dr. Kiana Yazdani moved from Abadan, Iran to Canada in 2017 with the aspiration of…karnottSeptember 17, 2026 Read More
Local News Moving Endometrial Cancer Prevention Upstream Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | September 16, 2026 Endometrial cancer is the most common gynaecologic cancer in Canada, and its incidence continues to…karnottSeptember 16, 2026 Read More
Spotlight Dr. Govinda Sharma Talks T Cell Receptors and Cell Therapy Science in the City | February 26, 2020 Dr. Govinda Sharma is a postdoctoral fellow working in the laboratory of Dr. Rob Holt…sciencecityFebruary 26, 2020 Read More
Spotlight Ruini Xiong and Crystal Zheng Talk Biodegradable Plastic Alternatives Science in the City | September 25, 2019 Ruini Xiong and Crystal Zheng are recent graduates of Templeton Secondary, where they participated in…sciencecitySeptember 25, 2019 Read More
Spotlight Dr. Meaghan Jones Talks Epigenetics, Allergies, and the Immune System Science in the City | November 23, 2018 Dr. Meaghan Jones recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Kobor…sciencecityNovember 23, 2018 Read More
Spotlight Miguel Ramirez on Development and the Cerebellum Science in the City | August 1, 2018 Miguel Ramirez is a PhD candidate in the laboratory of Dr. Dan Goldowitz at the…sciencecityAugust 1, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles Carraresi Foundation Early Career Clinician Investigator Award Providence Research | September 16, 2026 The Carraresi Foundation Early Career Clinician Investigator Award supports early career clinician investigators affiliated with…karnottSeptember 16, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles Applications Reopen for NSERC Alliance International Collaboration Grants Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | September 8, 2026 Canadian university researchers can once again access funding to collaborate with international research teams through…karnottSeptember 8, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles Canada Recruits Dozens of Foreign Scientists and Researchers, Many From U.S. Global News | September 4, 2026 Canadian universities have recruited dozens of foreign scientists and researchers, many of them poached from…karnottSeptember 4, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles Life Sciences BC Brings Investors and Strategic Partners to Vancouver for Life Sciences Investment Week Life Sciences BC | August 31, 2026 Life Sciences British Columbia (LSBC) is excited for the continued evolution of Invest in BC…karnottAugust 31, 2026 Read More
Your Voice UBC-Spinout ScopeSys Aims to Transform Genetic Medicine Development with Single-Molecule Analytics ScopeSys | July 17, 2026 Vancouver-based ScopeSys is working to change how the next generation of genetic medicines are developed…karnottJuly 17, 2026 Read More
Local NewsYour Voice Celebrating One Year of Advancing Germ-Free Research Natalia Carranza, Tahereh Bozorgmehr, Dr. Lisa Osborne, and Dr. Carolina Tropini | March 26, 2026 Authors: Natalia Carranza, Tahereh Bozorgmehr, Dr. Lisa Osborne, and Dr. Carolina Tropini Laboratory mice have…karnottMarch 26, 2026 Read More
Featured AwardsYour Voice $11.5M Study Aims to Bring Precision Heart Care to Every Corner of BC Isabelle Korchinski | December 4, 2025 Dr. Teresa Tsang A new research effort at UBC is reimagining how heart disease is…karnottDecember 4, 2025 Read More
Your Voice Celebrating BC’s First Nobel Laureate Michael Smith: The Heart and Soul of Molecular Genetics Tara Fernandez | September 28, 2018 Dr. Michael Smith accepting the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993. In 1976, a couple…sciencecitySeptember 28, 2018 Read More
Featured Awards SBME Faculty and Staff Receive Faculty of Medicine Awards UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | September 23, 2026 We are proud to celebrate our SBME faculty and staff members who have been recognized…karnottSeptember 23, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards UBC Researchers Awarded $1M Wall Fellowships to Advance Human and Ecosystem Health UBC News | September 22, 2026 Two UBC Vancouver faculty members, Dr. Patrick Keeling and Dr. Rachel Scholes, have been awarded…karnottSeptember 22, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. S. Larry Goldenberg Receives UBC Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award Vancouver Prostate Centre | September 21, 2026 The Vancouver Prostate Centre is celebrating its co-founder and longtime leader, Dr. S. Larry Goldenberg,…karnottSeptember 21, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards Drs. Stan Floresco and Tim Murphy Elected to Royal Society of Canada Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | September 21, 2026 We are thrilled to announce that Drs. Stan Floresco and Tim Murphy have been elected…karnottSeptember 21, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards SBME Faculty and Staff Receive Faculty of Medicine Awards UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | September 23, 2026 We are proud to celebrate our SBME faculty and staff members who have been recognized…karnottSeptember 23, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Loss of Interruption in the HTT CAG Repeat Is Associated With Somatic Expansion and Loss of Medium Spiny Neurons in Huntington’s Disease Kay, C., et al. | September 23, 2026 Synonymous loss-of-interruption variants in the expanded CAG repeat sequence of Huntingtin (HTT) accelerate the clinical…karnottSeptember 23, 2026 Read More
Local News SBME Welcomes Todd Fernandez to Teaching Faculty UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | September 22, 2026 The School of Biomedical Engineering is pleased to welcome Dr. Todd Fernandez to our faculty. Dr. Fernandez joins SBME from…karnottSeptember 22, 2026 Read More