Taking innovative research from concept to application is critical for improving health care systems and…
karnottJune 25, 2025
Launched at the end of May, ARTIC-2 is extending a genome sequencing technique that was…
karnottJune 24, 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Hoodless for receiving a Discovery Grant from the Natural Sciences and…
karnottJune 24, 2025
Understanding the human de novo mutation (DNM) rate requires complete sequence information1. Here using five…
karnottJune 23, 2025
The Michael Smith Laboratories Pathway to Independence Award aims to support the research and career…
karnottJune 23, 2025
UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers have been awarded more than $6.5 million from Brain Canada’s…
karnottJune 20, 2025
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive malignancy that is characterized by an expansion…
karnottJune 20, 2025
This week we profile a recent publication in Scientific Reports from Dr. Joannie Allaire (pictured)…
pthomsonMay 3, 2021
Normal skeletal muscle functions are affected following trauma, chronic diseases, inherited neuromuscular disorders, aging, and…
pthomsonApril 28, 2021
This week we profile a recent publication in the Journal of Thromosis and Haemostasis from…
pthomsonApril 27, 2021
The Stirling lab is focused on why cancer cells usually make more mistakes than normal…
pthomsonApril 26, 2021
The classical M1/M2 polarity of macrophages may not be applicable to inflammatory lung diseases including…
pthomsonApril 22, 2021
The abundance of genetic abnormalities and phenotypic heterogeneities in AML pose significant challenges to developing…
pthomsonApril 20, 2021
The human gut hosts a dense and diverse microbial community, spatially organized by multiple scales…
pthomsonApril 19, 2021
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia worldwide. It is associated with a doubling in…
Sina SafabakhshApril 14, 2021
Since our inception, Genome BC has funded crucial projects related to lymphoid cancer and our…
karnottOctober 21, 2024
A new study led by UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers has found that many people…
karnottOctober 18, 2024
Meet Vivian — A research engineer who turned a personal injury into a passion for…
karnottOctober 17, 2024
In early 2024, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a deadly prion disease that poses a significant…
karnottOctober 17, 2024
Like whisky (smoky, fruity) or wine (bright, earthy), cannabis has a wide range of aromas.…
karnottOctober 15, 2024
Menstrual health serves as a key indicator of women’s overall well-being, and conditions like amenorrhea—characterized…
karnottOctober 11, 2024
In alpine and polar snow fields swaths of orange, green, or watermelon-red can appear across…
karnottOctober 11, 2024
Stroke is the second most common cause of death globally, affecting about 15 million people…
karnottOctober 10, 2024
Ten LSI researchers were awarded funds in the CIHR Spring 2023 Project Grant competition. Listed…
pthomsonAugust 5, 2023
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) recently announced the results of its Spring 2023 project…
pthomsonAugust 4, 2023
From kelp to hops, bees to berries, BC researchers are harnessing the power of genomics…
pthomsonAugust 2, 2023
SFU Faculty of Science is proud to announce this year's recipients of the second annual…
pthomsonAugust 2, 2023
Congratulations to the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR), Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) and Vancouver Coastal Health…
pthomsonAugust 2, 2023
Dr. Sharon Gorski received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grant to investigate caspase…
pthomsonAugust 1, 2023
A total of 50 projects led by UBC researchers were awarded $37 million in combined…
pthomsonJuly 28, 2023
BC Cancer's Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer and Dr. François Bénard, in collaboration with TRIUMF Innovations and…
pthomsonJuly 25, 2023
