Local News UBC-Grown Biotech Companies Lead Global Pandemic EffortsUBC News | April 28, 2021Millions of Canadians have received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, but what many may not realize…pthomsonApril 28, 2021 Read More
Local News Meet the Nine Teams Joining the Spring 2021 Lab2Launch Venture Building ProgramEntrepreneurship at UBC | April 27, 2021Twice a year, we usher in a new cohort of Lab2Launch ventures working on the…pthomsonApril 27, 2021 Read More
Local News Biotechnology in BC — Future Treatments and Potential Cures for CancerUBC Faculty of Medicine | April 27, 2021The pandemic has shone a spotlight on the critical role biotechnology companies play in developing…pthomsonApril 27, 2021 Read More
Local News UBC Startup Acquired by Bill Gates-Backed CompanyBusiness In Vancouver | April 26, 2021Metabolik Technologies has been acquired by U.S.-based Allonnia, which is backed by Gates’ Cascade Investment.…pthomsonApril 26, 2021 Read More
Local News Biological Sciences Photo Contest 2021 WinnersSFU Department of Biological Sciences | April 23, 2021The SFU Department of Biological Sciences is pleased to announce the winners of their second…pthomsonApril 23, 2021 Read More
Local News Overgrowth of Gut Yeast in Newborns May Increase Asthma RiskMichael Smith Laboratories | April 22, 2021An overgrowth of yeast in the gut within the first few months of life may…pthomsonApril 22, 2021 Read More
Local News When a Pandemic and an Epidemic CollideMichael Smith Laboratories | April 21, 2021We’ve become familiar with the possible long-term effects of COVID-19 on heart, lung and brain…pthomsonApril 21, 2021 Read More
Local News New Tools in the Fight against Crop DiseaseGenome BC | April 16, 2021Disease causing fungal pathogens jeopardize global food production by reducing crop yield and quality. Stripe…pthomsonApril 16, 2021 Read More
Local News SFU Neuroscientist Discusses Opportunities for Early-Career ResearchersNature Careers | April 16, 2021Brianne Kent, a neuroscientist at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada, says more junior researchers…pthomsonApril 16, 2021 Read More
Local News Cloud Computing Support Accelerates COVID-19 Vaccine ImprovementsUBC News | April 15, 2021For the last 11 months, UBC biochemistry and molecular biology professor Prof. Leonard Foster (he/him/his) and…pthomsonApril 15, 2021 Read More