Local News BC Platforms Announces Collaborations to Advance Research in Multiple Sclerosis BC Platforms | October 24, 2017 BC Platforms, a world leader in genomic data management and analysis solutions, today announces that…sciencecityOctober 24, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards BICP-Funded Seed Grant Leads to US$1.926M Grant ICORD | October 24, 2017 ICORD PIs Drs. Christ West and Brian Kwon have been awarded US$1.926 million by the US Department of Defense…sciencecityOctober 24, 2017 Read More
Featured Awards Infrastructure Grants from Canadian Government Fund Brain, Spinal Cord Research Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | October 23, 2017 The Faculty of Medicine received a total of $31.2 million in the latest round of…sciencecityOctober 23, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Multi-Target-Directed Phenol-Triazole Ligands as Therapeutic Agents for Alzheimer’s Disease Jones, M.R. and Storr, T., et al. | October 23, 2017 This work was spearheaded by a former graduate student Michael Jones (5th from left) who…sciencecityOctober 23, 2017 Read More
Local News InMed Appoints Dr. Mauro Maccarrone to Its Scientific Advisory Board InMed Pharmaceuticals | October 20, 2017 InMed Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the research and development of novel, cannabinoid-based…sciencecityOctober 20, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Amina Zoubeidi and Dr. Alex Wyatt Receive PCF Challenge Award and Movember Discovery Grant Vancouver Prostate Centre | October 20, 2017 In the last week, two VPC researchers have been awarded grants to fund research projects…sciencecityOctober 20, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Self-Biotinylation of DNA G-Quadruplexes via Intrinsic Peroxidase Activity Einarson, O.J. and Sen, D. | October 20, 2017 The striking and ubiquitous in vitro affinity between hemin and DNA/RNA G-quadruplexes raises the intriguing…sciencecityOctober 20, 2017 Read More
Your Voice Children’s Heart Centre at BCCH Becomes Research Leader on a Rare Pediatric Arrhythmia Dr. Karolina Jones | October 19, 2017 The Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT) Registry and Biobank is an international multi-centre study led…sciencecityOctober 19, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards VIDEO: Aspect Biosystems and Dr. Stephanie Willerth Win Ignite Fall 2017 Award BC Innovation Council | October 19, 2017 The BCIC Ignite Awards on October 10, 2017 awarded a total of $735,000 to the…sciencecityOctober 19, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards UBC Faculty of Medicine Receives $31M in Federal Grants for Research Infrastructure UBC Faculty of Medicine | October 18, 2017 Production of cancer-killing isotopes and creating more personalized treatments for respiratory diseases are among the…sciencecityOctober 18, 2017 Read More