Immune responses play an integral role in skeletal muscle regeneration. In the genetically inherited muscle…
karnottMarch 18, 2025
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal…
karnottMarch 17, 2025
Researchers from BC Cancer and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have discovered that certain…
karnottMarch 17, 2025
Nearly 30 graduate students are competing in the UBC 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) Semi-Finals -…
karnottMarch 14, 2025
UBC researchers are embracing advances in MRI to bring new hope to people with multiple…
karnottMarch 14, 2025
It is estimated that there are more than 10,000 to 12,000 rare diseases affecting more…
karnottMarch 14, 2025
The future of transformative health research depends on the ability to access and connect vast…
karnottMarch 13, 2025
Read the Publication This week we profile a recent publication in Current Biology from the…
sciencecityDecember 14, 2017
Bacteria influence eukaryotic biology as parasitic, commensal or beneficial symbionts. Aside from these organismal interactions,…
sciencecityDecember 11, 2017
The VERO study is the first properly designed and powered clinical trial comparing antiresorptive with…
sciencecityDecember 8, 2017
We are interested in developing enrichment or cultivation approaches needed to directly test the hypotheses…
sciencecityDecember 7, 2017
In this paper we have generated and characterized a mouse model for Stargardt disease in…
sciencecityDecember 6, 2017
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are potent suppressors of immune responses and are currently being clinically…
sciencecityDecember 5, 2017
There are many scientific challenges to the design of a broadly effective HIV vaccine. One…
sciencecityDecember 4, 2017
Frogs play important ecological roles, and several species are important model organisms for scientific research.…
sciencecityNovember 30, 2017
Researchers are developing a national epitope-matching protocol to reduce organ transplant complications. Advanced genetic matching…
pthomsonAugust 21, 2023
A new real-time testing tool will help spot contamination in B.C.’s largest health authority by…
pthomsonAugust 16, 2023
CTN Investigators Drs. Naveed Janjua (Canadian lead) and Sofia Bartlett, along with a team of researchers from Canada and the…
pthomsonAugust 11, 2023
Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company” or “AGN Pharma”) (CSE: AGN) (FRANKFURT: AGW0) (OTCQB: AGNPF), a…
pthomsonAugust 10, 2023
NervGen Pharma Corp. (TSX-V: NGEN; OTCQX: NGENF), a clinical stage biotech company dedicated to developing…
pthomsonAugust 10, 2023
Pacific salmon populations have been in significant decline for the past four decades. A new…
pthomsonAugust 10, 2023
Ten million people — equivalent to approximately one-quarter of the Canadian population — are expected…
pthomsonAugust 3, 2023
Last month, UBC’s faculty of medicine virtually celebrated the academic achievements and distinguished careers of…
pthomsonJuly 9, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Megan Levings, recipient of a CIHR Team Grant: Preparation to Trial: Inflammation…
pthomsonJuly 6, 2021
Dr. Amina Zoubeidi is a Professor in the Department of Urologic Sciences at UBC and…
pthomsonJuly 1, 2021
Dr. Kin Lam Wong’s doctoral thesis, Decoding nutrient sensing and metabolic regulation in the Drosophila Hipk…
pthomsonJune 29, 2021
Convocation is a time to celebrate SFU’s graduands for their outstanding achievements and, as proud…
pthomsonJune 28, 2021
New projects led by Faculty of Medicine researchers were awarded funding through the Natural Science and…
pthomsonJune 24, 2021
As part of an unprecedented funding cycle, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of…
pthomsonJune 23, 2021
With a fascination for scientific discovery, Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) Bachelor of Science graduand…
pthomsonJune 23, 2021
