Local News New Ventures BC Announces 12 Companies for “The $10K Pitch: BC’s Startup All-Stars”T-Net | May 29, 2025New Ventures BC announced that twelve allumni from its annual New Ventures BC Competition will…karnottMay 29, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards VCHRI SPARKS 2025 RecipientsVancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | May 28, 2025Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is committed to fostering a culture of mentorship and…karnottMay 28, 2025 Read More
Local News From Cancer Therapies to a New Generation of Vaccines—How UBC Professor Pieter Cullis Transformed Drug DeliveryUBC Faculty of Medicine | May 28, 2025Groundbreaking treatments like targeted cancer therapies and mRNA-based vaccines would not have been possible without…karnottMay 28, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week A Multi-Kingdom Genetic Barcoding System for Precise Clone IsolationIshiguro, S., et al. | May 28, 2025Cell-tagging strategies with DNA barcodes have enabled the analysis of clone size dynamics and clone-restricted…sciencecityMay 28, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week External Trigger Free Charge Switchable Cationic Ligands in the Design of Safe and Effective Universal Heparin AntidoteLa, C., et al. | August 16, 2024Thrombosis, the formation of blood clots within a blood vessel, can lead to severe complications…karnottAugust 16, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Common Viral Infections Inhibit Egg Laying in Honey Bee Queens and Are Linked to Premature SupersedureChapman, A., et al. | August 14, 2024With their long lives and extreme reproductive output, social insect queens have escaped the classic…karnottAugust 14, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Variations in Touch Representation in the Hummingbird and Zebra Finch ForebrainGaede, A., et al. | August 12, 2024Somatosensation is essential for animals to perceive the external world through touch, allowing them to…karnottAugust 12, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Seeding Activity of Human Superoxide Dismutase 1 Aggregates in Familial and Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Postmortem Neural Tissues by Real-Time Quaking-Induced ConversionMielke, J., et al. | August 9, 2024Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disease with average lifespan of 2–5…karnottAugust 9, 2024 Read More
Local News Zucara Therapeutics Announces Second and Final Closing of US $25 Million Series-B Financing (With Additional Us $5 Million)T-Net | May 6, 2025Zacara Therapeutics, a Vancouver diabetes life science company developing the first once-daily therapeutic to prevent…karnottMay 6, 2025 Read More
Local News Is a Warmer World a Sicker World?UBC Microbiology and Immunology | May 2, 2025When Kayla King was growing up in Nanaimo, British Columbia, every day felt like Earth…karnottMay 2, 2025 Read More
Local News Cases of Parkinson’s Disease in Canada Set to Rise 69% by 2050Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | May 1, 2025By 2050, it is projected that the number of people living with Parkinson’s disease will…karnottMay 1, 2025 Read More
Local News New Solution To Treat Obstructive Sleep ApneaVancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | May 1, 2025Researchers are developing an effective, affordable and more comfortable treatment to prevent upper airway obstruction…karnottMay 1, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Apply to MedTech Innovator 2024Life Sciences BC | January 23, 2024About MedTech Innovator MedTech Innovator is the largest and highest performing accelerator of medical technology…karnottJanuary 23, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Canadian Cancer Society/Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation Disruptive Innovation Grants in Cancer ResearchCanadian Cancer Society | January 18, 2024Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) and the Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation (Hecht Foundation) have…karnottJanuary 18, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles New Lab to Market GrantsNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | January 4, 2024The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), in collaboration with the Canadian…karnottJanuary 4, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles NSERC Announces Improvements to Alliance Grants ProgramNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | December 13, 2023NSERC is pleased to announce the launch of several improvements to its Alliance grants program.…karnottDecember 13, 2023 Read More
Featured Awards DMCBH Members Awarded Fall 2024 CIHR Project Grants To Support Health ResearchDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | February 10, 2025The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the results of its Fall 2024…karnottFebruary 10, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards DMCBH Researchers Receive 2025 CLEAR Funding To Help Advance Dementia ResearchDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | February 6, 2025Congratulations to Dr. Terry Snutch and Dr. Robin Hsiung on receiving 2025 Operating Grants from…karnottFebruary 6, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fall 2024 AwardeeCanadian Institutes of Health Research | February 5, 2025Bacterial infections such as pneumonia, life-threatening infection (sepsis), and other severe infections, are leading causes…karnottFebruary 5, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Cracking Cholesterol: Biology-Driven Breakthrough Wins Rathmann AwardAmgen | February 4, 2025The winners of Amgen's prestigious George B. Rathmann Award for Scientific Excellence are Simon Jackson…karnottFebruary 4, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Passionate Research Mentor Receives Governor General’s Gold MedalSFU Faculty of Health Sciences | June 9, 2025Aniqa Shahid, a new Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) alumnus, was…karnottJune 9, 2025 Read More
Local News 5 Things You Didn’t (But Should) Know About MeaslesUBC Faculty of Medicine | June 6, 2025More than 2,500 cases of measles have been reported across Canada this year, including 12…karnottJune 6, 2025 Read More
Local News Hope on the Horizon for ALSDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | June 6, 2025Dr. Erik Pioro is bridging research and care to accelerate the development of innovative ALS…karnottJune 6, 2025 Read More