AwardsFeatured Awards Jordan J. Shimell Named a Brain Star Award Winner for Work Understanding X-Linked Intellectual Disability UBC Life Sciences Institute | August 28, 2020 The Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) has announced the 2019 winners of the prestigious Canadian…eabramovichAugust 28, 2020 Read More
Local News Research Discovery May Offer New Treatment Options for People Diagnosed with Rare Form of Ovarian Cancer UBC Medicine | August 28, 2020 Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) is a devastating cancer that has…eabramovichAugust 28, 2020 Read More
Local News Academics and Industry Partners Launch Novel Study for Easing COVID-19 Restrictions Genome BC | August 27, 2020 In the midst of a pandemic how can we safely return to work? This question…eabramovichAugust 27, 2020 Read More
Local News Circumventing Selective Permeability: Small Binding Proteins Hitch a Ride Into Cell Cytosol via Salmonella’s Sensory Probe UBC Life Sciences Institute | August 27, 2020 LSI researchers have harnessed salmonella’s syringe-like system to inject specific proteins into the fluid that…eabramovichAugust 27, 2020 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards 2020 SFU Graduate Student Award Recipients SFU Faculty of Health Sciences | August 27, 2020 The Graduate Student Awards provide multi-year funding to recruit exceptional incoming Masters and PhD domestic and international…eabramovichAugust 27, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Shorter Granulocyte Telomeres among Children and Adolescents with Perinatally-Acquired HIV Infection and Chronic Lung Disease in Zimbabwe Ajaykumar, A., et al. | August 26, 2020 Chronic lung disease (CLD) has been reported among African children with perinatally-acquired HIV infection (C-PHIV),…eabramovichAugust 26, 2020 Read More
Local News Acidity May Play a Role in Esophageal Cancer – And Point the Way to New Treatment Approaches UBC Life Sciences Institute | August 26, 2020 LSI and UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers have found that pH levels may play a…eabramovichAugust 26, 2020 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Four LSI Researchers Receive Funding for New Research Infrastructure through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund UBC Life Sciences Institute | August 26, 2020 More than $96 million in funding has been awarded by the Government of Canada for…eabramovichAugust 26, 2020 Read More
Local News Chinook Therapeutics Raises $106M As It Prepares to Merge with Aduro Biotech GeekWire | August 25, 2020 Chinook Therapeutics, a biotech company creating targeted therapies for kidney diseases, raised an additional $106…eabramovichAugust 25, 2020 Read More
Local News Cancer Drug Synergizes with Radiation Therapy in Treatment-Resistant Prostate Cancer Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at BC Cancer | August 25, 2020 For some prostate cancer patients, radiation and androgen deprivation therapy—a type of chemotherapy that reduces…eabramovichAugust 25, 2020 Read More