Diffusion tensor imaging is a candidate biomarker in cerebrovascular disease. Yet, little is known about…
karnottJuly 7, 2025
From a young age, Dr. Huawei Li found himself curious about biodevices and how they…
karnottJuly 4, 2025
Individual variability in clinical response to dopamine replacement therapy (DRT) is a key barrier to…
karnottJuly 4, 2025
Encased in a tough bony skull and suspended in shock-absorbing fluid, the brain is protected…
karnottJuly 4, 2025
Each year, the Faculty of Medicine recognizes faculty members who have made exceptional contributions in…
karnottJuly 3, 2025
Jim Kronstad, a professor at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the Michael Smith Laboratories,…
karnottJuly 3, 2025
Dr. Tiam Heydari from UBC This month’s spotlight features Dr. Tiam Heydari (pictured), a postdoctoral…
karnottJuly 2, 2025
Beta cells control glucose homeostasis via regulated production and secretion of insulin. This function arises…
pthomsonMarch 31, 2023
There is emerging evidence about the predictive role of homologous recombination deficiency (HRD), but this…
pthomsonMarch 29, 2023
RNA modifications play an important role in various cancers including blood cancers by controlling gene…
pthomsonMarch 23, 2023
Read the Publication This week we profile a recent publication in Nature Biotechnology from Dr.…
pthomsonMarch 20, 2023
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are essential for immune homeostasis and suppression of pathological autoimmunity but…
pthomsonMarch 17, 2023
Loss of muscle mass is a common manifestation of chronic disease. We find the canonical…
pthomsonMarch 15, 2023
The major focus of Dr. Aly Karsan's lab is to understand the mechanisms of refractoriness…
pthomsonMarch 9, 2023
Over a decade of sequencing-based genomics research has unveiled a diverse somatic mutation landscape across…
pthomsonMarch 8, 2023
When Carolina Tropini, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, and Annie Ciernia, Assistant Professor of…
karnottMarch 7, 2025
Airway microbiome composition played a role in how study participants’ immune systems responded to diesel…
karnottMarch 5, 2025
A new study led by researchers at the UBC faculty of medicine has revealed that…
karnottMarch 4, 2025
B.C. biotech startup Reverb Therapeutics has raised $17 million in seed funding to develop a…
karnottMarch 3, 2025
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the greater UBC community honour the life of…
karnottMarch 3, 2025
Variational AI, the company behind Enki, an advanced foundation model for small molecule drug discovery,…
karnottFebruary 28, 2025
In a new study, researchers from the UBC Faculty of Medicine and University of Pennsylvania…
karnottFebruary 27, 2025
Dr. Sarah Hedtrich obtained her PhD in Pharmacology & Toxicology from the Freie Universität Berlin…
karnottFebruary 26, 2025
When working in a research lab we tend to focus on our projects, experiments, and…
sciencecityApril 5, 2019
A recent study shows that a gamechanger drug called Fevipiprant promises to lower patients’ risks of suffering an…
sciencecityApril 4, 2019
From the anti-vaccine movement to the belief that the earth is flat, there seems to a growing distrust…
sciencecityApril 3, 2019
At home DNA testing kits have made it easier than ever for the average person…
sciencecityMarch 29, 2019
What a difference a year makes. Canada’s 2019 budget, released on 19 March, includes modest…
sciencecityMarch 27, 2019
Through Budget 2019, the Government of Canada has signalled its continued confidence in Canadian stem…
sciencecityMarch 25, 2019
Through Budget 2019, the Government of Canada has signalled its continued confidence in Canadian stem…
mjoyMarch 25, 2019
In 2018, Ottawa brought down an impressive “science budget” for Canada. Most signals indicate that…
sciencecityMarch 19, 2019
We are excited to congratulate Marie Johns and Karol Buda, the recipients of the 2023-2024 William…
karnottAugust 5, 2024
The outcome of the CIHR Spring 2024 project grant competition has been revealed, with 373…
karnottAugust 1, 2024
BC Cancer's Dr. Poul Sorensen (pictured) has been awarded with a pediatric Ewing sarcoma research…
karnottAugust 1, 2024
UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers are leading 38 projects awarded more than $25 million in…
karnottJuly 31, 2024
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Trainee Endowment…
karnottJuly 30, 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu, Dr. Kelly McNagny & Dr. Leonard Foster! UBC Faculty of…
karnottJuly 30, 2024
Louise Ramos a brilliant Ph.D student at the VPC (under the supervision of Drs Nada…
karnottJuly 29, 2024
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the results of its Spring 2024…
karnottJuly 25, 2024
