For the past 20 years, the Canadian Pharmacogenomics Network for Drug Safety (CPNDS) has been working to…
sciencecityMay 21, 2025
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the greater UBC community celebrate the career and…
sciencecityMay 20, 2025
From towering white pines to the tiniest microbes, all life forms on Earth share a…
sciencecityMay 19, 2025
Mitacs and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) have renewed their agreement to…
sciencecityMay 16, 2025
For the aquaculture industry, ensuring the health and well-being of farmed fish is paramount. Just…
sciencecityMay 16, 2025
The 2025 Killam Teaching Prize recognizes HLI researcher Dr. Tillie Hackett for her commitment to…
sciencecityMay 16, 2025
Protein glycosylation, the attachment of carbohydrates onto proteins, is a fundamental process that alters the…
pthomsonJuly 12, 2022
Fluorescent polymeric hydrogels are promising soft and wet media for information storage that are desirable…
pthomsonJuly 8, 2022
Read the Publication This week we profile a recent publication in Leukemia from the lab…
pthomsonJuly 5, 2022
Dietary salt detection and consumption are crucial to maintaining fluid and ionic homeostasis. To optimize…
pthomsonJune 30, 2022
Approved drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis can prevent further bone loss but do not…
pthomsonJune 29, 2022
Transmembrane protease, serine 2 (TMPRSS2) has been identified as key host cell factor for viral…
pthomsonJune 22, 2022
Dr. Robert Holt's lab's overall focus involves understanding and genetically manipulating the human immune system…
pthomsonJune 20, 2022
The highest morbidity and mortality from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection occurs in young infants.…
pthomsonJune 13, 2022
Dr. Nika Shakiba, Assistant Professor at SBME, was recently appointed as a Canada Research Chair…
karnottDecember 2, 2024
Canadian cancer researchers are part of global efforts to test targeted alpha therapy, a new…
karnottNovember 29, 2024
On November 4, 2024, the inaugural Transforming Health Symposium brought together thought leaders, clinicians, researchers,…
karnottNovember 29, 2024
An updated database listing over 100,000 of the most cited-researchers in the world was published…
karnottNovember 27, 2024
When the body’s immune system has an extreme response to an infection, it can cause…
karnottNovember 26, 2024
A first-of-its-kind study led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Helen Tremlett and…
karnottNovember 26, 2024
There is a legend that in the 1860s the huge 500-year-old oak beams holding up…
karnottNovember 25, 2024
Imagine, for a moment, that you’re walking to work or school on a crisp autumn…
karnottNovember 25, 2024
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
Women are underwhelmingly employed in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Not only women…
sciencecityJanuary 17, 2018
2017 was a big year for the University of British Columbia, which conducted some extremely…
sciencecityJanuary 10, 2018
Over the last decade, biologic medicines have improved health outcomes in some of the most…
sciencecityJanuary 4, 2018
A team of Canadian researchers that studied so-called predatory journals is suggesting a “co-ordinated response”…
sciencecityDecember 14, 2017
UBC’s Michael Smith Labs and the School of Biomedical Engineering Dr. Anna Blakney (pictured) has…
karnottApril 1, 2024
Congratulations to BC Cancer researchers who were awarded federal grants through the 2023 Canada Foundation…
karnottMarch 27, 2024
Endometriosis remains largely understudied despite being a relatively common condition. Affecting about one in 10…
karnottMarch 26, 2024
UBC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Faculty Research Awards. UBC’s Faculty Research…
karnottMarch 25, 2024
Two LSI postdocs were recipients of the prestigious CIHR Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence (REDI)…
karnottMarch 25, 2024
“The first pass through any life sciences experiment is always about learning – don’t be…
karnottMarch 20, 2024
UBC Faculty of Medicine-affiliated research projects have been awarded more than $18 million in federal…
karnottMarch 19, 2024
Olivia Hunter, a UBC medical student, has been honoured as one of 20 Wesbrook Scholars…
karnottMarch 18, 2024
