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Variational AI and Oncocross to Collaborate on AI-Driven Drug Discovery Program

T-Net | July 1, 2025
Variational AI, developer of the Enki generative AI platform for drug discovery announced a co-development…
karnottJuly 1, 2025
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Calvin Roskelley
Featured Awards

LSI Researchers Receive National Recognition for Stem Cell Innovation

UBC Life Sciences Institute | June 30, 2025
Two LSI researchers have been recognized in a recent national funding announcement by the Stem…
karnottJune 30, 2025
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Kiran Soma
Local News

How Does a High Sugar Diet Affect the Developing Brain?

Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | June 30, 2025
The health risks of a high-sugar diet are well known: obesity, Type 2 diabetes, heart…
karnottJune 30, 2025
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Timothy Kieffer
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UBC Scientists Receive New Funding for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research

UBC Faculty of Medicine | June 27, 2025
UBC Faculty of Medicine scientists have been awarded more than $1.8 million from the Stem…
karnottJune 27, 2025
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Douglas Allan
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Dr. Douglas Allan Receives Co-Funded Grant from Alzheimer Society and Brain Canada

UBC Life Sciences Institute | June 27, 2025
LSI researcher Dr. Douglas Allan has been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant through the…
karnottJune 27, 2025
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Yuzhuo Wang
Local News

New Research Reveals How Prostate Cancer Becomes More Aggressive — and How to Reverse It

M.H. Mohseni Institute of Urologic Sciences | June 27, 2025
A new study led by Drs. Christopher Ong and Yuzhuo Wang has uncovered a key…
karnottJune 27, 2025
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Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy
Local News

Internationally Renowned Clinician-Scientist to Lead Faculty of Medicine and UBC Health

UBC Faculty of Medicine | June 26, 2025
Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy, a leading clinician-scientist whose work spans cancer detection, biomedical engineering and global health,…
karnottJune 26, 2025
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Dr. Gabrielle Legault, Dr. Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews, Sandra Fo, Dr. Andreas Pilarinos
Local News

Decolonizing Health Research at the Indigenous Health Research Unit

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | June 26, 2025
Research is crucial to improving health outcomes and unlocking the potential of new medication, treatments…
karnottJune 26, 2025
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Nathan Lack lab
Publications of the Week

Functional Mapping of Androgen Receptor Enhancer Activity

Huang, C.-C. F., et al. | May 28, 2021
Androgen receptor (AR) is critical to the initiation, growth, and progression of prostate cancer. Once…
pthomsonMay 28, 2021
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Laura Cook and Megan Levings
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Induction of Stable Human FOXP3+ Tregs by a Parasite-Derived TGF-β Mimic

Cook, L., et al. | May 25, 2021
This week we profile a recent publication in Immunology & Cell Biology from the laboratory…
pthomsonMay 25, 2021
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Jayachandran Kizakkedathu
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An Improved In Vitro Model for Studying the Structural and Functional Properties of the Endothelial Glycocalyx in Arteries, Capillaries, and Veins

Siren, E. M. J., et al. | May 20, 2021
The endothelial glycocalyx is a dynamic structure integral to blood vessel hemodynamics and capable of…
pthomsonMay 20, 2021
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issy laher and najib ayas
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Vascular and Renal Telomere Shortening in Mice Exposed to Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia

Badran, M., et al. | May 17, 2021
Drs. Najib Ayas and Issy Laher collaborate to better understand the cardiovascular complications arising from…
pthomsonMay 17, 2021
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Varsha Mathur
Publications of the Week

Parallel Functional Reduction in the Mitochondria of Apicomplexan Parasites

Mathur, V., et al. | May 14, 2021
Gregarines are an early-diverging lineage of apicomplexan parasites that hold many clues into the origin…
pthomsonMay 14, 2021
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UBC Nanomedicines Research Group
Publications of the Week

Optimized Photoactivatable Lipid Nanoparticles Enable Red Light Triggered Drug Release

Chander, N., & Morstein, J., et al. | May 10, 2021
This week we profile a recent publication in Small from the laboratory of Drs. Dominik…
pthomsonMay 10, 2021
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Michel Roberge
Publications of the Week

Small Molecule Y-320 Stimulates Ribosome Biogenesis, Protein Synthesis, and Aminoglycoside-Induced Premature Termination Codon Readthrough

Hosseini-Farahabadi, S., et al. | May 7, 2021
Premature termination codons (PTC) cause over 10% of genetic disease cases. Some aminoglycosides that bind…
pthomsonMay 7, 2021
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Samuel Shin
Publications of the Week

ILC-You in the Thymus: A Fresh Look at Innate Lymphoid Cell Development

Shin, S., B. and McNagny, K. M. | May 7, 2021
The discovery of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) has revolutionized our understanding of innate immunity and…
pthomsonMay 7, 2021
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Bohdan Nosyk
Local News

Methadone Much More Effective than Buprenorphine for Treatment Retention, SFU Study Finds

SFU News | October 29, 2024
The new research, published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, evaluated…
karnottOctober 29, 2024
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Joon Lee and Rachelle Cao
Local News

Hirst Lab Decoding the Epigenetic Cause of Muscular Deterioration in FSHD

| October 25, 2024
Living with muscular dystrophy can feel like bearing a weight that gradually grows heavier over…
karnottOctober 25, 2024
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robot-guided surgery
Local News

Surgical Tattoos in Infrared to Optimize Robot-Guided Surgeries

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | October 24, 2024
Surgeons need a detailed view of tissues when performing complex, non-invasive procedures using robot assistance,…
karnottOctober 24, 2024
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Researcher lab vial
Local News

adMare BioInnovations Celebrates Successes of adMare TX Accelerator Companies, Concludes Ontario Partnership with MaRS

adMare BioInnovations | October 24, 2024
adMare BioInnovations is proud to celebrate the ongoing success of its National adMare Tx Accelerator…
karnottOctober 24, 2024
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students in lecture hall
Local News

Sepsis Alliance and Sepsis Forum: Bench. Bedside. Beyond Join Forces for the 5th Annual Sepsis Alliance Summit

UBC Action on Sepsis Research Cluster | October 23, 2024
For the first time, Sepsis Alliance joined forces with Sepsis Forum: Bench. Bedside. Beyond, to…
karnottOctober 23, 2024
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Dr. Lalitha Raman-Wilms
Local News

A Conversation with Dean Lalitha Raman-Wilms

UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | October 22, 2024
On October 1, the UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences welcomed Dr. Lalitha Raman-Wilms as its…
karnottOctober 22, 2024
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Joshua Alampi
Local News

Folic Acid May Mitigate Link Between Lead Exposure During Pregnancy and Autistic Behaviours in Children

SFU News | October 21, 2024
A new study by Simon Fraser University researchers has found that folate may weaken the…
karnottOctober 21, 2024
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Ninon Freidel and Andrea Wong Koo
Local News

MATRIX-N Cluster Welcomes Six New Junior Scholars for 2024/25

Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | October 21, 2024
The UBC MATRIX-N (Multidisciplinary Alliance for Translational Research and Innovation in Neuropsychiatry) research excellence cluster…
karnottOctober 21, 2024
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AwardsFeatured Awards

Dr. Erik Pioro Appointed to Professorship in ALS Research at UBC

Centre for Brain Health | September 6, 2023
The ALS Society of BC and the University of British Columbia (UBC) are pleased to…
sciencecitySeptember 6, 2023
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Vriti Bhagat Awarded Vanier Scholarship for Diabetes Research

BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | September 1, 2023
Diabetes is a disease in which the body either can’t produce insulin (type 1), or…
pthomsonSeptember 1, 2023
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August 2023 Award Winners

Science in Vancouver | September 1, 2023
Dr. Franck Duong (pictured) at UBC received an NSERC Discovery Grant for a project on…
pthomsonSeptember 1, 2023
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AwardsFeatured Awards

Melissa Chen from the Haney and King Labs Has Received a 2022-2023 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship

UBC Microbiology & Immunology | August 31, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Chen on being selected as one of the 23 recipients of…
pthomsonAugust 31, 2023
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Rohit Singla
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UBC MD/PhD Student Dr. Rohit Singla Honoured with 2023 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award

UBC Faculty of Medicine | August 24, 2023
UBC faculty of medicine student Dr. Rohit Singla has been awarded a 2023 Canadian Medical…
pthomsonAugust 24, 2023
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Elizabeth Rideout
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UBC Researchers Receive $7M to Advance Diabetes Research

UBC Faculty of Medicine | August 14, 2023
UBC faculty of medicine researchers have been awarded $7 million in new funding to advance…
pthomsonAugust 14, 2023
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Dr. Pieter Cullis
AwardsFeatured Awards

Faculty of Medicine Members Among 2023 Order of BC Recipients

UBC Faculty of Medicine | August 9, 2023
UBC faculty of medicine community members Drs. Penny Ballem, Jane Buxton and Pieter Cullis have…
pthomsonAugust 9, 2023
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David Vocadlo
AwardsFeatured Awards

Celebrating Research Excellence: Nine Scholars Recognized as Distinguished SFU Professors

SFU | August 8, 2023
Nine Simon Fraser University (SFU) researchers have been named 2023 Distinguished SFU Professors—bringing the total to…
pthomsonAugust 8, 2023
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