Local News Merck to Advance Bispecific Antibody Drug Candidate Developed Using Zymeworks’ Azymetric™ Platform into Preclinical Development Zymeworks | September 29, 2017 Zymeworks Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of next-generation…sciencecitySeptember 29, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Discovery of a Proteolytic Flagellin Family in Diverse Bacterial Phyla That Assembles Enzymatically Active Flagella Eckhard, U., et al. | September 29, 2017 The bacterial flagellum is a complex multi-component structure including a whip-like appendage, the flagellar filament,…sciencecitySeptember 29, 2017 Read More
Local News Troy McDiarmid Worms into the Intricacies of Genetic Risk in ASD Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | September 28, 2017 To understand how gene mutations affect neurodevelopment and learning in people with Autism Spectrum Disorder…sciencecitySeptember 28, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Cortical Functional Hyperconnectivity in a Mouse Model of Depression and Selective Network Effects of Ketamine McGirr, A. and Murphy, T.H., et al. | September 28, 2017 First, we show that models of depression in mouse produce brain function changes resembling those…sciencecitySeptember 28, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dean Michael Coughtrie among New Fellows Inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | September 28, 2017 On September 14, 2017, Dr. Michael Coughtrie, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical…sciencecitySeptember 28, 2017 Read More
Interesting Articles Mona Nemer, Heart Researcher, Appointed Canada’s New Chief Scientist CBC News | September 27, 2017 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has selected Ottawa heart researcher Mona Nemer to be the country's…sciencecitySeptember 27, 2017 Read More
Local News Tiny but Mighty: Research Explores How Microbes Can Support Water Treatment in Mining Genome BC | September 27, 2017 In a partnership with Dr. Sue Baldwin at the University of British Columbia, and with…sciencecitySeptember 27, 2017 Read More
Local News UBC Researchers Promote the Fundamental Science Review on Parliament Hill Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | September 26, 2017 “Based on data from a survey we produced last year, 80 per cent of Canadian…sciencecitySeptember 26, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week NEWS AND VIEWS: Interpreting the T-Cell Receptor Repertoire Holt, R.A. | September 26, 2017 Engineered T-cell receptors (TCRs) have tremendous therapeutic potential for targeted, T-cell-mediated killing of infected or…sciencecitySeptember 26, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards 2017 Neil Mackenzie Mentorship Excellence Award The Centre for Blood Research | September 26, 2017 Since 2015, the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) has offered an award to honour the…sciencecitySeptember 26, 2017 Read More