Two Federally Funded Training Programs to Build Canada’s Biomedical Research and Innovation Capacity
UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers are leading two new federally funded training initiatives aimed at…
karnottMay 7, 2026
A new interdisciplinary initiative from the School of Biomedical Engineering at the University of British…
karnottMay 6, 2026
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) supports clinician-scientists in advancing discoveries that improve the health…
karnottMay 5, 2026
A recent study from the Overall Lab in Cell Reports shows that effective antiviral defense…
karnottMay 5, 2026
Gene fusions generated by chromosomal rearrangements function as oncogenic drivers in human cancers. We previously…
karnottMay 4, 2026
A minimally invasive heart procedure may be a better first-line treatment than medication for people…
karnottMay 4, 2026
May 2, 2026 marks National Immunization Awareness Week in Canada. What do people in Canada…
karnottMay 1, 2026
Neurexin synaptic organizing proteins are central to a genetic risk pathway in neuropsychiatric disorders. Neurexins…
pthomsonJuly 7, 2023
The number of somatic mutations detectable in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is highly heterogeneous in…
pthomsonJune 30, 2023
Mycobacterium tuberculosis’s (Mtb) success as a pathogen is due in part to its sophisticated lipid…
pthomsonJune 27, 2023
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is cured in more than 60% of patients, but outcomes…
sciencecityJune 21, 2023
Glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) is critical for promoting physiological synaptic plasticity and neuronal viability. As…
sciencecityJune 19, 2023
Intracellular symbionts often undergo genome reduction, losing both coding and non-coding DNA in a process…
pthomsonJune 13, 2023
Purpose: Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition has been shown to induce pharmacological “BRCAness” in cancer cells…
pthomsonJune 12, 2023
Calcins are peptides from scorpion venom with the unique ability to cross cell membranes, gaining…
pthomsonJune 8, 2023
Researchers identified eight indicators of cardiogenic shock to help emergency responders and health care teams…
karnottDecember 11, 2025
From breakthroughs in organ transplantation to alerting us to the risks of space junk, UBC…
karnottDecember 10, 2025
More than 1 in 10 people in Canada experience major depressive disorder (MDD) at some…
karnottDecember 8, 2025
British Columbia has made remarkable progress in reducing HIV transmission and researchers now believe the…
karnottDecember 5, 2025
As ocean temperatures continue to rise, the stress of climate change is affecting marine life…
karnottDecember 4, 2025
CereCura Nanotherapeutics announced the successful closing of a $1.4 million seed financing round to accelerate…
karnottDecember 3, 2025
Global epidemiologists recently raised the alarm over ‘nightmare bacteria’—germs that respond to only one or…
karnottDecember 3, 2025
It didn’t look like the beginning of a global biotech company. In 2012, six scientists…
karnottDecember 2, 2025
Evidence clearly shows that increasing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in research environments enhances excellence,…
sciencecityMay 14, 2019
Dr. Michael Hawes, CEO of Fulbright Canada, and Dr. Alejandro Adem, CEO of Mitacs, are…
sciencecityMay 6, 2019
Regenerative medicine and the advanced therapies being developed by this field have the potential to bring…
sciencecityMay 2, 2019
Responding effectively to health challenges, such as the opioid crisis currently gripping Canada, requires research…
sciencecityApril 24, 2019
When CIHR created the Foundation Grant program, it was with the intent to support health…
sciencecityApril 19, 2019
Academics are often billed as top-notch problem solvers; however, the task of translating their work…
sciencecityApril 17, 2019
Inspired by the legacy of Terry Fox, today the Terry Fox Research Institute and partners…
sciencecityApril 16, 2019
When working in a research lab we tend to focus on our projects, experiments, and…
sciencecityApril 5, 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Mark Cembrowski, recipient of the 2025 Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) New…
karnottApril 18, 2025
The 2024/25 Killam Teaching Prize and Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award recipients have been announced,…
karnottApril 18, 2025
Grant Recipients for Translational Research & Best Practice Implementation Open Funding Competitions
Praxis Spinal Cord Institute is proud to announce the grant recipients from its Translational Research…
karnottApril 17, 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Govind Kaigala, Director of Partnerships and Community Engagement at the School of…
karnottApril 9, 2025
Genome BC has helped secure more than $49 million for research to be conducted in…
karnottApril 3, 2025
Congratulations to SBME graduate student, Mona Behrouzian, for winning UBC’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) with…
karnottApril 2, 2025
Dr. Kaylee Byers, Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University and Host of the Nice Genes!…
karnottApril 1, 2025
