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
A first-of-its-kind study led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Helen Tremlett and…
karnottNovember 26, 2024
The first thing most doctors think about when one of their patients is diagnosed with…
karnottNovember 25, 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
The first thing most doctors think about when one of their patients is diagnosed with…
karnottNovember 22, 2024
This week, we profile a publication in Cell Reports Methods from Vincent Hanlon (pictured) and…
pthomsonJanuary 24, 2022
Solid tumour perfusion can be unstable, creating transiently hypoxic cells that can contribute to radiation…
pthomsonJanuary 21, 2022
This week we profile a recent publication in Development from Matthew Shannon in Dr. Alexander…
pthomsonJanuary 18, 2022
Many pregnancy disorders, including early-onset preeclampsia (EOPE), are associated with defects in placental trophoblast cell…
pthomsonJanuary 14, 2022
Hybrid incompatibilities occur when interactions between opposite ancestry alleles at different loci reduce the fitness…
pthomsonJanuary 11, 2022
Intracellular pathogens need to establish an intracellular replicative niche to promote survival and replication within…
pthomsonJanuary 7, 2022
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heritable cardiovascular disease and often results in cardiac…
pthomsonJanuary 7, 2022
Lack of matrix deposition is one of the main factors that complicates the healing process…
pthomsonDecember 15, 2021
Abdera Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company leveraging its advanced antibody engineering ROVEr™ platform to design…
karnottMay 27, 2024
adMare BioInnovations (adMare) is pleased to announce the acceptance of five therapeutics start-ups from across…
karnottMay 24, 2024
New evidence underscores the importance of conducting follow-up biopsies in children after treatment for rejection…
karnottMay 23, 2024
An interdisciplinary UBC team led by Dr. Peter Zandstra has received $1.65 million in federal…
karnottMay 22, 2024
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
To some of my students’ displeasure, I have my office hours on Friday afternoons. I…
sciencecityApril 13, 2017
Approximately one-third of Ph.D. students are at risk of having or developing a common psychiatric…
sciencecityApril 11, 2017
As information-sharing has become decentralized in our digital age, are traditional approaches to science communication…
sciencecityApril 10, 2017
You probably have heard during the past few months the general discontent of Canadian scientists…
sciencecityApril 6, 2017
Virginia Schutte says the March for Science won’t meet her goals or those set out…
sciencecityApril 4, 2017
The announcement to create the position of a chief science advisor (CSA) for Canada by…
sciencecityMarch 30, 2017
Last month, General Electric announced that by 2020 the company would not only have equal…
sciencecityMarch 28, 2017
Much anticipated initial results of the Canadian chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) clinical trial for…
sciencecityMarch 27, 2017
Three Canadian scientists have been recognized by UBC’s Faculty of Medicine for their outstanding scientific…
pthomsonJuly 18, 2023
Dr. Terrance Snutch has been recognized for his outstanding accomplishments in the field of brain…
pthomsonJuly 18, 2023
The Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Kickstart Grants are intended to encourage research that…
pthomsonJuly 13, 2023
UBC faculty of medicine’s Drs. John Fleetham and Keith Walley have been appointed to the Order…
pthomsonJuly 13, 2023
Dr. Pieter Cullis, a professor in the UBC faculty of medicine’s department of biochemistry and…
pthomsonJuly 12, 2023
Several members of the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) received awards from the Canada Institutes…
pthomsonJuly 11, 2023
Dr. Keith Walley, a senior clinician-scientist for the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, attending physician…
pthomsonJuly 10, 2023
Each year, the Faculty of Medicine recognizes faculty members who exemplify exceptional contributions in the…
pthomsonJuly 10, 2023
