AwardsFeatured Awards Six LSI Researchers Awarded Funding Through Fall 2022 CIHR Project Grant CompetitionLife Sciences Institute | February 7, 2023Congratulations 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 ProblemThe Hill Times | February 6, 2023As 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 ResearchVancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | February 5, 2023The 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 ElongationHorvath, R., et al. | February 3, 2023Binding 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 AdenocarcinomaJazz Pharmaceuticals | February 2, 2023Jazz 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 StrategiesBahreyni, A., et al. | February 2, 2023Melanoma 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 EvolutionUBC Science | February 2, 2023UBC 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 WinnersScience in Vancouver | February 1, 2023Dr. 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 FunctionUBC Faculty of Medicine | January 31, 2023A 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 TreatmentUBC Faculty of Medicine | January 31, 2023A drug originally designed to prevent osteoporosis is now expected to save and improve the…mjoyJanuary 31, 2023 Read More