AwardsFeatured Awards CHÉOS Scientists Awarded CIHR Project Grants Centre for Health Outcome and Evaluation Sciences | July 16, 2018 The results of the CIHR Project Grant Competition for March 2018 were announced today. A…sciencecityJuly 16, 2018 Read More
Local News UBC Makes Life-Changing Discovery for COPD Patients Biotechnology Focus | July 16, 2018 Breakthrough discovery from UBC researcher discovers that permanent lung damage caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary…sciencecityJuly 16, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Discovery of UDP-Glycosyltransferases and BAHD-Acyltransferases in the Biosynthesis of the Anti-Diabetic Plant Metabolite Montbretin A Irmisch, S. and Bohlmann, J., et al. | July 16, 2018 Plant specialized metabolism serves as a rich resource of biologically active molecules for drug discovery.…sciencecityJuly 16, 2018 Read More
Local News Women’s Health Research Institute Becomes UBC Faculty of Medicine Centre UBC Faculty of Medicine | July 13, 2018 The UBC Faculty of Medicine is pleased to recognized the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI)…sciencecityJuly 13, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles Canada Could Come to the Fore in Cannabis Research The Scientist | July 13, 2018 On October 20, marijuana will no longer be an illegal drug in Canada—a move that…sciencecityJuly 13, 2018 Read More
Local News Untangling the Brain’s “Wires” in the Virtual Space Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | July 12, 2018 The brain’s cells interact with one another in a very dense environment, some of them…sciencecityJuly 12, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Uncovering Pseudotemporal Trajectories with Covariates from Single Cell and Bulk Expression Data Campbell, K.R. and Yau, C. | July 11, 2018 Pseudotime algorithms can be employed to extract latent temporal information from cross-sectional data sets allowing…sciencecityJuly 11, 2018 Read More
Local News A Pretty Plant of Summer Produces a Promising Anti-Diabetes Compound Michael Smith Laboratories | July 11, 2018 Roughly half of the western medicines used today were derived from naturally occurring plant metabolites.…sciencecityJuly 11, 2018 Read More
Local News Bacteria-Powered Solar Cell Converts Light to Energy, Even Under Overcast Skies UBC News | July 10, 2018 UBC researchers have found a cheap, sustainable way to build a solar cell using bacteria…sciencecityJuly 10, 2018 Read More
Local News Health Canada Cleared EmeTerm Anti-Nausea Wristband and HeadaTerm Anti-Migraine Head Patch LifeSciencesBC | July 10, 2018 Shortly after WAT Medical’s leading product to treat nausea-induced vomiting, EmeTerm, received its FDA clearance…sciencecityJuly 10, 2018 Read More