Parkinson’s disease affects nearly 12 million people worldwide—a number expected to more than double by…
karnottApril 6, 2026
Emily Tang never expected to find herself in the world of startups. A former ER…
karnottApril 3, 2026
The dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus contains a heterogeneous population of granule cells, being…
karnottApril 3, 2026
Drs. Katey Enfield, Miffy Hok Yan Cheng, and Samantha Pollard Vancouver is March-ing towards success!…
karnottApril 2, 2026
Dr. David Huntsman receives 2025 Rosalind Franklin Prize for Excellence in Ovarian Cancer Research
karnottApril 2, 2026
Dr. Esther Chin, adjunct professor in the UBC Branch for Global Surgical Care (BGSC), still…
karnottApril 1, 2026
Dr. Miffy Hok Yan Cheng, Assistant Professor in UBC's Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been…
karnottApril 1, 2026
Massively parallel DNA sequencing has led to the rapid growth of highly multiplexed experiments in…
mjoyJanuary 19, 2023
Dr. Natalie Strynadka's team focuses on atomic resolution characterization and analysis of microbial targets, often membrane…
mjoyJanuary 18, 2023
Novel therapeutics to manage bacterial infections are urgently needed as the impact and prevalence of…
mjoyJanuary 12, 2023
Liquid biopsies are the detection of molecular information in fluids from patients with cancer. In…
mjoyJanuary 9, 2023
Dr. Megan Levings' lab works on developing regulatory T cell (Treg) based therapies to improve…
mjoyJanuary 6, 2023
Age-associated B cells (ABCs; CD19+CD11c+T-bet+) are a unique population that are increased in an array…
mjoyJanuary 6, 2023
Cells have the remarkable ability to respond to stress. During stress conditions, the RNA and…
mjoyJanuary 4, 2023
In the nervous system, nerve cells communicate with other cells via specialized interfaces called synapses.…
mjoyDecember 14, 2022
Genomics is transforming healthcare, the environment and natural resource management. The Genomics and Society (G&S)…
karnottOctober 9, 2025
A new implantable tissue monitoring technology could be a gamechanger for complex head and neck…
karnottOctober 9, 2025
Each year in Canada, thousands of babies are born very prematurely — before 32 weeks…
karnottOctober 8, 2025
Better access to lifesaving medical research is coming with the opening of an eight-bed clinical…
karnottOctober 8, 2025
White Mold Fungi Split Their Genome Across Several Nuclei, with Implications for Future Gene Editing
Genomes contain the complete library of information required to build and maintain a living organism…
karnottOctober 6, 2025
British Columbia’s life sciences sector will benefit from an $8 million partnership between Mitacs, Michael…
karnottOctober 6, 2025
Central nervous system (CNS) tumours are growths of abnormal cells residing in either the brain…
karnottOctober 3, 2025
UBC has opened a $45 million expansion of the Beaty Biodiversity Centre, made possible by…
karnottOctober 2, 2025
Far from a classroom exercise happening behind the walls of the ivory tower, university research…
sciencecityNovember 8, 2018
Mitacs fellows reinforce evidence-informed decision making in Ottawa and Victoria Ottawa, ON and Victoria, BC — Beginning…
sciencecityNovember 7, 2018
Jonathan Page has been around cannabis all his life. Growing up on Canada’s Vancouver Island…
sciencecityOctober 24, 2018
Stem-cell clinics across Canada, including eight in B.C., are marketing “unproven treatments” directly to health…
sciencecityOctober 11, 2018
Dozens of unlicensed clinics offering stem cell treatments for a wide variety of medical conditions…
sciencecityOctober 4, 2018
The National Research Council’s (NRC) first Science Advisor and Chief Science Officer, Dr. Danial Wayner,…
sciencecityOctober 3, 2018
Science is about knowledge. It involves the gathering of facts to help create predictions and provide…
sciencecitySeptember 10, 2018
The Rising Stars program was established to celebrate Dr. Connie Eaves’ Gairdner Wrightman Award, her…
karnottDecember 9, 2024
Congratulations to SBME postdoctoral researcher Dayag Sheykhkarimli from Dr. Nozomu Yachie’s lab for receiving $100,000/year…
karnottDecember 6, 2024
BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2024 Outstanding…
karnottDecember 4, 2024
Dr. Poul Sorensen is the recipient of the 2024 Doctors of BC Terry Fox Medal,…
karnottDecember 3, 2024
This month, Drs. Nika Shakiba, Laura Evgin, and Lyndia Wu (pictured, left to right) were…
karnottDecember 2, 2024
Six researchers from the UBC Faculty of Medicine are among the new and renewed Canada…
karnottNovember 28, 2024
SFU Faculty of Science is proud to announce the 2024 recipients of the Excellence in…
karnottNovember 27, 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Nika Shakiba from the School of Biomedical Engineering and Dr. Lyndia Wu…
karnottNovember 26, 2024
