Local News CQDM and Brain Canada Inject $1 M in Top BC Biotech Firm Abcellera to Advance Discovery Platform for Next-Generation Antibody Therapeutics CQDM | January 25, 2018 CQDM and Brain Canada are proud to announce the non-dilutive funding of $1 M to…sciencecityJanuary 25, 2018 Read More
Local News Lisa Decotret Works to Stop Cancer in Its Tracks by Understanding How It Spreads BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | January 25, 2018 Lisa Decotret knows firsthand the destructive effects of cancer, she is a childhood cancer survivor…sciencecityJanuary 25, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Integration of Biological/Pathophysiological Contexts to Help Clarify Genotype-Phenotype Mismatches in Monogenetic Diseases. Childhood Epilepsies Associated with SCN2A as a Case Study Winquist, R.J. and Cohen, C.J. | January 24, 2018 Monogenetic diseases offer clear human validation for launching drug discovery programs in Pharma designed to…sciencecityJanuary 24, 2018 Read More
Local News School of Biomedical Engineering Expands to Undergraduate Education UBC Faculty of Medicine | January 24, 2018 An investment from the Province of British Columbia will create 355 domestic undergraduate spaces in…sciencecityJanuary 24, 2018 Read More
Local News What Healthcare Can Learn From a Proud Data Parasite Healthcare Analytics News | January 23, 2018 Some might call him a data parasite, but Paul Pavlidis, PhD, doesn’t mind. “It’s a…sciencecityJanuary 23, 2018 Read More
Local News Potential New Diabetes Treatment Being Tested in Vancouver Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | January 23, 2018 The University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health are testing a possible diabetes cure…sciencecityJanuary 23, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards CBR Postdoctoral Fellow & Research Associate Travel Awards The Centre for Blood Research | January 22, 2018 Annually, the Centre for Blood Research offers five travel awards to Postdoctoral Fellows and Research…sciencecityJanuary 22, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards CBR Postdoctoral Fellow & Research Associate Travel Awards The Centre for Blood Research | January 22, 2018 Annually, the Centre for Blood Research offers five travel awards to Postdoctoral Fellows and Research…mjoyJanuary 22, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Hyaluronan-Binding by CD44 Reduces the Memory Potential of Activated Murine CD8 T Cells Lee-Sayer, S.S.M. and Johnson, P., et al. | January 22, 2018 In this paper, we found that CD44 and its interaction with its ligand, the extracellular…sciencecityJanuary 22, 2018 Read More
Local News Canadian Effort Will Bring New Tools for Crop Breeding Genome BC | January 22, 2018 Rapid population growth, a changing climate, and increasing constraints on land, water, and nutrients threaten…sciencecityJanuary 22, 2018 Read More