Congratulations to Yingying Liu (Jiang Lab), a PhD student in the Collings Stevens Chronic Leukemia…
karnottAugust 20, 2025
Atherosclerosis is one of the main causes of heart disease, which is the leading cause…
karnottAugust 19, 2025
Genome BC recently funded two Society Issues Competition (SOC) projects to investigate improvements for genetic…
karnottAugust 19, 2025
Three UBC Faculty of Medicine community members—Drs. Ruth Grunau, Robin Love and John Yee—have been…
karnottAugust 18, 2025
Dr. Andrew Eisen’s name is synonymous with progress in the field of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis…
karnottAugust 18, 2025
In a breakthrough study co-led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researchers, Drs. Christopher Ong…
karnottAugust 15, 2025
Heart disease risk may have more to do with genetic factors interacting with sex hormones…
karnottAugust 15, 2025
Age-associated B cells (ABCs) are a recently identified, unique B cell population that displays both…
pthomsonMarch 24, 2022
Prostate cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and new estimates revealed prostate cancer…
pthomsonMarch 24, 2022
In yeast, at least seven proteins (Ice2p, Ist2p, Scs2/22p, Tcb1-Tcb3p) affect cortical endoplasmic reticulum (ER)…
pthomsonMarch 21, 2022
Proteoglycans are proteins that are modified with glycosaminoglycan chains. Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) are currently…
pthomsonMarch 18, 2022
Dr. William Lockwood's lab is focused on studying the biological basis of lung cancer initiation,…
pthomsonMarch 14, 2022
Dr. Gregg Morin's group uses an instrument technology called mass spectrometry to measure the abundance…
pthomsonMarch 8, 2022
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic condition affecting one quarter of the global…
pthomsonMarch 4, 2022
What sparked your love for science? A childhood curiosity, a great teacher, or a moment…
karnottFebruary 14, 2025
February 11 is International Day of Women and Girls in Sciences. We have compiled a…
karnottFebruary 14, 2025
British Columbia is home to a thriving life sciences sector, with over 2,000 companies employing…
karnottFebruary 13, 2025
The interactions within the tumour microenvironment can impact the effectiveness of cancer treatment, which is…
karnottFebruary 11, 2025
UBC is among the best universities in the world for Medical and Health disciplines, according…
karnottFebruary 10, 2025
In a featured article published today in Frontiers in Science, researchers from leading Canadian institutions…
karnottFebruary 7, 2025
I am delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Martin Gleave as the inaugural Chief…
karnottFebruary 6, 2025
The sudden onset and severity of de novo metastatic prostate cancer makes it one of…
karnottFebruary 5, 2025
Last month, General Electric announced that by 2020 the company would not only have equal…
sciencecityMarch 28, 2017
Much anticipated initial results of the Canadian chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) clinical trial for…
sciencecityMarch 27, 2017
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
Two LSI postdocs were recipients of the prestigious CIHR Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence (REDI)…
karnottMarch 25, 2024
“The first pass through any life sciences experiment is always about learning – don’t be…
karnottMarch 20, 2024
UBC Faculty of Medicine-affiliated research projects have been awarded more than $18 million in federal…
karnottMarch 19, 2024
Olivia Hunter, a UBC medical student, has been honoured as one of 20 Wesbrook Scholars…
karnottMarch 18, 2024
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) today announced the 2023 Class of PCF Team Challenge Award…
karnottMarch 18, 2024
We are excited to share that Drs. Leonard Foster and Sabrina Leslie are among ten…
karnottMarch 13, 2024
The results of the CIHR Fall 2023 Project Grant Competition have just been announced. CTN…
karnottMarch 12, 2024
Two members of UBC’s faculty of medicine community have been honoured with 2024 Association of…
karnottMarch 11, 2024
