AwardsFeatured Awards New SickKids-CIHR Award to Fund Research into Rare Form of ASDDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | December 20, 2019New funding from a partnership of SickKids Hospital and the CIHR Institute for Human Development,…sciencecityDecember 20, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Stan Floresco Receives ACNP Daniel H. Efron AwardDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | December 17, 2019The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) announced this week that Dr. Stan Floresco (pictured) is the recpient…sciencecityDecember 17, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Insightful Guidance Leads Dr. Leonard Foster to Win a 2019 Killam Award for Excellence in MentoringMichael Smith Laboratories | December 10, 2019Dr. Leonard Foster‘s students describes him as an outstanding scientist and mentor who cares deeply…sciencecityDecember 10, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards 2019 Women’s Health Research Institute Catalyst Grant RecipientsWomen’s Health Research Institute | December 10, 2019The Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) is very pleased to congratulate the recipients of the…sciencecityDecember 10, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Professor Wilfred Jefferies Becomes the First Canadian Immunologist to Be Elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of InventorsMichael Smith Laboratories | December 4, 2019Professor Wilfred Jefferies’ innovative strategies and outstanding inventions that enable cancer immunotherapies and vaccines have…sciencecityDecember 4, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Chatelaine Woman of the Year 2019: Dr. Connie EavesChatelaine | December 2, 2019Dr. Connie Eaves, a professor of medical genetics at the University of British Columbia and…sciencecityDecember 2, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Faculty of Medicine Scientists Named to International 2019 Highly Cited Researchers ListUBC Medicine | November 21, 2019Members of the UBC Faculty of Medicine community have been named to the global Highly…sciencecityNovember 21, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Sophia Frangou Awarded 2019 Colvin Prize for Bipolar Mood Disorder ResearchUBC Faculty of Medicine | November 19, 2019Dr. Sophia Frangou, professor and UBC President’s Excellence Chair in Brain Health, has been awarded the…sciencecityNovember 19, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Ignite Program Awards $148,000 to Aspect BiosystemsInnovate BC | November 18, 2019Dr. Konrad Walus of UBC and industry partner Aspect Biosystems, a leader in clinical 3D bio-printing…sciencecityNovember 18, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Seed Funding Yields High Rewards for 2019 Director’s Kickstart Award WinnersMichael Smith Laboratories | November 14, 2019With research ranging from characterizing tree defense mechanisms to identifying calcium channel isoforms, the Michael…sciencecityNovember 14, 2019 Read More