A total of nine UBC faculty members have been announced by the Royal Society of…
karnottSeptember 8, 2025
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Nominations are now being accepted for all NSERC prizes as per their new competition cycle.…
karnottSeptember 8, 2025
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and partners are pleased to announce…
karnottSeptember 5, 2025
The rapid development and widespread deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine was undoubtedly a triumph in…
karnottSeptember 5, 2025
Population-level variation and mechanisms behind insulin secretion in response to carbohydrate, protein, and fat remain…
karnottJuly 5, 2024
Pattern recognition receptor responses are profoundly attenuated before the third trimester of gestation in the…
karnottJuly 4, 2024
Hippocampal place cells are influenced by both self-motion (idiothetic) signals and external sensory landmarks as…
karnottJune 28, 2024
Mutations in the protein superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) promote its misfolding and aggregation, ultimately causing familial…
karnottJune 28, 2024
The new study, published in the journal Movement Disorders, looks at why levodopa – the…
karnottJuly 11, 2025
A pioneering study led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) researcher Dr. Calvin Kuo…
karnottJuly 10, 2025
Researchers have identified buried copper ore by testing the DNA of microbes in the surface…
karnottJuly 9, 2025
Study Reveals That Sucrose May Not Reduce the Impact of Neonatal Pain Exposure on Long-Term Outcomes
Very preterm babies — infants born two to four months early — require specialized care.…
karnottJuly 7, 2025
The federal government says it is tightening its policy on bankrolling research with foreign entities…
mjoyFebruary 21, 2023
Once again this year, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) is pleased to…
mjoyFebruary 15, 2023
As Canadian policy and investment encourages more innovative startups, we constantly hear about the “valley…
mjoyFebruary 6, 2023
Earlier this month, researchers attending Canada’s major annual science policy conference here got some seemingly…
mjoyDecember 5, 2022
The CGS-M (Canada Graduate Scholarships — Master’s program) is awarded to outstanding students who have…
karnottMay 12, 2025
Two UBC Medicine community members – Dr. Jana-Lea Davidson and Dr. Cheryl Ho – have…
karnottMay 9, 2025
The Genome Sciences Centre is proud to announce that our Co-Director and Head of Bioinformatics,…
karnottMay 7, 2025
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) facilitates clinician-scientists in their efforts to make new discoveries…
karnottMay 5, 2025
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Three students at the Faculty of Health Sciences secured major awards from the Social Sciences…
karnottSeptember 23, 2025
Over the last 15 years, research into the gut microbiome — the ecosystem of microorganisms…
karnottSeptember 22, 2025
Genome BC is funding three projects that examine the genetic-level impacts of wildfire smoke exposure,…
karnottSeptember 22, 2025
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