An updated database listing over 100,000 of the most cited-researchers in the world was published…
karnottNovember 27, 2024
When the body’s immune system has an extreme response to an infection, it can cause…
karnottNovember 26, 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Nika Shakiba from the School of Biomedical Engineering and Dr. Lyndia Wu…
karnottNovember 26, 2024
A first-of-its-kind study led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Helen Tremlett and…
karnottNovember 26, 2024
The first thing most doctors think about when one of their patients is diagnosed with…
karnottNovember 25, 2024
There is a legend that in the 1860s the huge 500-year-old oak beams holding up…
karnottNovember 25, 2024
Imagine, for a moment, that you’re walking to work or school on a crisp autumn…
karnottNovember 25, 2024
For the first time, we have provided in vivo evidence of demyelination in individuals with…
sciencecityJuly 28, 2017
Carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) is a hypoxia inducible factor 1-induced, cell surface pH regulating enzyme…
sciencecityJuly 26, 2017
Motile and non-motile (primary) cilia are nearly ubiquitous cellular organelles. The dysfunction of cilia causes…
sciencecityJuly 25, 2017
Our well-powered study had two major findings, both of which have profound implications across multiple…
sciencecityJuly 24, 2017
Mutations in genes encoding epigenetic regulators as well as mutations in the histones they modify…
sciencecityJuly 21, 2017
KCNQ5 is a highly conserved gene encoding an important channel for neuronal function; it is…
sciencecityJuly 19, 2017
Endometrial epithelium is the presumed tissue of origin for both eutopic and endometriosis-derived clear cell…
sciencecityJuly 17, 2017
Read the Publication This week we profile a recent publication in Nature Communications from Dr.…
sciencecityJuly 14, 2017
New Treatment Option for a Deadly Muscle Disease: An Arduous Journey for the Advancement of Medicine
What role do tissue-resident macrophages play during in vivo regeneration in dystrophic muscle, and how can we…
mjoyJanuary 24, 2023
One day in the spring of 2014, Heidi Scott’s face went numb. Out-of-nowhere, just-returned-from-the-dentist numb,…
mjoyJanuary 23, 2023
Simon Wisnovsky: Simply put, the surface of every one of our cells is coded with…
mjoyJanuary 20, 2023
January 15 – 21 is National Non-Smoking Week in Canada and while quitting smoking can lower your…
mjoyJanuary 18, 2023
Thanks to the IBRO-CBH UBC Indigenous Undergraduate Research Internship Program, Maiara Burgess was able to…
mjoyJanuary 17, 2023
BC Cancer’s immunotherapy team has developed the expertise and infrastructure to create genetically engineered immune cells (called…
mjoyJanuary 16, 2023
Researchers at the Vancouver Prostate Centre have discovered that prostate cancer cells use a property…
mjoyJanuary 11, 2023
UBC researchers have identified three compounds that prevent COVID-19 infection in human cells, derived from…
mjoyJanuary 10, 2023
Scientists at UBC’s faculty of medicine are receiving $2.7 million to support COVID-19 research projects…
eabramovichNovember 10, 2020
The West Coast innovation section got the chance to really prove its tech cred by…
eabramovichNovember 9, 2020
Congratulations to the BC Children's and BC Women's investigators who were awarded funding through the…
eabramovichNovember 5, 2020
Dr. Allison Eddy was named a Fellow by the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) on Sept. 18, 2020.…
eabramovichNovember 4, 2020
Dr. Thalia Field has been named to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 list for 2020,…
eabramovichNovember 4, 2020
Ariana Cahn (pictured), an MSc student under the supervision of Drs. Lakshmi Yatham and Trisha…
eabramovichNovember 1, 2020
Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) is thrilled to congratulate two BC-led teams for their projects…
eabramovichOctober 29, 2020
Many awards have been handed out to DMCBH students and postdoctoral fellows this week. Congratulations…
eabramovichOctober 16, 2020
