Islet transplantation represents an attractive therapeutic approach for type 1 diabetes; however, it can also…
karnottOctober 21, 2025
Sonus Microsystems, developers of an AI-powered ultrasound wearable for autonomous on-demand ultrasound, announced the company…
karnottOctober 20, 2025
UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers were awarded more than $1.3 million in federal funding to…
karnottOctober 20, 2025
In British Columbia, the story of genomics is not just about scientific discovery; it’s about…
karnottOctober 17, 2025
The Research Trainee Program supports health researchers in the training phase of their research career…
karnottOctober 17, 2025
SFU and the Province of British Columbia announced today that the school, Western Canada’s first…
karnottOctober 16, 2025
In the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI) at St. Paul’s Hospital, Dr. Zachary Laksman…
karnottOctober 16, 2025
Most COVID-19 vaccines are designed to elicit immune responses, ideally neutralizing antibodies (NAbs), against the…
pthomsonJuly 8, 2021
Read the Publication This week we profile a recent publication in the American Journal of…
pthomsonJuly 6, 2021
The GPN proteins are a conserved family of GTP-binding proteins that are involved in the…
pthomsonJuly 5, 2021
Type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) were discovered approximately ten years ago and their clinical…
pthomsonJune 30, 2021
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in adults, though the nature…
pthomsonJune 28, 2021
Ovarian carcinoma histotypes are distinct diseases with variable clinical outcomes and response to treatment. There…
pthomsonJune 22, 2021
Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is neuroendocrine in origin and rarely contains mutations in the MAPK…
pthomsonJune 18, 2021
In a new study, researchers from the UBC Faculty of Medicine and University of Pennsylvania…
karnottFebruary 27, 2025
Dr. Sarah Hedtrich obtained her PhD in Pharmacology & Toxicology from the Freie Universität Berlin…
karnottFebruary 26, 2025
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the greater UBC community honour the life of…
karnottFebruary 25, 2025
Genome BC is funding a set of research projects to address the risk associated with…
karnottFebruary 25, 2025
A groundbreaking study led by UBC researchers sheds light on how the brain begins to…
karnottFebruary 24, 2025
Scientists at the University of British Columbia have discovered a new type of brain cell…
karnottFebruary 21, 2025
Iron is essential for life, but in excess, it can become toxic – especially for…
karnottFebruary 20, 2025
Black scientists are responsible for groundbreaking discoveries and advocacy work that have improved health care…
karnottFebruary 19, 2025
Launched in 2011, the Forbes “30 Under 30” recognizes people under the age of 30…
sciencecityDecember 4, 2023
Dr. Kayla King (Departments of Zoology, Microbiology & Immunology; LSI) has been appointed the Canada…
sciencecityDecember 1, 2023
Congratulations to Amrita Verma, a PhD student in Dr. Neil Cashman’s lab, who is one of…
sciencecityNovember 30, 2023
The Doctors of BC Terry Fox Medal is awarded to outstanding individuals with a track…
karnottNovember 27, 2023
Two newly appointed, world-leading researchers with UBC Science have been named Canada Excellence Research Chairs…
karnottNovember 24, 2023
We extend our enthusiastic congratulations to Dr. Michael Skinnider for receiving the Bayer Foundation Early…
karnottNovember 23, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Wilfred Jefferies for being this year’s UBC Department of Medical Genetics Teaching…
sciencecityNovember 21, 2023
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer, distinguished scientist of Terry Fox Laboratory (Kuchenbauer…
sciencecityNovember 20, 2023
