Local News How MRI Innovation Is Helping Researchers Understand Brain Health in Preterm Babies BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | October 8, 2025 Each year in Canada, thousands of babies are born very prematurely — before 32 weeks…karnottOctober 8, 2025 Read More
Local News New Clinical Trials Unit to Bring Innovative Treatments to Patients, Strengthen Health Research UBC Faculty of Medicine | October 8, 2025 Better access to lifesaving medical research is coming with the opening of an eight-bed clinical…karnottOctober 8, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Nika Shakiba Recognized as a Gairdner Early Career Investigator UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | October 7, 2025 We are excited to announce that Dr. Nika Shakiba has been selected as one of…karnottOctober 7, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Positive Allosteric Modulation of M1 mAChRs with VU0486846 Reverses Cognitive Deficits in Male APPswe/PSEN1ΔE9 Alzheimer’s Mice Ibrahim, K., et al. | October 7, 2025 Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-associated neurodegenerative disease marked by progressive cognitive deterioration and beta-amyloid…karnottOctober 7, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Spatial Compartmentalization of Signaling Imparts Source-Specific Functions on Secreted Factors Groppa, E., et al. | February 10, 2023 Efficient regeneration requires multiple cell types acting in coordination. To better understand the intercellular networks…mjoyFebruary 10, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Predicting Severity in COVID-19 Disease Using Sepsis Blood Gene Expression Signatures Baghela, A., et al. | February 8, 2023 Severely-afflicted COVID-19 patients can exhibit disease manifestations representative of sepsis, including acute respiratory distress syndrome…mjoyFebruary 8, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week TRIM24 Controls Induction of Latent HIV-1 by Stimulating Transcriptional Elongation Horvath, R., et al. | February 3, 2023 Binding of USF1/2 and TFII-I (RBF-2) at conserved sites flanking the HIV-1 LTR enhancer is essential…mjoyFebruary 3, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Recent Advancements in Immunotherapy of Melanoma Using Nanotechnology-Based Strategies Bahreyni, A., et al. | February 2, 2023 Melanoma is a malignant tumor that accounts for the deadliest form of skin cancers. Despite…mjoyFebruary 2, 2023 Read More
Local News AbCellera Receives Authorization from Health Canada to Initiate the Phase 1 Clinical Trial of ABCL635 for Vasomotor Symptoms Due to Menopause AbCellera | May 20, 2025 AbCellera today announced it has received a No Objection Letter (NOL) from Health Canada authorizing its…sciencecityMay 20, 2025 Read More
Local News Celebrating the Career and Retirement of Professor Pauline Johnson UBC Department of Microbiology and Immunology | May 20, 2025 The Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the greater UBC community celebrate the career and…sciencecityMay 20, 2025 Read More
Local News Dr. Tokuriki’s Path in Science: Exploring the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance Michael Smith Laboratories | May 19, 2025 From towering white pines to the tiniest microbes, all life forms on Earth share a…sciencecityMay 19, 2025 Read More
Local News Celebrating the Life and Distinguished Career of Dr. Marcel Dvorak Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | May 19, 2025 t is with great sadness that we share the passing of Dr. Marcel Dvorak on…sciencecityMay 19, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Defining Science and Scientific Researchers: It’s a Whole New World University Affairs | February 6, 2019 Defining what is science and who are scientific researchers may initially seem like an easy…sciencecityFebruary 6, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Will Price Be a Barrier to New Cancer Immunotherapy? CBC News | January 22, 2019 A revolutionary new cancer treatment is now available in Canada, but provinces are being advised…sciencecityJanuary 22, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Researchers Scramble to Meet Deadline for New Frontiers Research Fund University Affairs | January 17, 2019 While many Canadian academics were enjoying a bit of time off over the holidays, some…sciencecityJanuary 17, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Scientists Despair as US Government Shutdown Drags On Nature News | January 14, 2019 Karen Osborn was supposed to be exploring hidden worlds in the Turks and Caicos, cataloguing…sciencecityJanuary 14, 2019 Read More
AwardsMonthly Award Summaries August 2024 Award Winners Science in Vancouver | September 3, 2024 This month, we're highlighting the 2023-2024 William and Dorothy Gilbert Scholarships Awardees, PhD candidates Karol…karnottSeptember 3, 2024 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Vaulting over the Lab Bench with Kevin Seo Centre for Heart Lung Innovation | September 3, 2024 Kevin Seo is the recipient for this year’s Peter Paré Studentship, an eight-week summer internship…karnottSeptember 3, 2024 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Peter Zandstra Awarded BIOTECanada’s Gold Leaf Leadership Award BIOTECanada | August 29, 2024 BIOTECanada’s Gold Leaf Awards recognize the remarkable individuals and companies who have made significant contributions…karnottAugust 29, 2024 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards SBME Awarded $5 Million from PacifiCan for a New Biodevice Foundry UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | August 28, 2024 Together, government and philanthropic support has helped to launch the new Biodevice Foundry at SBME—a…karnottAugust 28, 2024 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
Local News Frail Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease Are Less Likely To Be Prescribed and Tolerate Antifibrotics, According to New Study Providence Research | November 18, 2025 A new study, led by St. Paul’s Hospital respirologist Dr. Alyson Wong and funded by…karnottNovember 18, 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