Since joining the UBC School of Kinesiology as a Scientific Engineer, Jeff Nickel has already…
karnottNovember 26, 2025
Developed at SFU’s School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering, the system features reusable dry 3D-printed electrodes…
karnottNovember 25, 2025
The 2025 Mitacs Innovation Awards, presented at National Arts Centre and streamed online to a…
karnottNovember 24, 2025
NervGen Pharma Corp. (“NervGen” or the “Company”) , a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class neuroreparative…
karnottNovember 24, 2025
The wait is over! Discover the 2025 recipients of the People’s Choice Award and the…
karnottNovember 21, 2025
Glen was a Distinguished Professor at SFU with joint appointments in Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology…
karnottNovember 21, 2025
We are moving into a new era of genomic medicines that will target cancer, viruses…
karnottNovember 20, 2025
The highest morbidity and mortality from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection occurs in young infants.…
pthomsonJune 13, 2022
Cell surface calcium (Ca2+) channels permit Ca2+ ion influx, with Ca2+ taking part in cellular functions such…
pthomsonJune 13, 2022
Stem cells experience many selective pressures which shape their cellular populations, potentially pushing them to…
pthomsonJune 9, 2022
Lifelong production of the many types of mature blood cells from less differentiated progenitors is…
pthomsonJune 8, 2022
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are commonly treated with inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting ß2-agonist combination…
pthomsonJune 3, 2022
The resolution revolution in cryoelectron microscopy has enabled the determination of the molecular structure for…
pthomsonJune 2, 2022
Diffusely infiltrative low-grade gliomas (LGG) are primary brain tumours that arise predominantly in the cerebral…
pthomsonMay 25, 2022
The accumulation of protein inclusions is linked to many neurodegenerative diseases that typically develop in…
pthomsonMay 25, 2022
The lab of Dr. Sabrina Leslie (MSL, Physics and Astronomy; SBME affiliate member) brings together researchers and approaches from physics…
sciencecityMay 23, 2025
Cheek swabs — they’re painless, simple, and commonly used in pediatric research. But how reliable…
sciencecityMay 22, 2025
A pioneering approach is offering researchers new insights into why some prostate cancers are more…
sciencecityMay 21, 2025
For the past 20 years, the Canadian Pharmacogenomics Network for Drug Safety (CPNDS) has been working to…
sciencecityMay 21, 2025
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
In March, Canada’s federal government announced its 2017 budget with no increase in funding for…
sciencecityAugust 16, 2017
It was something like a flashback for Canadian scientists who gathered across the country Saturday…
sciencecityMay 2, 2017
In Steven Soderbergh’s classy television show The Knick, set in a New York City hospital…
sciencecityApril 27, 2017
The panel charged with reviewing the federal government’s support of fundamental science released its final…
sciencecityApril 20, 2017
My PhD journey is coming to its end and I am considering a non-academic career.…
sciencecityApril 20, 2017
Imagine this: What if scientists had a tool that allowed them to edit genes directly,…
sciencecityApril 18, 2017
Supervisor phobia, as I call it, is an irrational fear that I have seen often…
sciencecityApril 14, 2017
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
Congratulations to Dr. Zhenwei Ma of Gao Lab (Integrative Oncology) for receiving a Banting Postdoctoral…
sciencecityJune 19, 2024
The Stem Cell Network (SCN) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Summer Studentships…
sciencecityJune 19, 2024
BC Cancer 2024 Summer Research Studentship competition, sponsored by the BC Cancer Foundation, supports senior…
karnottJune 18, 2024
Congratulations to Georgia Langdon (Terry Fox Lab) for receiving the Genome Science and Technology summer…
karnottJune 17, 2024
A total of 157 new programs and projects led by UBC researchers were awarded more than $36.2…
sciencecityJune 17, 2024
Dr. Peter Stirling (Stirling Lab) has received a one-year research grant through Brain Cancer Canada…
karnottJune 14, 2024
