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Alexandra Lawson
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Alexandra Lawson from the Rosin Lab Awarded a CanNRT Fellowship

Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | October 31, 2025
The CanNRT Fellowship is a competitive program designed to support trainees in Canadian universities in…
karnottOctober 31, 2025
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Nozomu Yachie
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UBC Professor Nozomu Yachie Among Renewed Canada Research Chairs

UBC Faculty of Medicine | October 30, 2025
UBC professor Dr. Nozomu Yachie is among the new and renewed Canada Research Chairs recently…
karnottOctober 30, 2025
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Larry Goldenberg
Local News

DNA-Guided Platform Paves Way for More Precise Cancer Treatments

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | October 30, 2025
A collaborative team of researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the University of British…
karnottOctober 30, 2025
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David A. Wood
Local News

Appointment of Dr. David A. Wood as Chief Scientific Officer, Dilwari Cardiovascular Institute

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | October 30, 2025
Dr. Wood is a national and international leader in interventional and structural cardiology. He serves…
karnottOctober 30, 2025
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Tex Kissoon
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Prof. Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon To Receive Honorary Doctorate at the University of the West Indies

BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | October 29, 2025
Every year the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Kingston, Jamaica recognizes extraordinary individuals…
karnottOctober 29, 2025
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Miles Mannas
Local News

AI-Driven Disease Detection Levels-Up Prostate Cancer Surgery

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | October 28, 2025
A technology used in advanced brain and lung cancer surgery is now being explored in…
karnottOctober 28, 2025
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Wai-Ching Lam
Local News

Health Matters: Vancouver Surgeons Perform Life-Changing Surgery To Restore Night Vision

Global News | October 28, 2025
B.C. teen Dominic Juillette can now see at night, thanks to a new gene therapy…
karnottOctober 28, 2025
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Keith Walley
Publications of the Week

Decreased Clearance of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol is Causally Associated With Increased Mortality of Septic Shock

Takahashi, N., et al. | October 27, 2025
To determine whether low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, set by the balance of clearance and…
karnottOctober 27, 2025
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Stephen Yip
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Integrated Proteomic Analysis of Low-Grade Gliomas Reveals Contributions of 1p-19q Co-deletion to Oligodendroglioma

Wong, D., et al. | May 25, 2022
Diffusely infiltrative low-grade gliomas (LGG) are primary brain tumours that arise predominantly in the cerebral…
pthomsonMay 25, 2022
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Thibault Mayor
Publications of the Week

Protein Interaction Networks in Neurodegenerative Diseases: From Physiological Function to Aggregation

Calabrese, G., et al. | May 25, 2022
The accumulation of protein inclusions is linked to many neurodegenerative diseases that typically develop in…
pthomsonMay 25, 2022
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Connie Eaves
Publications of the Week

Paradoxical Roles of Caspase-3 in Regulating Cell Survival, Proliferation, and Tumorigenesis

Eskandari, E., et al. | May 19, 2022
Caspase-3 is a widely expressed member of a conserved family of proteins, generally recognized for…
pthomsonMay 19, 2022
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Bruce Verchere
Publications of the Week

Elevated Islet Prohormone Ratios As Indicators of Insulin Dependency in Auto-Islet Transplant Recipients

Chen, Y.-C., et al. | May 18, 2022
Pancreatic islet transplantation has therapeutic potential in type 1 diabetes and is also an established…
pthomsonMay 18, 2022
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Doris Doudet
Publications of the Week

Continuous but Not Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation Decreases Striatal Dopamine Release and Cortical Excitability

Aceves-Serrano, L., et al. | May 13, 2022
Dopamine modulation is thought to underpin some of the therapeutic effects associated with repetitive transcranial magnetic…
pthomsonMay 13, 2022
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Raymond Andersen
Publications of the Week

Ansellone J, a Potent In Vitro and Ex Vivo HIV-1 Latency Reversal Agent Isolated from a Phorbas sp. Marine Sponge

Wang, M., et al. | May 11, 2022
Five new minor sesterterpenoids, ansellones H (4), I (5), J (6), and K (7) and…
pthomsonMay 11, 2022
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Ryan Morin
Publications of the Week

Shared and Distinct Genetic Features in Human and Canine B Cell Lymphomas

Blood Advances | May 6, 2022
Animal models are frequently used as a preclinical step to studying cancers such as B-cell…
pthomsonMay 6, 2022
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Leo (Zhengcheng) He and Chris Maxwell
Publications of the Week

Pathogenic BRCA1 Variants Disrupt PLK1-Regulation of Mitotic Spindle Orientation

He, Z., et al. | May 3, 2022
Read the Publication This week we profile a recent publication in Nature Communications from first…
pthomsonMay 3, 2022
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insulin
Local News

Zucara Therapeutics Announces Second and Final Closing of US $25 Million Series-B Financing (With Additional Us $5 Million)

T-Net | May 6, 2025
Zacara Therapeutics, a Vancouver diabetes life science company developing the first once-daily therapeutic to prevent…
karnottMay 6, 2025
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Kayla King
Local News

Is a Warmer World a Sicker World?

UBC Microbiology and Immunology | May 2, 2025
When Kayla King was growing up in Nanaimo, British Columbia, every day felt like Earth…
karnottMay 2, 2025
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Local News

Cases of Parkinson’s Disease in Canada Set to Rise 69% by 2050

Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | May 1, 2025
By 2050, it is projected that the number of people living with Parkinson’s disease will…
karnottMay 1, 2025
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John Fleetham
Local News

New Solution To Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | May 1, 2025
Researchers are developing an effective, affordable and more comfortable treatment to prevent upper airway obstruction…
karnottMay 1, 2025
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Jim Mattsson
Local News

Fresh Canadian Produce Year-Round? Gene Editing Could Make It Possible

SFU Department of Biological Sciences | April 29, 2025
CBC Vancouver broadcasted a story at the 6 PM news on April 9th about research…
karnottApril 29, 2025
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DNA
Local News

It’s a Gap! Addressing Disparities in Genetic Counselling

Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes | April 28, 2025
Many people across Canada have problems accessing health care, from finding a family doctor to…
karnottApril 28, 2025
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Don Sin
Local News

Long COVID-19 and the Lungs: What Is Happening in the Airways?

Centre for Heart Lung Innovation | April 28, 2025
New research from the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI) has identified inflammation in the…
karnottApril 28, 2025
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Solenne Villemer
Local News

How Emotions Can Modulate Vestibular-Motor Responses

UBC Balance and Falls Research Centre | April 25, 2025
A newly published study in the Journal of Physiology, by co-first authors Dr. Martin Zaback…
karnottApril 25, 2025
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Canadians march for science from coast to coast
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Canadians March for Science from Coast to Coast

CTV News | May 2, 2017
It was something like a flashback for Canadian scientists who gathered across the country Saturday…
sciencecityMay 2, 2017
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More surgeons must start doing basic science
Interesting Articles

More Surgeons Must Start Doing Basic Science

Nature | April 27, 2017
In Steven Soderbergh’s classy television show The Knick, set in a New York City hospital…
sciencecityApril 27, 2017
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Interesting Articles

Make Your PhD Outcomes Transparent and Be Proud of Where Your Graduates End Up

University Affairs | April 25, 2017
Last week, I received an email from my PhD alma mater UBC and instead of…
sciencecityApril 25, 2017
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Canadian flag
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Naylor Report Lays the Groundwork to Renew Basic Research in Canada

University Affairs | April 20, 2017
The panel charged with reviewing the federal government’s support of fundamental science released its final…
sciencecityApril 20, 2017
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Science competitions earn you fame, glory and transferable skills
Interesting Articles

Science Competitions Earn You Fame, Glory and Transferable Skills

Naturejobs | April 20, 2017
My PhD journey is coming to its end and I am considering a non-academic career.…
sciencecityApril 20, 2017
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CRISPR has a bad name
Interesting Articles

CRISPR Has a Terrible Name

The Atlantic | April 18, 2017
Imagine this: What if scientists had a tool that allowed them to edit genes directly,…
sciencecityApril 18, 2017
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Phobia
Interesting Articles

A Growing Phobia

Naturejobs | April 14, 2017
Supervisor phobia, as I call it, is an irrational fear that I have seen often…
sciencecityApril 14, 2017
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Teaching in the age of social media
Interesting Articles

Teaching in the Age of Social Media

University Affairs | April 13, 2017
To some of my students’ displeasure, I have my office hours on Friday afternoons. I…
sciencecityApril 13, 2017
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Dr. Jörg Gsponer
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Dr. Jörg Gsponer Receives NFRF Exploration Grant to Expand Our Understanding of Phase Transitions

UBC Michael Smith Laboratories | June 10, 2024
We are pleased to share that Dr. Jörg Gsponer (Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry…
karnottJune 10, 2024
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From left to right: Dr. Kelley Lee (SFU Faculty of Health Sciences), Dr. Andrew Pinto (University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine), Hon. Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Minister of Tourism of Canada) and Dr. Ève Dubé (Faculté des sciences sociales, Université Laval).
AwardsFeatured Awards

SFU-Led Research Project Awarded $14.6 Million Funding to Prepare for Future Pandemics

SFU News | June 7, 2024
The Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Consortium will be led by Kelley Lee, professor in…
karnottJune 7, 2024
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Karen Sherwood
AwardsFeatured Awards

Innovation and Translational Research Awards 2024 Recipients

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | June 6, 2024
Taking innovative research from concept to application is critical for improving health care systems and…
karnottJune 6, 2024
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Stuart Turvey
AwardsFeatured Awards

Career Research Award

| June 5, 2024
Established in 2009, the Career Research Award is a biennial award that recognizes the career…
karnottJune 5, 2024
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Maria Tokuyama
AwardsFeatured Awards

Lupus Research Alliance Grants Lupus Innovation Awards to Nine International Researchers Pushing the Boundaries of Lupus Research

The Lupus Research Alliance | June 4, 2024
The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is proud to announce that nine international researchers are the…
karnottJune 4, 2024
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sally otto
AwardsMonthly Award Summaries

May 2024 Award Winners

Science in Vancouver | June 1, 2024
Dr. Sally Otto (pictured) —a theoretical biologist focused on fundamental questions of population genetics and…
karnottJune 1, 2024
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FHS PhD candidate Amanda Rowlands won the Phyllis Eveleth Award for outstanding poster presentation at the recent 2024 meeting of the Human Biology Association in Los Angeles
AwardsFeatured Awards

FHS PhD Candidate’s Innovative Research Recognized with Award

SFU Faculty of Health Sciences | May 31, 2024
Faculty of Health Sciences PhD candidate Amanda Rowlands has a new award to add to…
karnottMay 31, 2024
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Fumiya Inaba
AwardsFeatured Awards

Fumiya Inaba Receives CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s Award

BC Cancer Research | May 29, 2024
Congratulations to Fumiya Inaba (Integrative Oncology), for receiving a Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's Award…
karnottMay 29, 2024
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