UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers were awarded more than $30 million in combined funding through…
karnottFebruary 11, 2026
The GluN2B subunit of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) plays a central role in synaptic development and…
karnottFebruary 10, 2026
The CIHR Fall 2025 competition has approved 421 research grants and 83 priority grants, for…
karnottFebruary 9, 2026
For 25 years, the Stem Cell Network has worked to transform lives through regenerative medicine…
karnottFebruary 9, 2026
Dr. Matthew Wiens and colleagues at the Institute for Global Health at BC Children’s &…
karnottFebruary 6, 2026
Congratulations to all LSI researchers who received funding through the Fall 2025 CIHR Project Grant…
karnottFebruary 6, 2026
A prevention strategy developed by B.C. researchers reduces the risk of the most common and…
karnottFebruary 5, 2026
Cysteine, a thiol-containing amino acid, is crucial for the synthesis of sulfur-containing biomolecules that control…
pthomsonApril 11, 2022
The objective was to examine if the gut microbiota composition changes across repeated samples in…
pthomsonApril 7, 2022
The 1013–1014 microorganisms present in the human gut (collectively known as the human gut microbiota) dedicate…
pthomsonApril 4, 2022
The response to insufficient oxygen (hypoxia) is orchestrated by the conserved hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF). However,…
pthomsonMarch 31, 2022
Spinal cord injury chronically alters cardiac structure and function and is associated with increased odds…
pthomsonMarch 30, 2022
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
Variational AI, developer of the Enki generative AI platform for drug discovery announced a co-development…
karnottJuly 1, 2025
The health risks of a high-sugar diet are well known: obesity, Type 2 diabetes, heart…
karnottJune 30, 2025
Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy, a leading clinician-scientist whose work spans cancer detection, biomedical engineering and global health,…
karnottJune 26, 2025
Research is crucial to improving health outcomes and unlocking the potential of new medication, treatments…
karnottJune 26, 2025
Brain Canada announced its support for two pioneering neuroscience research platforms at UBC through its…
karnottJune 25, 2025
Launched at the end of May, ARTIC-2 is extending a genome sequencing technique that was…
karnottJune 24, 2025
Time is everything in health care. Imagine a loved one with high-risk breast cancer being…
karnottJune 20, 2025
Female first-year Ph.D. students in “bench” biology disciplines—such as molecular biology, cellular biology, and genetics—spend…
sciencecityFebruary 27, 2017
Three researchers from the UBC Faculty of Medicine are among the new and renewed Canada…
karnottJuly 2, 2024
Dr. Annie Ciernia (pictured) has received the 2024 UBC Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award…
karnottJuly 1, 2024
Each year, the Faculty of Medicine recognizes faculty members who have made exceptional contributions in…
karnottJuly 1, 2024
Neuroscientist John McDonald, archaeological scientist Michael Richards and computational chemist Samira Siahrostami’s appointments were announced…
karnottJuly 1, 2024
This award recognizes outstanding contributions in the area of equity, diversity and inclusion through research,…
karnottJune 26, 2024
Congratulations to Ninon Freidel, the first year UBC Neuroscience graduate student who was awarded the…
karnottJune 26, 2024
The Faculty of Health Sciences is pleased to highlight the work of four students who…
karnottJune 24, 2024
More than $554 million is being invested in research over five years through the Natural…
karnottJune 24, 2024
