UBC Medicine scientists have founded six new spinoff companies that build on their research to…
karnottNovember 28, 2025
Congratulations to DMCBH faculty members Drs. Naznin Virji-Babul (Physical Therapy, Neuroscience) and Scott Ramsay (Nursing),…
karnottNovember 27, 2025
Wastewater treatment plants are microbial jungles, with each site containing more than 10 million different…
karnottNovember 27, 2025
3D bioprinting, the process by which cells are combined with bioinks and printed into 3D…
karnottNovember 26, 2025
Since joining the UBC School of Kinesiology as a Scientific Engineer, Jeff Nickel has already…
karnottNovember 26, 2025
The Doctors of BC Terry Fox Medal is awarded to outstanding individuals who have a…
karnottNovember 25, 2025
Developed at SFU’s School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering, the system features reusable dry 3D-printed electrodes…
karnottNovember 25, 2025
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
Spermatogenesis involves precise temporal and spatial gene expression and cell signalling to reach a coordinated…
mjoyFebruary 17, 2023
The Rideout lab is interested in understanding sex differences in metabolism and metabolic disease. One…
mjoyFebruary 13, 2023
Efficient regeneration requires multiple cell types acting in coordination. To better understand the intercellular networks…
mjoyFebruary 10, 2023
Severely-afflicted COVID-19 patients can exhibit disease manifestations representative of sepsis, including acute respiratory distress syndrome…
mjoyFebruary 8, 2023
Binding of USF1/2 and TFII-I (RBF-2) at conserved sites flanking the HIV-1 LTR enhancer is essential…
mjoyFebruary 3, 2023
Encased in a tough bony skull and suspended in shock-absorbing fluid, the brain is protected…
karnottJuly 4, 2025
Jim Kronstad, a professor at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the Michael Smith Laboratories,…
karnottJuly 3, 2025
To help scientists accelerate their workflows, STEMCELL Technologies has commercially launched the STEMprep™ Tissue Dissociator…
karnottJuly 2, 2025
Variational AI, developer of the Enki generative AI platform for drug discovery announced a co-development…
karnottJuly 1, 2025
The health risks of a high-sugar diet are well known: obesity, Type 2 diabetes, heart…
karnottJune 30, 2025
Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy, a leading clinician-scientist whose work spans cancer detection, biomedical engineering and global health,…
karnottJune 26, 2025
Research is crucial to improving health outcomes and unlocking the potential of new medication, treatments…
karnottJune 26, 2025
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
While many Canadian academics were enjoying a bit of time off over the holidays, some…
sciencecityJanuary 17, 2019
Karen Osborn was supposed to be exploring hidden worlds in the Turks and Caicos, cataloguing…
sciencecityJanuary 14, 2019
The 47-year-old mother from Tennessee had chosen to forgo traditional cancer treatments for her late…
sciencecityJanuary 10, 2019
The Globe and Mail recently reported a concerning decision made by the Trudeau government: Minister…
sciencecityJanuary 7, 2019
For those of us who have been following and working in the cell and gene therapy (CGT) field…
sciencecityJanuary 4, 2019
Marijuana, long snuck on to college and university campuses for use in bongs and joints,…
sciencecityJanuary 3, 2019
LSI PIs Dr. Jessica Rosin (Dept. of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences) and Dr. Kevin…
karnottOctober 8, 2024
Congratulations to Lorenzo Lindo of Hay Lab (Terry Fox Laboratory) for receiving a Canadian Cancer…
karnottOctober 4, 2024
Michael Smith Health Research BC has granted FHS Assistant Professor Lyana Patrick its prestigious Scholar…
karnottOctober 3, 2024
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
