Local News First-In-World BC Patient Successfully Treated for Rare Immune Disease BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | March 18, 2026 A new paper published in New England Journal of Medicine details how an 18-year-old patient…karnottMarch 18, 2026 Read More
Local News Yeast Can Develop the Next Generation of Speciality Chemicals Renaissance BioScience | March 17, 2026 What makes yeast a compelling vessel for producing speciality chemicals? It is familiar to regulators,…karnottMarch 17, 2026 Read More
Local News Celebrating Changemaking Women in the Faculty of Medicine UBC Faculty of Medicine | March 17, 2026 Since the doors of the UBC Faculty of Medicine first opened in 1950, many incredible…karnottMarch 17, 2026 Read More
Local News Empowering the Future: SBME Scholars Mentoring Girls in STEM UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | March 16, 2026 Every year on International Women’s Day, we celebrate the achievements, resilience, and impact of women around…karnottMarch 16, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Sensitivity of Diffusion Tensor Imaging to Regional Mixed Cerebrovascular Pathology Ferris, J., et al. | July 7, 2025 Diffusion tensor imaging is a candidate biomarker in cerebrovascular disease. Yet, little is known about…karnottJuly 7, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Cortical Effects of Dopamine Replacement Account for Clinical Response Variability in Parkinson’s Disease Wiesman, A., et al. | July 4, 2025 Individual variability in clinical response to dopamine replacement therapy (DRT) is a key barrier to…karnottJuly 4, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Human De Novo Mutation Rates From a Four-Generation Pedigree Reference Porubsky, D., et al. | June 23, 2025 Understanding the human de novo mutation (DNM) rate requires complete sequence information1. Here using five…karnottJune 23, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week NOTCH1 Dimeric Signaling Is Essential for T-Cell Leukemogenesis and Leukemia Maintenance Tamiro, F., et al. | June 20, 2025 T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive malignancy that is characterized by an expansion…karnottJune 20, 2025 Read More
Local News Behind the Lab Doors: Accelerating Discoveries in Precision Medicine at the Advanced Genomics & Computational Science Core Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | February 25, 2026 Located within the M. H. Mohseni Institute of Urologic Sciences, the Advanced Genomics & Computational…karnottFebruary 25, 2026 Read More
Local News Research in Carrot and Cherry Crops To Strengthen Local Food Security Genome BC | February 25, 2026 As climate change continues to disrupt Canada’s agricultural stability, Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) is…karnottFebruary 25, 2026 Read More
Local News Dr. Nada Lallous Selected as Delegate for Science Meets Parliament BC 2026 Vancouver Prostate Centre | February 24, 2026 The Vancouver Prostate Centre is proud to announce that Dr. Nada Lallous, Assistant Professor, UBC…karnottFebruary 24, 2026 Read More
Local News Improving Care for Kids with the Most Common Childhood Cancers: Q&A with New Investigator Dr. Sarah Alexander BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | February 23, 2026 February 15 was International Childhood Cancer Day and to mark the occasion we spoke with…karnottFebruary 23, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles Scholar and Health Professional-Investigator Programs: 2025 Competitions Now Open Michael Smith Health Research BC | November 4, 2024 Michael Smith Health Research BC’s Scholar and Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) awards provide funding to support…karnottNovember 4, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Call for Abstracts: Alberta-British Columbia Islet Workshop 2025 The BC Diabetes Research Network | October 28, 2024 We would like to extend an invitation to scientists and trainees to attend the Alberta-British…karnottOctober 28, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Notice of Upcoming Funding Opportunity: Pandemic Research Platforms Interim Funding Canadian Institutes of Health Research | October 28, 2024 The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of…karnottOctober 28, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Science Fair Foundation BC Announces Semi-Finalists for the Sixth Annual Youth Innovation Showcase Science Fair Foundation BC | October 23, 2024 Today, the Science Fair Foundation BC announced this year's outstanding Semi-Finalists for the Youth Innovation…karnottOctober 23, 2024 Read More
Featured Awards 2025 Mitacs Innovation Awards Celebrate Ideas, Research, and Canadian Innovation Talent Mitacs | November 24, 2025 The 2025 Mitacs Innovation Awards, presented at National Arts Centre and streamed online to a…karnottNovember 24, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards 2025 Navigator Research Program Huntington Society of Canada | November 19, 2025 Dr. Blair Leavitt is a full Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics & the…karnottNovember 19, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Personalizing Treatment of Bladder Cancer UBC Faculty of Medicine | November 18, 2025 With support from a new $3-million Terry Fox Frontiers Program Project Grant, researchers from the…karnottNovember 18, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Improving Outcomes for Six Childhood Sarcomas UBC Faculty of Medicine | November 17, 2025 Co-led by Dr. David Huntsman, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at UBC and distinguished…karnottNovember 17, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards DMCBH Researchers Receive Major Infrastructure Investments From CFI Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | March 25, 2026 The Government of Canada has invested more than $552 million in research infrastructure through the…karnottMarch 25, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Prospective Multicenter Study of ctDNA Versus Tumor Tissue Guiding FGFR-Targeted Therapy in Metastatic Urothelial Cancer Müller, D., et al. | March 25, 2026 Fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) alterations are targetable in metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC). Identifying FGFR…karnottMarch 25, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards UBC Medicine Researchers Receive Federal Funding to Accelerate Genomic Solutions Through Industry Collaborations UBC Faculty of Medicine | March 24, 2026 The funded projects bring together UBC scientists and Canadian biotechnology companies to develop genomic solutions…karnottMarch 24, 2026 Read More