British Columbia’s life sciences sector will benefit from an $8 million partnership between Mitacs, Michael…
karnottOctober 6, 2025
Middle age represents a critical window for metabolic and cognitive health, particularly in the context…
karnottOctober 3, 2025
Nine UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers are among the 2025 cohort of Michael Smith Health…
karnottOctober 3, 2025
BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2025…
karnottOctober 3, 2025
UBC has opened a $45 million expansion of the Beaty Biodiversity Centre, made possible by…
karnottOctober 2, 2025
Dr. Joel Finbloom September's award summary brought recognition from some of Canada’s most prestigious health…
karnottOctober 1, 2025
In a national first, a team of top Canadian cancer researchers, including BC Cancer distinguished…
karnottOctober 1, 2025
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
Read the Publication This week we profile a recent publication in Nature Communications from the…
pthomsonFebruary 28, 2022
There are over 15 disease-modifying drugs that have been approved over the last 20 years for…
pthomsonFebruary 25, 2022
This week we profile a recent publication in Nature Communications from the lab of Dr.…
pthomsonFebruary 23, 2022
This review will focus on biomarkers in testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT), focusing on microRNAs…
pthomsonFebruary 18, 2022
The daily loss of cells in tissues such as skin, gut and blood is compensated…
pthomsonFebruary 14, 2022
The Delta and Kappa variants of SARS-CoV-2 co-emerged in India in late 2020, with the…
pthomsonFebruary 11, 2022
Canadian researchers have developed an effective new technique for identifying aggressive medulloblastoma – the most…
karnottMarch 26, 2025
In 2020, Ron Pavlakovic received a heart transplant due to his idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, a…
karnottMarch 25, 2025
An innovative new initiative at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) is set…
karnottMarch 24, 2025
Acuitas Therapeutics, Inc. was named one of BC’s Top Employers of 2025. The Vancouver-based, privately…
karnottMarch 21, 2025
An innovative UBC summer research program for Indigenous youth has received federal funding through the…
karnottMarch 21, 2025
This article originally posted on the UBC Faculty of Medicine website and reposted here. Three…
karnottMarch 20, 2025
Canadian researchers have developed an effective new technique for identifying aggressive medulloblastoma—the most common type…
karnottMarch 20, 2025
STEMCELL Technologies Canada Inc. to build two new cutting-edge biomanufacturing facilities to produce critical inputs…
karnottMarch 19, 2025
Three projects led by LSI researchers have been awarded funding in the latest round of…
karnottApril 3, 2024
Ziwei Cai, Sarina Saffarian, and Joslia Jose, who are students from Dr Syam Somasekharan's laboratory,…
karnottApril 2, 2024
The Michael Smith Laboratories Pathway to Independence Award aims to support the research and career…
karnottApril 1, 2024
UBC’s Michael Smith Labs and the School of Biomedical Engineering Dr. Anna Blakney (pictured) has…
karnottApril 1, 2024
Congratulations to BC Cancer researchers who were awarded federal grants through the 2023 Canada Foundation…
karnottMarch 27, 2024
Endometriosis remains largely understudied despite being a relatively common condition. Affecting about one in 10…
karnottMarch 26, 2024
UBC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Faculty Research Awards. UBC’s Faculty Research…
karnottMarch 25, 2024
Two LSI postdocs were recipients of the prestigious CIHR Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence (REDI)…
karnottMarch 25, 2024
