Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is committed to fostering a culture of mentorship for…
karnottJune 11, 2024
We are pleased to share that Dr. Jörg Gsponer (Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry…
karnottJune 10, 2024
Ethylene glycol (EG) is a widely used industrial chemical with manifold applications and also generated…
karnottJune 7, 2024
The Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Consortium will be led by Kelley Lee, professor in…
karnottJune 7, 2024
The concept was an easy one…. yet the journey to operationalize this was challenging, especially…
karnottJune 7, 2024
Mutations in the protein superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) promote its misfolding and aggregation, ultimately causing familial…
karnottJune 6, 2024
Your brain is the control centre of communication, while your spinal cord is the main…
karnottJune 6, 2024
Background People with Parkinson's disease can show premotor neurochemical changes in the dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic…
sciencecityApril 3, 2017
Background Clinical grading systems using clinical features alongside nomograms lack precision in guiding treatment decisions…
sciencecityMarch 27, 2017
ABSTRACT: Nonsense mutations underlie about 10% of rare genetic disease cases. They introduce a premature termination…
sciencecityMarch 20, 2017
ABSTRACT: A mild and selective photocatalytic C-H 18F-fluorination reaction has been developed that provides direct…
sciencecityMarch 13, 2017
ABSTRACT: CDC-like kinase phosphorylation of serine/arginine-rich proteins is central to RNA splicing reactions. Yet, the…
sciencecityMarch 8, 2017
ABSTRACT: G-quadruplex DNAs form four-stranded helical structures and are proposed to play key roles in different…
sciencecityFebruary 27, 2017
Among studies of single cells to bioengineered models of development, Cell Stem Cell has named a phase…
pthomsonJune 17, 2022
The Personalized OncoGenomics Program (POG), co-led by Drs. Janessa Laskin and Marco Marra, is a patient-centric research initiative…
pthomsonJune 16, 2022
Since 2017, the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering offers undergraduate and graduate programs to more…
pthomsonJune 16, 2022
At the same time a prized delicacy and a virulent pest, the fungus Ustilago maydis delights epicureans…
pthomsonJune 16, 2022
UBC’s School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) and Amgen are pleased to announce the inaugural 2022…
sciencecityJune 15, 2022
STEMCELL Technologies Inc. and PBS Biotech Inc. have announced their supply partnership to make the PBS-MINI…
pthomsonJune 15, 2022
UBC’s Life Sciences Institute (LSI) has become a designated UBC Global Research Excellence Institute (GREx)…
pthomsonJune 14, 2022
Genome Canada has launched a new $30 million Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Systems genomics initiative…
pthomsonJune 13, 2022
New research is always exciting, but in order to spread the word about new findings,…
sciencecityJanuary 31, 2020
UBC researchers have been awarded $36.6M for 58 projects at the university and its affiliated health authority…
sciencecityJanuary 30, 2020
Using gene therapy to treat congenital blindness Aniridia is an eye disorder where the iris,…
sciencecityJanuary 22, 2020
Over the past five years, the Travel Awards provided by the Centre for Blood Research…
sciencecityJanuary 20, 2020
Twenty-six research excellence clusters led by researchers on the Vancouver campus will be funded through…
sciencecityJanuary 15, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Ly Vu who has been awarded a three-year Basic/Translational Fellow to Faculty…
sciencecityJanuary 14, 2020
Dr. Wilfred Jefferies at the Michael Smith Laboratories has been elected as a Fellow of…
sciencecityJanuary 6, 2020
New funding from a partnership of SickKids Hospital and the CIHR Institute for Human Development,…
sciencecityDecember 20, 2019
