Aspect Biosystems and big pharma giant from Novo Nordisk announced they are entering a new…
karnottJanuary 28, 2026
Chronic graft-versus-host-disease (cGVHD) is the primary nonrelapse limitation to a successful hematopoietic cell transplantation and…
karnottJanuary 27, 2026
A number of UBC Faculty of Medicine community members have been honoured by the Canadian…
karnottJanuary 27, 2026
We are pleased to announce the BC Cancer 2026 Summer Research Studentship competition. Summer research…
karnottJanuary 26, 2026
Congratulations to Dr. Ann Marie Craig, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UBC, on…
karnottJanuary 26, 2026
January is a time of renewal. At Advancing Health, we’re reflecting on the key moments…
karnottJanuary 23, 2026
Dr. Stephen Wright joined the HLI as a new Principal Investigator (PI) in May, 2025.…
karnottJanuary 23, 2026
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
seed2STEM is a research summer program that aims to increase participation in science, technology, engineering,…
karnottAugust 21, 2025
A new UBC Faculty of Medicine study has revealed how long-term, chronic heartburn can drive…
karnottAugust 19, 2025
Atherosclerosis is one of the main causes of heart disease, which is the leading cause…
karnottAugust 19, 2025
Dr. Andrew Eisen’s name is synonymous with progress in the field of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis…
karnottAugust 18, 2025
In a breakthrough study co-led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researchers, Drs. Christopher Ong…
karnottAugust 15, 2025
Heart disease risk may have more to do with genetic factors interacting with sex hormones…
karnottAugust 15, 2025
The School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) at the University of British Columbia has been selected…
karnottAugust 14, 2025
Genomics is no longer just about mapping DNA. Today, it’s powering new ways to fight…
karnottAugust 14, 2025
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
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 first thing most doctors think about when one of their patients is diagnosed with…
karnottNovember 25, 2024
Dr. Yasir Mohamud is a postdoctoral fellow at HLI, the UBC Department of Pathology and…
karnottNovember 20, 2024
UBC Faculty of Medicine professor Dr. Laura Sly and her team are accelerating the development…
karnottNovember 19, 2024
The University of British Columbia Vancouver (UBC Vancouver) iGEM team successfully showcased nuCloud at the…
karnottNovember 19, 2024
Eight outstanding research teams from across the country will receive a total of $2.2M from…
karnottNovember 18, 2024
SBME will once again commemorate the remarkable achievements of Dr. Connie Eaves with a Memorial…
karnottNovember 15, 2024
SFU Faculty of Science is proud to announce this year's recipients of the 2024 Faculty…
karnottNovember 14, 2024
UBC evolutionary ecologist Dr. Kayla King has been recognized as one of Canada’s top young…
karnottNovember 12, 2024
