SBME will once again commemorate the remarkable achievements of Dr. Connie Eaves with a Memorial…
karnottNovember 15, 2024
Meet Gavin — A research scientist dedicated to optimizing the health care system, one technology…
karnottNovember 14, 2024
The British Columbia Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (BC NEIHR) - one of nine…
karnottNovember 13, 2024
Dedicated cancer researchers funded by the Terry Fox Research institute continue to push the limits,…
karnottNovember 13, 2024
UBC evolutionary ecologist Dr. Kayla King has been recognized as one of Canada’s top young…
karnottNovember 12, 2024
Psychedelics, such as psilocybin and LSD, have gained attention as promising therapies for psychiatric disorders…
karnottNovember 12, 2024
Michael Smith Health Research BC is providing funding to 44 emerging researchers throughout British Columbia…
karnottNovember 11, 2024
Dopamine modulation is thought to underpin some of the therapeutic effects associated with repetitive transcranial magnetic…
pthomsonMay 13, 2022
Animal models are frequently used as a preclinical step to studying cancers such as B-cell…
pthomsonMay 6, 2022
Read the Publication This week we profile a recent publication in Nature Communications from first…
pthomsonMay 3, 2022
Previous studies of aging have revealed intrinsically determined alterations in the properties of the hematopoietic…
pthomsonApril 29, 2022
Dr. Chris Carlsten's lab is dedicated to revealing the effects of environmental exposures on human…
pthomsonApril 20, 2022
Huntington disease (HD), a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder, manifests as progressively impaired movement and cognition. Although early…
pthomsonApril 19, 2022
A growing body of evidence shows that the granzyme family of enzymes offer new pathways…
karnottMay 21, 2024
Genome BC’s Annual Genomics Forum 2024, themed “Living Innovations: BC’s Path to Biological Engineering,” brough…
karnottMay 20, 2024
Now, an international collaboration between UBC’s Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging and researchers…
karnottMay 15, 2024
A new gene therapy, utilizing the gene-editing tool known as CRISPR to treat sickle-cell disease,…
karnottMay 15, 2024
In an effort to shine a light on our many notable researchers, Providence Research is…
karnottMay 14, 2024
Brown carbon, released when food is cooked, can produce oxidants when it absorbs light. Additionally,…
karnottMay 13, 2024
Researchers at the UBC Faculty of Medicine and BC Cancer have developed a new artificial…
karnottMay 10, 2024
Research team members discuss their experiences working in mental health research and share expert advice…
karnottMay 10, 2024
There is a drive to get more women interested in science, technology, engineering and math…
sciencecityMarch 13, 2018
Budget 2018 dropped yesterday, and Canadian scientists are enthusiastic … and relieved. The new budget…
sciencecityMarch 5, 2018
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration released its 2018 budget on 27 February and scientists…
sciencecityFebruary 28, 2018
Intense competition for scarce federal research funding means that some great ideas won’t make the…
sciencecityFebruary 27, 2018
More than half of government scientists in Canada—53%—do not feel they can speak freely to…
sciencecityFebruary 22, 2018
Canada’s research community has long yearned for a consequential funding boost for science — and…
sciencecityFebruary 13, 2018
There is a very special brown mouse in a small plastic cage on the table…
sciencecityFebruary 8, 2018
The human brain is the most complex biological structure in the known universe, containing hundreds…
sciencecityFebruary 2, 2018
Health research enables discovery breakthroughs in the mysteries of health, disease, and sickness, that ultimately…
sciencecitySeptember 22, 2023
Dr. Brett Hilton is one of 28 neuroscientists in Canada who have been awarded $100,000…
sciencecitySeptember 21, 2023
Dr. Wendy Robinson has been awarded the 2023 Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship in recognition of her…
sciencecitySeptember 19, 2023
UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers have received Michael Smith Health Research BC 2023 Scholar awards for their…
sciencecitySeptember 18, 2023
Research is foundational for new treatments, cures, practices and solutions that improve the health of…
sciencecitySeptember 15, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Anna Blakney for being recognized as one of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)…
sciencecitySeptember 13, 2023
Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis, a professor in the UBC faculty of medicine’s department of medicine,…
sciencecitySeptember 11, 2023
UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers have been awarded more than $7 million in federal and…
sciencecitySeptember 7, 2023
