Local News Peptide-Based Drugs: A SPOT More Stable Centre for Blood Research | November 17, 2020 Host defense peptides – in addition to their synthetic analogues, innate defense regulator (IDR) peptides…eabramovichNovember 17, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Coxsackievirus Infection Induces a Non-Canonical Autophagy Independent of the ULK and PI3K Complexes Mohamud, Y., et al. | November 16, 2020 Using established culture models and CRISPR-Cas9 based gene editing, the authors uncover the surprising molecular…eabramovichNovember 16, 2020 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards SFU Advances COVID-19 Research with $1M from Canada Foundation for Innovation SFU News | November 16, 2020 SFU researchers are continuing to advance COVID-19 related research—from diagnostics to treatment—with more than $1…eabramovichNovember 16, 2020 Read More
Local News BioVaxys Announces 96.4 Percent Positive Antibody Immune Response Results from an In Vivo Murine Model Study of Its SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Newsfile Corp. | November 13, 2020 BioVaxys Technology Corp. (CSE: BIOV) (FSE: 5LB) ("BioVaxys") is pleased to announce that results from…eabramovichNovember 13, 2020 Read More
Local News Vancouver-Based Biotech Company Central in Development of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Global News | November 13, 2020 A Vancouver company is central to the news Monday morning that Pfizer is close to developing an effective…eabramovichNovember 13, 2020 Read More
Local News Nanomedicines Innovation Network Research on Entrapment of siRNA within Lipid Nanoparticles Nanomedicines Innovation Network | November 12, 2020 A new article by NMIN researchers published in the journal Nanoscale sheds light on a potential mechanism…eabramovichNovember 12, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Abortive γδTCR Rearrangements Suggest ILC2s Are Derived from T-Cell Precursors Shin, S.S., et al. | November 12, 2020 Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a recently identified subset of leukocytes that play a central…eabramovichNovember 12, 2020 Read More
Local News AbCellera-Discovered Antibody Receives U.S. FDA Emergency Use Authorization as a Monotherapy for the Treatment of COVID-19 AbCellera | November 11, 2020 AbCellera today announced that bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) 700 mg, a human antibody developed through AbCellera’s collaboration…eabramovichNovember 11, 2020 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Mark Cembrowski Named a 2019 Azrieli Foundation Future Leader in Canadian Brain Research UBC Life Sciences Institute | November 11, 2020 Dr. Mark Cembrowski is among twenty neuroscientists in Canada awarded $100,000 each in research funding,…eabramovichNovember 11, 2020 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Michael Hayden Receives Soroka Humanitarian Award UBC Medicine | November 11, 2020 Dr. Michael Hayden, a Killam professor in the department of medical genetics and researcher at…eabramovichNovember 11, 2020 Read More