Meet Gavin — A research scientist dedicated to optimizing the health care system, one technology…
karnottNovember 14, 2024
Dedicated cancer researchers funded by the Terry Fox Research institute continue to push the limits,…
karnottNovember 13, 2024
UBC evolutionary ecologist Dr. Kayla King has been recognized as one of Canada’s top young…
karnottNovember 12, 2024
Psychedelics, such as psilocybin and LSD, have gained attention as promising therapies for psychiatric disorders…
karnottNovember 12, 2024
Michael Smith Health Research BC is providing funding to 44 emerging researchers throughout British Columbia…
karnottNovember 11, 2024
It’s vaccination season, and scientists have been hard at work ensuring the latest vaccines are…
karnottNovember 11, 2024
Conducted in collaboration with members of the community, new research has linked an education program…
karnottNovember 8, 2024
Mitochondrial dysfunction and bioenergetics failure are common pathological hallmarks in Huntington’s disease (HD) and aging.…
pthomsonOctober 26, 2021
Male-female differences in many developmental mechanisms lead to the formation of two morphologically and physiologically…
pthomsonOctober 19, 2021
A rate-limiting step for circulating tumor cells to colonize distant organ sites is their ability…
pthomsonOctober 18, 2021
This week we profile a recent publication in Cell Chemical Biology from the lab of…
pthomsonOctober 13, 2021
Read the Publication This week we profile a recent publication in Nature from the labs…
pthomsonOctober 12, 2021
Read the Publication This week we profile a recent publication in Current Biology from the…
pthomsonOctober 7, 2021
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an age-related condition that is linked to cellular senescence…
pthomsonOctober 6, 2021
The Allan and Verheyen labs at UBC and SFU, respectively, use the fruit fly as…
pthomsonSeptember 29, 2021
Parkinson disease not only affects movement but also profoundly impacts emotions and cognitive functions, which…
karnottApril 24, 2024
In the ongoing quest to understand the complexities of human biology, graduate student researcher Lucy…
karnottApril 24, 2024
Human beings may pride themselves on the buried webs of wire and fiber-optic cables that…
karnottApril 22, 2024
The recommendation is one of a series identified in a report released by the SFU-based…
karnottApril 19, 2024
New research from Simon Fraser University reveals ants could be a solution to prevent tick…
karnottApril 18, 2024
Parasites thought only to infect tropical coral reefs have been discovered in a large variety…
karnottApril 17, 2024
UBC is adding 778 new student spaces over six years in technology and life sciences…
karnottApril 16, 2024
Congratulations to Sasha McDowell, PhD student in the Department of Zoology (supervisor: Dr. Michael Gordon),…
pthomsonMay 18, 2023
Congratulations to Mohit Pandey (doctoral student in Dr. Artem Cherkasov's lab) on receiving the CIHR Canada Graduate…
pthomsonMay 18, 2023
This investment is the result of SCN’s second and final two funding competitions for the…
pthomsonMay 17, 2023
Ahmad Samara is a PhD student in Dr. Tamara Vanderwal‘s lab and one of UBC’s newest…
pthomsonMay 15, 2023
UBC Faculty of Medicine professor Dr. Connie Eaves is the recipient of a 2023 YWCA Women…
pthomsonMay 12, 2023
A pair of late-stage Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) research and development projects tackling major public health…
pthomsonMay 9, 2023
UBC researcher Dr. Manish Sadarangani is among five Canadian scientists receiving funding for pandemic preparedness…
pthomsonMay 5, 2023
Taking innovative research from concept to application is critical for improving health care systems and…
pthomsonMay 4, 2023
