Local News Making Organ Transplants Safer Pathways | July 13, 2022 It’s often said about organ transplants that by fixing one problem you are creating another.…pthomsonJuly 13, 2022 Read More
Local News GlycoNet Startup, ABOzymes, Completes Seed Financing Round to Fund Development of Technology to Enable Universal Organ Transplants and Blood Transfusions GlycoNet | July 12, 2022 GlycoNet, one of the world’s leaders in glycomics—the study of carbohydrates in all living organisms—is…pthomsonJuly 12, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week The Different Prognostic Significance of Polysialic Acid and CD56 Expression in Tumor Cells and Lymphocytes Identified in Breast Cancer Soukhtehzari, S., et al. | July 12, 2022 Protein glycosylation, the attachment of carbohydrates onto proteins, is a fundamental process that alters the…pthomsonJuly 12, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Mopelola Akinlaja Wins Second Place in the UBC 3MT Competition, Encourages Grad Students to Challenge Themselves UBC Centre for Blood Research | July 11, 2022 “I love to communicate, but I get really nervous speaking in front of people. When…pthomsonJuly 11, 2022 Read More
Local News Abcellera Collaborates with Autolus on Antibody Discovery Project AbCellera | December 5, 2018 AbCellera announced today its collaboration with Autolus Therapeutics plc (Autolus), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company…sciencecityDecember 5, 2018 Read More
Local News Canadian Open Parkinson Network Funding Begins Collaboration Platform to Accelerate Parkinson’s Disease Research and Knowledge Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | December 5, 2018 Parkinson Canada and Brain Canada announced this morning the creation of the Canadian Open Parkinson Network (C-OPN), including a $2-million…sciencecityDecember 5, 2018 Read More
Local News Michael Smith Laboratories Faculty among Highly Cited Researchers in 2018 Michael Smith Laboratories | December 4, 2018 Three researchers from the Michael Smith Laboratories, Drs. Jörg Bohlmann, B. Brett Finlay, and Martin Hirst, are in this…sciencecityDecember 4, 2018 Read More
Local News In 1998, Poul Sorensen’s Lab Discovered a Cancer Mutation. Twenty Years Later, There’s a Drug for It UBC Faculty of Medicine | December 4, 2018 Two decades ago, Poul Sorensen’s microscope was letting him down. Like so many other pediatric…sciencecityDecember 4, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Doctoral Students Awarded Canada Graduate Scholarships for 2023 Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | June 30, 2023 Congratulations to our current Graduate Program in Neuroscience (GPN) students who have received awards through…pthomsonJune 30, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Optimizing the Number of Variants Tracked to Follow Disease Burden with Circulating Tumour DNA Assays in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Boutin, M., et al. | June 30, 2023 The number of somatic mutations detectable in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is highly heterogeneous in…pthomsonJune 30, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Master’s Students Awarded Canada Graduate Scholarships for 2023 Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | June 29, 2023 Congratulations to our current Graduate Program in Neuroscience (GPN) students who have received awards through…sciencecityJune 29, 2023 Read More