Interesting Articles A Graduate Student Committee Could Help Inform Canada’s Future Chief Scientific AdvisorUniversity Affairs | March 30, 2017The announcement to create the position of a chief science advisor (CSA) for Canada by…sciencecityMarch 30, 2017 Read More
Spotlight Scientist in the Spotlight: Dr. Lynne QuarmbyScience in the City | March 29, 2017Dr. Lynne Quarmby is a professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at…sciencecityMarch 29, 2017 Read More
Interesting Articles Business Should Create More Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Roles for WomenThe Vancouver Sun | March 28, 2017Last month, General Electric announced that by 2020 the company would not only have equal…sciencecityMarch 28, 2017 Read More
Local News Macular Degeneration Treatment Raises Risk of Glaucoma, Faculty of Medicine Researchers FindUBC Faculty of Medicine | March 28, 2017An epidemiological study by UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers has shown that repeated injections of…sciencecityMarch 28, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Stromal Gene Expression Is Predictive for Metastatic Primary Prostate CancerMo, et al. | European Urology | March 27, 2017Background Clinical grading systems using clinical features alongside nomograms lack precision in guiding treatment decisions…sciencecityMarch 27, 2017 Read More
Interesting Articles Science and Society Must Collaborate in Setting Research AgendaThe Vancouver Sun | March 27, 2017Much anticipated initial results of the Canadian chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) clinical trial for…sciencecityMarch 27, 2017 Read More
Local News Radical Approach Limits Disease Progression in Experimental Models of MSCentre for Brain Health | March 24, 2017A simple compound is showing promise in limiting disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS), reducing…sciencecityMarch 24, 2017 Read More
Your Voice Canadian Health Research in the Trump EraDr. Tamara Korolnek | March 24, 2017Given the difficulties associated with Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) grant applications in the…sciencecityMarch 24, 2017 Read More
Interesting Articles More Female Researchers Globally, but Challenges RemainScience | March 23, 2017The latest update on the status of women in science offers some good news. The…sciencecityMarch 23, 2017 Read More
Local News BC Children’s Hospital Researchers & UBC Students Create Their Own E-Textbook and New Software PlatformCentre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics | March 23, 2017Undergraduate students in Dr. Wyeth Wasserman’s cancer genetics class had a unique assignment: to write…sciencecityMarch 23, 2017 Read More