More than 2,500 cases of measles have been reported across Canada this year, including 12…
karnottJune 6, 2025
Praxis Spinal Cord Institute is excited to announce the cohort of Praxis SCI Incubate, a…
karnottJune 5, 2025
Longitudinal measurements of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunity over 4 winter seasons reveal that viral…
karnottJune 5, 2025
The 2024/2025 fiscal year marked another exciting chapter for innovation and entrepreneurship at the University…
karnottJune 4, 2025
STEMCELL Technologies, Canada’s largest biotechnology company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Cellular Highways…
karnottJune 4, 2025
When humans, animals, plants and viruses interact with or live in water, they shed their…
karnottJune 4, 2025
For too many young people, period pain is a serious and overlooked health issue that…
karnottJune 3, 2025
Read the Publication This week we profile a recent publication in Nature Communications from the…
pthomsonFebruary 28, 2022
There are over 15 disease-modifying drugs that have been approved over the last 20 years for…
pthomsonFebruary 25, 2022
This week we profile a recent publication in Nature Communications from the lab of Dr.…
pthomsonFebruary 23, 2022
This review will focus on biomarkers in testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT), focusing on microRNAs…
pthomsonFebruary 18, 2022
The daily loss of cells in tissues such as skin, gut and blood is compensated…
pthomsonFebruary 14, 2022
The Delta and Kappa variants of SARS-CoV-2 co-emerged in India in late 2020, with the…
pthomsonFebruary 11, 2022
Screening of a marine derived crude natural product extract library, followed by bioactivity guided fractionation, has led…
pthomsonFebruary 10, 2022
Dopamine D1 receptor (D1R) agonists are frequently used to study the role of D1Rs in neurotransmission…
pthomsonFebruary 4, 2022
The Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) is pleased to announce the reappointment of…
karnottNovember 20, 2024
Welcome to our retrospective on a decade of innovation and impact at the Djavad Mowafaghian…
karnottNovember 18, 2024
A new collaboration between Genome BC, STEMCELL Technologies and researchers at the University of British…
karnottNovember 15, 2024
Meet Gavin — A research scientist dedicated to optimizing the health care system, one technology…
karnottNovember 14, 2024
The British Columbia Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (BC NEIHR) - one of nine…
karnottNovember 13, 2024
Dedicated cancer researchers funded by the Terry Fox Research institute continue to push the limits,…
karnottNovember 13, 2024
Psychedelics, such as psilocybin and LSD, have gained attention as promising therapies for psychiatric disorders…
karnottNovember 12, 2024
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
We are excited to congratulate Lauren Durland and Thomas Worthington, the 2023-24 recipients of the…
karnottFebruary 8, 2024
The results of the CIHR Fall 2023 Project Grant Competition have just been announced. Advancing…
karnottFebruary 7, 2024
UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Dr. Deborah Money (pictured) was recently appointed to the Order of…
karnottFebruary 1, 2024
The Terry Fox Research Institute has co-funded six Master’s and PhD students and one postdoctoral…
karnottFebruary 1, 2024
The Michael Smith Laboratories is pleased to highlight one of our outstanding graduate students, Heather…
karnottJanuary 29, 2024
Six UBC faculty of medicine community members have been honoured by the Canadian Association for…
karnottJanuary 25, 2024
Dr Artem Cherkasov's success in winning the worldwide drug discovery challenge is praiseworthy. The competition…
karnottJanuary 24, 2024
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Teresa Tsang has been appointed Executive Director, Vancouver…
karnottJanuary 23, 2024
