AwardsFeatured Awards Six LSI Researchers Awarded Funding Through Fall 2022 CIHR Project Grant Competition Life Sciences Institute | February 7, 2023 Congratulations to the successful applicants in the CIHR Fall 2022 Project Grant competition! Listed below are…mjoyFebruary 7, 2023 Read More
Interesting Articles The Valley of Never-Having-Lived: Canada’s Innovation Talent Problem The Hill Times | February 6, 2023 As Canadian policy and investment encourages more innovative startups, we constantly hear about the “valley…mjoyFebruary 6, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards VCHRI Researchers Awarded CIHR Project Grants to Support Health Research Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | February 5, 2023 The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the results of its Fall 2022 project…mjoyFebruary 5, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week TRIM24 Controls Induction of Latent HIV-1 by Stimulating Transcriptional Elongation Horvath, R., et al. | February 3, 2023 Binding of USF1/2 and TFII-I (RBF-2) at conserved sites flanking the HIV-1 LTR enhancer is essential…mjoyFebruary 3, 2023 Read More
Local News Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Zymeworks Announce 84% Overall Survival at 18 Months from Phase 2 Trial Evaluating Zanidatamab in HER2-Expressing Metastatic Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma Jazz Pharmaceuticals | February 2, 2023 Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) and Zymeworks Inc. (Nasdaq: ZYME) today announced tolerability and efficacy results, including the…mjoyFebruary 2, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Recent Advancements in Immunotherapy of Melanoma Using Nanotechnology-Based Strategies Bahreyni, A., et al. | February 2, 2023 Melanoma is a malignant tumor that accounts for the deadliest form of skin cancers. Despite…mjoyFebruary 2, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards UBC Biologist Wins Prize for Research on ‘Dazzling’ Explosions of Evolution UBC Science | February 2, 2023 UBC evolutionary biologist Dr. Dolph Schluter has been awarded the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences by…mjoyFebruary 2, 2023 Read More
AwardsMonthly Award Summaries January 2023 Award Winners Science in Vancouver | February 1, 2023 Dr. Sophia Frangou received a Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Alzheimer Disease Research Grant…mjoyFebruary 1, 2023 Read More
Local News Traffic Pollution Impairs Brain Function UBC Faculty of Medicine | January 31, 2023 A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of…mjoyJanuary 31, 2023 Read More
Local News Research by UBC Professor Lays Groundwork for Life-Saving Breast Cancer Treatment UBC Faculty of Medicine | January 31, 2023 A drug originally designed to prevent osteoporosis is now expected to save and improve the…mjoyJanuary 31, 2023 Read More