Ongoing chronic pain can lead to poor sleep and concentration, reduced mobility that limits physical…
karnottNovember 13, 2025
Dr. Zachary Hudson, a UBC chemist developing advanced materials that are transforming how we diagnose…
karnottNovember 12, 2025
Seven start-up ventures founded by UBC faculty of medicine community members have joined the 50th…
karnottNovember 11, 2025
On October 22, the federal government announced the CRC appointments of Angela Kaida, Dara Kelly-Roy,…
karnottNovember 11, 2025
When lymphoid cancers return after treatment, they often become more aggressive and harder to treat.…
karnottNovember 10, 2025
On October 24, 2025, Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre (GSC) hosted our second annual,…
karnottNovember 10, 2025
For Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy, the future of medicine is full of promise — and collaboration…
karnottNovember 7, 2025
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
Over 400 million people worldwide live with diabetes, a chronic disease caused by insulin deficiency…
pthomsonMarch 3, 2023
Measurement of T cell receptor (TCR) or B cell receptor (BCR) gene utilization may be…
pthomsonMarch 2, 2023
The rapid development of CRISPR genome editing technology has provided the potential to treat genetic…
pthomsonFebruary 23, 2023
Organotypic cultures of murine brain slices are well-established tools in neuroscience research, including electrophysiology studies,…
pthomsonFebruary 22, 2023
Brain Canada announced its support for two pioneering neuroscience research platforms at UBC through its…
karnottJune 25, 2025
Launched at the end of May, ARTIC-2 is extending a genome sequencing technique that was…
karnottJune 24, 2025
Time is everything in health care. Imagine a loved one with high-risk breast cancer being…
karnottJune 20, 2025
A study from Dr. James Piret (MSL, Chemical and Biological Engineering) and recent MSL and…
karnottJune 19, 2025
A new proposal calls for a major change in how the U.S. handles injuries caused…
karnottJune 18, 2025
I’m working on the interdisciplinary collaborative project Mend the Gap (MtG), where we’re aiming to…
karnottJune 17, 2025
The GSC was delighted to welcome a group of enthusiastic high school students as part…
karnottJune 17, 2025
The groundbreaking seventeen-year study involved researchers from UBC’s Faculty of Medicine as well as researchers…
karnottJune 16, 2025
For generations, stories have played a key role in human cultural development, helping us share…
sciencecityMarch 1, 2019
At a downtown Toronto hospital researchers are testing a remarkable hypothesis — that transplanting poop from…
sciencecityFebruary 21, 2019
Mark Taylor has a front-row seat to the development and launch of some of Canada’s…
sciencecityFebruary 18, 2019
Canada’s greatest potential can only be realized when all people are welcomed into the laboratory,…
sciencecityFebruary 15, 2019
Female health scientists in Canada face a significant disadvantage when competing for federal research dollars…
sciencecityFebruary 14, 2019
There is a call for more funding for research into chronic diseases at B.C. Women’s…
sciencecityFebruary 11, 2019
Defining what is science and who are scientific researchers may initially seem like an easy…
sciencecityFebruary 6, 2019
A revolutionary new cancer treatment is now available in Canada, but provinces are being advised…
sciencecityJanuary 22, 2019
Dr. Ryan Hoiland is one of 21 neuroscientists in Canada who have been awarded $100,000…
karnottOctober 1, 2024
Dr. Aly Karsan (pictured) from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UBC's Faculty…
karnottOctober 1, 2024
Brain Canada is proud to announce the five recipients of the Momentum Grants, a new…
karnottSeptember 30, 2024
Announced today, researchers from the School of Computing Science and the School of Sustainable Energy…
karnottSeptember 26, 2024
Michael Smith Health Research BC is funding 23 new Scholars and 14 Health Professional-Investigators (HP-I),…
karnottSeptember 25, 2024
Each year, the Faculty of Medicine recognizes faculty and staff members for excellence in teaching,…
karnottSeptember 24, 2024
Congratulations to Carl de Boer from the School of Biomedical Engineering for receiving a $1.6…
karnottSeptember 23, 2024
UBC faculty of medicine researchers have been awarded more than $2.9 million in federal funding…
karnottSeptember 20, 2024
