Local News Rewriting the Playbook on Genetic Counselling Genome BC | December 17, 2025 As genetic testing becomes part of routine health care, one question looms large: who helps…karnottDecember 17, 2025 Read More
Local News Nice Genes! Menopause Mysteries Genome BC | December 17, 2025 Turning up the heat on a life stage science is still catching up to. Ok,…karnottDecember 17, 2025 Read More
Local News HLI Provides Grant Writing Insights The Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI) | December 16, 2025 On November 12, 2025, HLI PIs Drs. Pat Camp and Graeme Koelwyn and Science and…karnottDecember 16, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Three Researchers Receive Funding Through the UBC-BC Cancer Academic Enhancement Fund Competition 2025 BC Cancer Research | December 16, 2025 The UBC-BC Cancer Academic Enhancement Fund Competition 2025 supports research projects that either: foster collaboration…karnottDecember 16, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Histologic and Clinical Factors Associated with Kidney Outcomes in IgA Vasculitis Nephritis Barbour, S., et al. | January 25, 2024 Nephritis is a common manifestation of IgA vasculitis and is morphologically indistinguishable from IgA nephropathy.…karnottJanuary 25, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Development of an Immunosuppressed Orthotopic Hepatocellular Carcinoma Rat Model for the Evaluation of Chemo- and Radioembolization Therapies Charles, L., et al. | January 24, 2024 Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is widely known to be chemo-resistant and presents with significant liver disease…karnottJanuary 24, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week DPYSL5 Is Highly Expressed in Treatment-Induced Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer and Promotes Lineage Plasticity via EZH2/PRC2 Kaarijärvi, R., et al. | January 19, 2024 Treatment-induced neuroendocrine prostate cancer (t-NEPC) is a lethal subtype of castration-resistant prostate cancer resistant to…karnottJanuary 19, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Characterizing the Secretome of EGFR Mutant Lung Adenocarcinoma Luu, J., et al. | January 15, 2024 Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death worldwide, mainly due to the…karnottJanuary 15, 2024 Read More
Local News Genome BC’s I² Fund Supports Local Agritech with $3.25M Investment in Maia Farms and Verdi Genome BC | September 23, 2025 A pair of British Columbian agritech startups have received funding from Genome British Columbia’s (Genome…karnottSeptember 23, 2025 Read More
Local News When It Comes to Health, the Gut Has Skin in the Game BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | September 22, 2025 Over the last 15 years, research into the gut microbiome — the ecosystem of microorganisms…karnottSeptember 22, 2025 Read More
Local News New Clinical Trials Unit Aims To Keep Biotech Innovation in B.C. Business Intelligence for B.C. | September 19, 2025 A new clinical trials unit (CTU) will allow B.C. life sciences companies to test early-stage…karnottSeptember 19, 2025 Read More
Local News Meet the CBR Graduate Award Program (GAP) Cohort 2025-2026 The Centre for Blood Research | September 18, 2025 We are excited to welcome the incoming CBR Graduate Award Program (GAP) cohort for 2025-2026!…karnottSeptember 18, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles MSFHR’s 2021 Suite of Funding Opportunities Will Enable Innovative Health Research across BC Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research | January 19, 2021 As BC’s health research funding agency, MSFHR designs programs that are addressing BC health priorities…eabramovichJanuary 19, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Supporting Health Researchers during a Pandemic: A Research Funder’s Response to COVID-19 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research | December 17, 2020 When the COVID-19 pandemic hit British Columbia at the beginning of 2020, its effect on…eabramovichDecember 17, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles NSERC Increases Value of Undergraduate Student Research Awards Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | December 10, 2020 NSERC is pleased to announce that starting with the Summer 2021 competition (deadline May 1, 2021) the value of…eabramovichDecember 10, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Developing Canada’s Next Generation of Commercial Life Scientists adMare BioInnovations | November 25, 2020 adMare BioInnovations, Canada’s global life sciences venture, is proud to announce the launch of its…eabramovichNovember 25, 2020 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Lallous Receives U.S. DoD Grant for Prostate Cancer Research Vancouver Prostate Centre | April 29, 2025 We are proud to announce that Dr. Nada Lallous has been awarded an Idea Development…karnottApril 29, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Somasekharan Lab Students Honored with CIHR Travel Award 2025 Vancouver Prostate Centre | April 25, 2025 We are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding achievement of Unnati Yagnik and (Ziwei) Mia Cai,…karnottApril 25, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards AI Innovation Puts VCHRI Scientist at the Forefront of Global Drug Discovery Avenues Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | April 23, 2025 Vancouver Prostate Centre researcher Dr. Artem Cherkasov recently won two competitions in the international CACHE…karnottApril 23, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Research Excellence Clusters Funded in 2025/26 UBC Research + Innovation | April 22, 2025 A total of 47 Research Excellence Clusters led by researchers at UBC Vancouver are being…karnottApril 22, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards UBC Faculty of Medicine Members Recognized With 2026 CAME Awards UBC Faculty of Medicine | January 27, 2026 A number of UBC Faculty of Medicine community members have been honoured by the Canadian…karnottJanuary 27, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles Request for Applications: BC Cancer 2026 Summer Research Studentship Competition BC Cancer Research | January 26, 2026 We are pleased to announce the BC Cancer 2026 Summer Research Studentship competition. Summer research…karnottJanuary 26, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Ann Marie Craig Receives 2025 CLEAR Foundation Operating Grant Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | January 26, 2026 Congratulations to Dr. Ann Marie Craig, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UBC, on…karnottJanuary 26, 2026 Read More