Local News Legacy of Life – The Enduring Potential of a Donated Lung Centre for Heart Lung Innovation | September 1, 2025 Holding a donor lung instantly educates. The delicate nature of the organ leads to an…karnottSeptember 1, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards BC Cancer Researchers Receive UBC Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards BC Cancer | August 29, 2025 Each year, the UBC Faculty of Medicine (FoM) recognizes faculty members who have made exceptional…karnottAugust 29, 2025 Read More
Local News Beyond AlphaFold: How AI Is Decoding the Grammar of the Genome Nature | August 29, 2025 In 1862, Victor Hugo reportedly wrote to his publisher to ask how his newly published…karnottAugust 29, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Biodegradable Polymers with Tertiary Amines Enhance mRNA Delivery of Lipid Nanoparticles via Improved Endosomal Escape Zhao, F., et al. | August 29, 2025 Messenger RNA (mRNA)-based therapy has become a promising and scalable approach for treating various diseases,…karnottAugust 29, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week siRNA-Mediated Reduction of a Circulating Protein in Swine Using Lipid Nanoparticles Cau, M., et al. | May 30, 2024 Genetic manipulation of animal models is a fundamental research tool in biology and medicine but…karnottMay 30, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Gelsolin Regulates Receptor-Mediated and Fluid-Phase Endocytosis in Platelets Paul, M., et al. | May 29, 2024 Endocytosis is the process by which platelets incorporate extracellular molecules into their secretory granules. Endocytosis…karnottMay 29, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week N-MYC Impairs Innate Immune Signaling in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma Miranda, A., et al. | May 23, 2024 High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) is a challenging disease, especially for patients with immunologically “cold”…karnottMay 23, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week DNA-PK Inhibitor AZD7648 Is a More Portent Radiosensitizer than PARP Inhibitor Olaparib in BRCA1/2 Deficient Tumors Wang, T., et al. | May 22, 2024 The effectiveness of radiotherapy depends on the sensitivities of ‘normal’ and cancer cells to the…karnottMay 22, 2024 Read More
Local News New Research Reveals How Prostate Cancer Becomes More Aggressive — and How to Reverse It M.H. Mohseni Institute of Urologic Sciences | June 27, 2025 A new study led by Drs. Christopher Ong and Yuzhuo Wang has uncovered a key…karnottJune 27, 2025 Read More
Local News Internationally Renowned Clinician-Scientist to Lead Faculty of Medicine and UBC Health UBC Faculty of Medicine | June 26, 2025 Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy, a leading clinician-scientist whose work spans cancer detection, biomedical engineering and global health,…karnottJune 26, 2025 Read More
Local News Decolonizing Health Research at the Indigenous Health Research Unit Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | June 26, 2025 Research is crucial to improving health outcomes and unlocking the potential of new medication, treatments…karnottJune 26, 2025 Read More
Local News Brain Canada Invests in ICORD’s SCI Biobank ICORD | June 25, 2025 Brain Canada announced its support for two pioneering neuroscience research platforms at UBC through its…karnottJune 25, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Clinical Trials: Lessons from the Pandemic and Time for Change Canadian Science Policy Centre | August 10, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us many lessons about science and technology. It has underlined…pthomsonAugust 10, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles Government of Canada Strengthens Canada’s Clinical Trials Environment Canadian Institutes of Health Research | June 28, 2022 Clinical trials are essential scientific studies that evaluate the safety, effectiveness, and outcomes of health…pthomsonJune 28, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles Newly Funded Initiatives to Support Students and Postdoctoral Fellows NSERC | June 13, 2022 The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) is pleased to announce funding…pthomsonJune 13, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles Pan-Canadian Genomics Strategy Consultation Launched Genome Canada | May 26, 2022 The Government of Canada has launched a public consultation to inform a new Pan-Canadian Genomics Strategy (PCGS), announced…pthomsonMay 26, 2022 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Mark Cembrowski Wins 2025 CAN New Investigator Award for His Pioneering Memory Research Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | April 18, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. Mark Cembrowski, recipient of the 2025 Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) New…karnottApril 18, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards UBC Engineering Faculty and Grad Students Recognized With Killam Teaching Awards UBC Engineering | April 18, 2025 The 2024/25 Killam Teaching Prize and Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award recipients have been announced,…karnottApril 18, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Grant Recipients for Translational Research & Best Practice Implementation Open Funding Competitions Praxis Spinal Cord Institute | April 17, 2025 Praxis Spinal Cord Institute is proud to announce the grant recipients from its Translational Research…karnottApril 17, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Govind Kaigala Awarded the UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | April 9, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. Govind Kaigala, Director of Partnerships and Community Engagement at the School of…karnottApril 9, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles These Nations Are Wooing PhD Students Amid U.S. Funding Uncertainties Nature | September 16, 2025 The United States has long been one of the most popular destinations for international students…karnottSeptember 16, 2025 Read More
Local News Past, Present, and Future: Academic Life From the Lens of Dr. James Piret UBC Michael Smith Laboratories | September 16, 2025 This is the fourth and final article in our Past, Present and Future series, where…karnottSeptember 16, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. TJ Salway Appointed to Royal Society of Canada SFU Faculty of Health Sciences | September 16, 2025 Four exceptional Simon Fraser University scholars have been named to the Royal Society of Canada…karnottSeptember 16, 2025 Read More