Featured Awards Three MSL Faculty Involved in Projects Funded Through Spring 2025 CIHR Grant Competition UBC Michael Smith Laboratories | August 11, 2025 Three of our MSL faculty members are involved in projects recently funded through the Canadian…karnottAugust 11, 2025 Read More
Local News New Mega RNA Virus May Hold the Key to Mass Oyster Die-Offs UBC Science | August 11, 2025 Scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off…karnottAugust 11, 2025 Read More
Local News Past, Present and Future: Academic Life from the Lens of Dr. Freda Miller UBC Michael Smith Laboratories | August 8, 2025 Behind every success and research breakthrough lies a story of curiosity, persistence, setbacks, and moments…karnottAugust 8, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Defining Enteric Bacterial Pathogenesis Using Organoids: Citrobacter rodentium Uses EspC, an Atypical Mucinolytic Protease, to Penetrate Mouse Colonic Mucus Chen, Y., et al. | August 8, 2025 Enteric bacterial pathogens pose significant threats to human health; however, the mechanisms by which they…karnottAugust 8, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week A Tumor-Restricted Glycoform of Podocalyxin Is a Highly Selective Marker of Immunologically Cold High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma Brassard, J., et al. | February 23, 2024 Targeted-immunotherapies such as antibody-drug conjugates (ADC), chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells or bispecific T-cell…karnottFebruary 23, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Lipid Nanoparticles and siRNA Targeting Plasminogen Provide Lasting Inhibition of Fibrinolysis in Mouse and Dog Models of Hemophilia A Strilchuk, A., et al. | February 23, 2024 Antifibrinolytic drugs are used extensively for on-demand treatment of severe acute bleeding. Controlling fibrinolysis may…karnottFebruary 23, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Phosphorylation of RyR2 Simultaneously Expands the Dyad and Rearranges the Tetramers Asghari, P., et al. | February 21, 2024 We have previously demonstrated that type II ryanodine receptors (RyR2) tetramers can be rapidly rearranged…karnottFebruary 21, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Design and Evaluation of ZD06519, a Novel Camptothecin Payload for Antibody Drug Conjugates Petersen, M., et al. | February 14, 2024 In recent years, the field of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) has seen a resurgence, largely…karnottFebruary 14, 2024 Read More
Local News Rapid Bedside Test Predicts Sepsis With Over 90% Accuracy UBC Science | May 30, 2025 Canadian scientists have developed a blood test and portable device that can determine the onset…karnottMay 30, 2025 Read More
Local News Next Steps in Driving Forward the Field of Nanomedicine: A Catch-Up With the Leslie Lab UBC Michael Smith Laboratories | May 30, 2025 The lab of Dr. Sabrina Leslie (MSL, Physics and Astronomy; SBME affiliate member) brings together…karnottMay 30, 2025 Read More
Local News New Inpatient Clinical Trials Unit Launches at Vancouver General Hospital, Advancing Blood Cancer Treatment Across B.C. Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | May 29, 2025 Vancouver Coastal Health has launched British Columbia’s first dedicated inpatient clinical trials unit for early-phase…karnottMay 29, 2025 Read More
Local News New Ventures BC Announces 12 Companies for “The $10K Pitch: BC’s Startup All-Stars” T-Net | May 29, 2025 New Ventures BC announced that twelve allumni from its annual New Ventures BC Competition will…karnottMay 29, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Brains, Not Just Buildings, Key to Expanding Domestic Life Sciences BioTalent Canada | July 13, 2021 Canadians are rightfully pleased that our country is now among the world leaders in COVID-19…pthomsonJuly 13, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Canadian Ethicists Recognize the Critical Importance of Science and Research The Conversation | July 2, 2021 On May 25, 2021, Member of Parliament Kirsty Duncan advanced Motion 38 to create a new…pthomsonJuly 2, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Government of Canada Invests in Applied Research and Development Projects between Colleges, Local Businesses and Community Organizations NSERC Canada | July 2, 2021 Colleges are at the forefront of applied research and development, and their work is vital…pthomsonJuly 2, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Programs Target Canada’s Chronic Biotech Talent Shortage by Training Academics to Run Businesses The Globe and Mail | April 27, 2021 A pair of Canadian biotechnology venture capital firms have launched new programs to arm academics…pthomsonApril 27, 2021 Read More
Featured Awards DMCBH Members Awarded Fall 2024 CIHR Project Grants To Support Health Research Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | February 10, 2025 The 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 Research Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | February 6, 2025 Congratulations 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 Awardee Canadian Institutes of Health Research | February 5, 2025 Bacterial 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 Award Amgen | February 4, 2025 The winners of Amgen's prestigious George B. Rathmann Award for Scientific Excellence are Simon Jackson…karnottFebruary 4, 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 SIRT1/DNMT3B-Mediated Epigenetic Gene Silencing in Response Tophytoestrogens in Mammary Epithelial Cells Ma, Y., et al. | August 28, 2025 We performed an integrated analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation and expression datasetsin normal cells and…karnottAugust 28, 2025 Read More