The Doctors of BC Terry Fox Medal is awarded to outstanding individuals who have a…
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
Every day in hospitals and long-term care homes, people with limited mobility develop painful pressure…
karnottNovember 20, 2025
Caspase-3 is a widely expressed member of a conserved family of proteins, generally recognized for…
pthomsonMay 19, 2022
Pancreatic islet transplantation has therapeutic potential in type 1 diabetes and is also an established…
pthomsonMay 18, 2022
Dopamine modulation is thought to underpin some of the therapeutic effects associated with repetitive transcranial magnetic…
pthomsonMay 13, 2022
Animal models are frequently used as a preclinical step to studying cancers such as B-cell…
pthomsonMay 6, 2022
Read the Publication This week we profile a recent publication in Nature Communications from first…
pthomsonMay 3, 2022
Previous studies of aging have revealed intrinsically determined alterations in the properties of the hematopoietic…
pthomsonApril 29, 2022
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
For the aquaculture industry, ensuring the health and well-being of farmed fish is paramount. Just…
sciencecityMay 16, 2025
This new scanner, installed and operational at BC Cancer – Vancouver, uses leading-edge photon-counting technology…
karnottMay 15, 2025
As the world marks World Immunization Week, attention turns once again to the lifesaving power…
karnottMay 15, 2025
Researchers from the UBC faculty of medicine and BC Cancer have discovered that certain bacteria…
karnottMay 14, 2025
To some of my students’ displeasure, I have my office hours on Friday afternoons. I…
sciencecityApril 13, 2017
Approximately one-third of Ph.D. students are at risk of having or developing a common psychiatric…
sciencecityApril 11, 2017
As information-sharing has become decentralized in our digital age, are traditional approaches to science communication…
sciencecityApril 10, 2017
You probably have heard during the past few months the general discontent of Canadian scientists…
sciencecityApril 6, 2017
Virginia Schutte says the March for Science won’t meet her goals or those set out…
sciencecityApril 4, 2017
The announcement to create the position of a chief science advisor (CSA) for Canada by…
sciencecityMarch 30, 2017
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
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
Fifteen Faculty of Medicine learners have received the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS)…
karnottJune 12, 2024
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is committed to fostering a culture of mentorship for…
karnottJune 11, 2024
We are pleased to share that Dr. Jörg Gsponer (Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry…
karnottJune 10, 2024
The Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Consortium will be led by Kelley Lee, professor in…
karnottJune 7, 2024
Taking innovative research from concept to application is critical for improving health care systems and…
karnottJune 6, 2024
