Local News Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier: Bioasis Technologies Leads the Way with their xB3 Technology Platform Biotechnology Focus | August 28, 2018 With neurological diseases predicted to rise exponentially across the globe, whether resulting from the extension…sciencecityAugust 28, 2018 Read More
Local News UBC Researchers Unlock Secrets of Plant Development UBC News | August 27, 2018 University of British Columbia researchers have discovered an internal messaging system that plants use to…sciencecityAugust 27, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Heparan Sulfate Organizes Neuronal Synapses through Neurexin Partnerships Zhang, P., et al. | August 27, 2018 Synapses are fundamental units of communication in the brain. The prototypical synapse-organizing complex neurexin-neuroligin mediates…sciencecityAugust 27, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles Canadian Technology and Innovation: Making Strides in the Global Cell Therapy Landscape Biotechnology Focus | August 24, 2018 Cell therapies are integral to regenerative medicine: a swiftly advancing sector bearing the long-standing promise…sciencecityAugust 24, 2018 Read More
Local News Gut Bacteria Could Provide Key to Making ‘Universal’ Blood Type CTV News | August 24, 2018 Canadian researchers say they may have identified substances from the human gut that could turn…sciencecityAugust 24, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Three MSL Postdocs Receive MSFHR 2018 Research Trainee Awards Michael Smith Laboratories | August 23, 2018 Congratulations to three deserving postdocs, Drs. San-Soo Han, James McCoy, and Samrat Thouta of the Michael Smith Laboratories for…sciencecityAugust 23, 2018 Read More
Local News Genetic Model Offers Elegant Tool for Testing Parkinson’s Disease Therapies Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | August 23, 2018 For the past decade, Parkinson’s disease researchers have relied on the experimental equivalent of using…sciencecityAugust 23, 2018 Read More
Local News Is a New Drug Keeping this Woman’s Deadly Huntington Disease at Bay? Science | August 23, 2018 The dark shadow of Huntington disease fell squarely over Michelle Dardengo’s life on the day in…sciencecityAugust 23, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Stem Cell Bioengineering: Building from Stem Cell Biology Tewary, M., et al. | August 22, 2018 New fundamental discoveries in stem cell biology have yielded potentially transformative regenerative therapeutics. However, widespread…sciencecityAugust 22, 2018 Read More
Local News BC Centre for Excellence Names Dr. Zabrina Brumme Director of Laboratory Program BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | August 22, 2018 The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) announced Dr. Zabrina Brumme has been appointed…sciencecityAugust 22, 2018 Read More