AwardsMonthly Award Summaries May 2022 Award Winners Science in Vancouver | June 1, 2022 Parneet Sekhon, an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Ken Harder's lab at UBC, received a NanoMedicines…pthomsonJune 1, 2022 Read More
Local News Science Writing Behind the Scenes: An Interview with the Winner of the Canadian Blood Services Lay Writing Competition Science Borealis | June 1, 2022 Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a science communicator? Here at Science…pthomsonJune 1, 2022 Read More
Local News UBC Entrepreneurs Join Fight Against Plastic Pollution UBC News | May 31, 2022 New ideas include compostable bioplastics and innovative coating that extends product lifespan The end of…pthomsonMay 31, 2022 Read More
Local News From UBC Graduate Student to Published Book Co-Editor: A Conversation with Ariana Saatchi UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | May 30, 2022 As a PhD candidate at UBC Pharm Sci, Ariana Saatchi was in a unique position at the…pthomsonMay 30, 2022 Read More
Local News New Tumour Test Could Guide Personalized Treatment for Children with Cancer UBC Faculty of Medicine | January 24, 2019 Working with researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the Keck School of Medicine at…sciencecityJanuary 24, 2019 Read More
Local News Cembrowski Lab Merges Mathematical Thinking with Basic Neuroscience Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | January 23, 2019 A neuroscientist, mathematician, and expert on the hippocampus, Dr. Mark Cembrowski has a rare combination of skills. Now,…sciencecityJanuary 23, 2019 Read More
Local News Restoring Stem Cells to a Fetal-Like State Could Provide a Therapeutic Alternative for Acute Leukemias The Terry Fox Research Institute | January 22, 2019 Restoring a signaling pathway that is prevalent in fetal stem cells but dormant in adult…sciencecityJanuary 22, 2019 Read More
Local News Breaking Down the Barriers: Can Lithium be the Answer for Future Antifungal Therapies? Michael Smith Laboratories | January 22, 2019 Cryptococcus neoformans is a major human pathogenic fungus that is responsible for 15% of all AIDS-related…sciencecityJanuary 22, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Urology Care Foundation Announces Recipient of the 2022 Rising Stars in Urology Research Award Bezinga | March 29, 2023 The American Urological Association (AUA) and the Urology Care Foundation—the official foundation of the AUA—announced…pthomsonMarch 29, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Homologous Recombination Deficiency Signatures in Gastrointestinal and Thoracic Cancers Correlate with Platinum Therapy Duration Tsang, E. S., et al. | March 29, 2023 There is emerging evidence about the predictive role of homologous recombination deficiency (HRD), but this…pthomsonMarch 29, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Zoology Professor Receives 2023 NRC Killam Prize in Natural Sciences UBC Science | March 28, 2023 UBC's Dr. Sally Otto, University Killam Professor and professor of zoology in the Faculty of…pthomsonMarch 28, 2023 Read More