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Interesting Articles Participate in UBC’s Three Minute Thesis Competiton UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | February 3, 2025 Would you be able to summarize your 80,000 word thesis in just three minutes? UBC…karnottFebruary 3, 2025 Read More
Local News Advancing Understanding of the Developing Brain in Preterm Babies To Help Inform Therapies BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | February 3, 2025 Preterm babies (by definition any infant born before completing 37 gestational weeks) — particularly those…karnottFebruary 3, 2025 Read More
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Local News DMCBH Graduate Student Creates an Innovative Open Source Tool to Study Microglia Form and Function Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | January 31, 2025 When faced with a daunting challenge early in her PhD, Jennifer Kim, a graduate student…karnottJanuary 31, 2025 Read More
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Local News Borealis Biosciences Appoints Christian Hordo as CEO, Expands Series-A Financing by Additional $30 Million T-Net | January 29, 2025 Borealis Biosciences, a next-generation RNA medicines company, announced the appointment of Christian Hordo as CEO;…karnottJanuary 29, 2025 Read More