AwardsFeatured Awards MSFHR Funds 17 Exceptional Early-Career Researchers In 2018 Scholar Competition Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research | June 20, 2018 Since 2001, the MSFHR Scholar Program has supported more than 400 early-career health researchers as…sciencecityJune 20, 2018 Read More
Local News Dr. Suzanne Lewis Takes a Personalized Approach to Understanding Autism BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | June 19, 2018 For BC Children’s Hospital investigator Dr. Suzanne Lewis, the future of diagnosing and treating children with…sciencecityJune 19, 2018 Read More
Local News Listening to the Silent Pain of Endometriosis Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | June 19, 2018 Endometriosis— a condition in which tissue that normally lines the uterus grows in other parts…sciencecityJune 19, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Three Top Canadian Research Teams Receive $13 Million to Solve Key Cancer Challenges Terry Fox Research Institute | June 18, 2018 Three outstanding cancer research teams will receive nearly $13 million to continue their investigations into…sciencecityJune 18, 2018 Read More
Local News A Decades-Long Science Experiment, with 300,000 Volunteers UBC Faculty of Medicine | June 18, 2018 They have been measured and weighed. They have had their blood pressure taken and their…sciencecityJune 18, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Basal-like Breast Cancers: From Pathology to Biology and Back Again Gusterson, B. and Eaves, C.J. | June 18, 2018 Human breast cancers referred to as "basal-like" are of interest because they lack effective therapies…sciencecityJune 18, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles Minister Looks for Signs of Gender Bias in Federal Science Departments CBC News | June 15, 2018 Federal Science Minister Kirsty Duncan has made it clear that gender equity in science is a…sciencecityJune 15, 2018 Read More
Local News BC Children’s Hospital Joins International Collaborative to Further the Development of Innovative Immunotherapy Treatments for Kids with Hard-to-Treat Cancer BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | June 15, 2018 BC Children’s Hospital has joined CureWorks, an international collaborative of leading academic children’s hospitals focused on…sciencecityJune 15, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Single-Cell Analysis Identifies a CD33+ Subset of Human Cord Blood Cells with High Regenerative Potential Knapp, D.J.H.F. and Eaves, C.J., et al. | June 15, 2018 In this publication we create functional and molecular maps of the blood stem cell compartment…sciencecityJune 15, 2018 Read More
Local News Examining Dr. Paul Zehr’s Superpower International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries | June 15, 2018 What do science and comic book superheroes have in common? Quite a lot, says ICORD…sciencecityJune 15, 2018 Read More