On October 22, the federal government announced the CRC appointments of Angela Kaida, Dara Kelly-Roy,…
karnottNovember 11, 2025
On October 24, 2025, Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre (GSC) hosted our second annual,…
karnottNovember 10, 2025
For Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy, the future of medicine is full of promise — and collaboration…
karnottNovember 7, 2025
Syntrophic microbial consortia can contribute substantially to the activity of anoxic ecosystems but are often…
karnottNovember 7, 2025
Each year, about 60,000 Canadians experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, with only 1 in 10 people…
karnottNovember 6, 2025
Simon Fraser University hosted its inaugural Innovation Week celebrating the innovators, researchers and students creating…
karnottNovember 6, 2025
Four research teams across Canada have received a total of $14.5 million though the 2025…
karnottNovember 5, 2025
The global spread of SARS-CoV-2 has proceeded at an unprecedented rate. Remarkably, characterization of the…
pthomsonJuly 22, 2022
Advanced-stage prostate cancer remains an incurable disease with poor patient prognosis. There is an unmet clinical need…
pthomsonJuly 19, 2022
Regulatory T cell (Treg) therapy is under clinical investigation for the treatment of transplant rejection,…
pthomsonJuly 15, 2022
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
AbCellera today announced it has received a No Objection Letter (NOL) from Health Canada authorizing its…
sciencecityMay 20, 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
For the aquaculture industry, ensuring the health and well-being of farmed fish is paramount. Just…
sciencecityMay 16, 2025
This new scanner, installed and operational at BC Cancer – Vancouver, uses leading-edge photon-counting technology…
karnottMay 15, 2025
As the world marks World Immunization Week, attention turns once again to the lifesaving power…
karnottMay 15, 2025
Researchers from the UBC faculty of medicine and BC Cancer have discovered that certain bacteria…
karnottMay 14, 2025
It’s one of the most exciting, and controversial, areas of health science today: new technology…
sciencecityNovember 13, 2017
Some postdoctoral researchers at public universities in the United States apparently work for fast-food wages…
sciencecityNovember 9, 2017
For his 2012 PhD thesis, the sociologist Chris Platts surveyed and interviewed more than 300…
sciencecityNovember 3, 2017
Scientists are altering a powerful gene-editing technology in hopes of one day fighting diseases without…
sciencecityOctober 30, 2017
From penicillin to the Tesla Model 3, every great modern invention that has solved a…
sciencecityOctober 27, 2017
“A lot of scientific writing can be … dry,” says Dr. James Kryklywy, a post-doctoral…
sciencecityOctober 26, 2017
Five leading German scientists have resigned from their editorial positions at journals published by Elsevier,…
sciencecityOctober 17, 2017
Forty years ago, two papers described the first tractable methods for determining the order of the…
sciencecityOctober 13, 2017
Each year, the Faculty of Medicine recognizes faculty members who have made exceptional contributions in…
karnottJuly 1, 2024
Neuroscientist John McDonald, archaeological scientist Michael Richards and computational chemist Samira Siahrostami’s appointments were announced…
karnottJuly 1, 2024
This award recognizes outstanding contributions in the area of equity, diversity and inclusion through research,…
karnottJune 26, 2024
Congratulations to Ninon Freidel, the first year UBC Neuroscience graduate student who was awarded the…
karnottJune 26, 2024
The Faculty of Health Sciences is pleased to highlight the work of four students who…
karnottJune 24, 2024
More than $554 million is being invested in research over five years through the Natural…
karnottJune 24, 2024
Researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) have been awarded $3.4 million to lead…
sciencecityJune 20, 2024
Three UBC Medicine researchers are leading projects recently awarded funding through the Government of Canada’s…
sciencecityJune 20, 2024
