New research from UBC and the University of Manitoba explores the developmental origins of the…
karnottDecember 6, 2024
Mediator, a co-regulator complex required for RNA Polymerase II activity, interacts with tissue-specific transcription factors…
karnottDecember 5, 2024
Zymeworks Inc. (Nasdaq: ZYME), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a diverse pipeline of novel, multifunctional…
karnottDecember 4, 2024
Genomics is providing scientists with an unprecedented view into these aquatic worlds and opening doors…
karnottDecember 4, 2024
BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2024 Outstanding…
karnottDecember 4, 2024
Immunotherapy has demonstrated promise as a treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, there is…
karnottDecember 3, 2024
Dr. Poul Sorensen is the recipient of the 2024 Doctors of BC Terry Fox Medal,…
karnottDecember 3, 2024
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
The majority of genetic variants detected in genome wide association studies (GWAS) exert their effects…
pthomsonDecember 15, 2021
Cardiac muscle uses multiple sources of energy including glucose and fatty acid (FA). The heart…
pthomsonDecember 10, 2021
Direct cell-to-cell spreading of Listeria monocytogenes requires the bacteria to induce actin-based finger-like membrane protrusions in donor…
pthomsonDecember 6, 2021
Propionibacterium acnes, though generally considered part of the normal flora of human skin, is an…
pthomsonDecember 2, 2021
Seemingly redundant in function, melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5 (MDA5) and toll-like receptor- 3 (TLR3) both…
pthomsonNovember 29, 2021
According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, one in five people will be…
karnottMay 31, 2024
Food allergies affect nearly 600,000 Canadian children and one in two Canadian households. But a…
karnottMay 30, 2024
Dr. Cheryl Peters, a senior scientist in cancer prevention at BC Cancer and the BC…
karnottMay 28, 2024
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
The latest update on the status of women in science offers some good news. The…
sciencecityMarch 23, 2017
After spending nearly 15 years in biomedical science laboratories in two different countries with publicly…
sciencecityMarch 21, 2017
CRISPR, a technique that allows for precise gene editing, is taking the research world by…
sciencecityMarch 16, 2017
My first attempt at publishing a paper was a breeze. A collaborator was asked to…
sciencecityMarch 14, 2017
Do Americans hate science? They certainly seem to hate it more than they used to,…
sciencecityMarch 10, 2017
This past summer, the future of our postdoctoral association’s Science Policy Committee was uncertain. We were…
sciencecityMarch 7, 2017
The initial stages of a PhD can be daunting. Fortunately, there are a few ways…
sciencecityMarch 2, 2017
Female first-year Ph.D. students in “bench” biology disciplines—such as molecular biology, cellular biology, and genetics—spend…
sciencecityFebruary 27, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Peter Zandstra for receiving the first ever Scientific Entrepreneurship Award from Life…
pthomsonJuly 20, 2023
Kwangjin Park (Hoodless Lab) has been awarded the Canadian Institutes of Health Research 2022 Postdoctoral Fellowship…
pthomsonJuly 20, 2023
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Trainee Endowment…
pthomsonJuly 19, 2023
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
