AwardsFeatured Awards Congratulations to Dr. Stuart Turvey: Recipient of the 2018 Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | September 19, 2018 The Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship recognizes investigators at BC Children's Hospital who have made a…sciencecitySeptember 19, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Fourteen UBC Faculty Members Elected to Royal Society of Canada UBC Research + Innovation | September 18, 2018 A total of fourteen UBC faculty members have been announced by the Royal Society of Canada…sciencecitySeptember 18, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Transcriptomic Evidence for Alterations in Astrocytes and Parvalbumin Interneurons in Subjects with Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia Toker, L., et al. | September 17, 2018 High-throughput expression analyses of postmortem brain tissue have been widely used to study bipolar disorder…sciencecitySeptember 17, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards MD/PhD Student Eric Zhao Awarded the 2018 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award UBC Faculty of Medicine | September 17, 2018 UBC MD/PhD candidate, Eric Zhao, is the recipient of the 2018 Canadian Medical Hall of…sciencecitySeptember 17, 2018 Read More
Local News SFU Team Receives Funding to Expand Systems of Worldwide Health Research Databases SFU Faculty of Science | September 14, 2018 The Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) today announced $800,000 in funding to expand Simon…sciencecitySeptember 14, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Selectively Targeting the Dimerization Interface of Human Androgen Receptor with Small-Molecules to Treat Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Dalal, K., et al. | September 14, 2018 The Rennie and Cherkasov labs have a long history of developing therapeutics to target the…sciencecitySeptember 14, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards 2018 Faculty of Medicine Award Recipients UBC Faculty of Medicine | September 13, 2018 Each year, the Faculty of Medicine recognizes faculty and staff members for excellence in teaching,…sciencecitySeptember 13, 2018 Read More
Local News Concussions Loosen Insulation around Brain Cells UBC Faculty of Medicine | September 13, 2018 Detailed scans of concussed University of British Columbia hockey players found that the protective fatty…sciencecitySeptember 13, 2018 Read More
Local News CDRD Academy Announces Inaugural Cohort in Unique New National Executive Institute The Centre for Drug Research and Development | September 12, 2018 CDRD – The Centre for Drug Research and Development, Canada’s national life sciences venture, is…sciencecitySeptember 12, 2018 Read More
Local News Vancouver Urologists Shine New Light on Bladder Cancers to Improve Detection The Vancouver Sun | September 12, 2018 Vancouver urologists are shining new light — literally — on cancerous bladder lesions, with a…sciencecitySeptember 12, 2018 Read More