AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Amina Zoubeidi and Dr. Alex Wyatt Receive PCF Challenge Award and Movember Discovery Grant Vancouver Prostate Centre | October 20, 2017 In the last week, two VPC researchers have been awarded grants to fund research projects…sciencecityOctober 20, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Self-Biotinylation of DNA G-Quadruplexes via Intrinsic Peroxidase Activity Einarson, O.J. and Sen, D. | October 20, 2017 The striking and ubiquitous in vitro affinity between hemin and DNA/RNA G-quadruplexes raises the intriguing…sciencecityOctober 20, 2017 Read More
Your Voice Children’s Heart Centre at BCCH Becomes Research Leader on a Rare Pediatric Arrhythmia Dr. Karolina Jones | October 19, 2017 The Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT) Registry and Biobank is an international multi-centre study led…sciencecityOctober 19, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards VIDEO: Aspect Biosystems and Dr. Stephanie Willerth Win Ignite Fall 2017 Award BC Innovation Council | October 19, 2017 The BCIC Ignite Awards on October 10, 2017 awarded a total of $735,000 to the…sciencecityOctober 19, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards UBC Faculty of Medicine Receives $31M in Federal Grants for Research Infrastructure UBC Faculty of Medicine | October 18, 2017 Production of cancer-killing isotopes and creating more personalized treatments for respiratory diseases are among the…sciencecityOctober 18, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Selective Aggregation of the Splicing Factor Hsh155 Suppresses Splicing upon Genotoxic Stress Mathew, V. and Stirling, P.C., et al. | October 18, 2017 When a cell responds to DNA damage it must coordinate DNA repair with changes in…sciencecityOctober 18, 2017 Read More
Local News Research-Treatment Model Puts B.C. Children’s Hospital at Forefront of ‘Precision Medicine’ The Vancouver Sun | October 18, 2017 For Celia Lau, the value of the research at B.C. Children’s Hospital is not hard…sciencecityOctober 18, 2017 Read More
Interesting Articles German Researchers Resign from Elsevier Journals in Push for Nationwide Open Access Science | October 17, 2017 Five leading German scientists have resigned from their editorial positions at journals published by Elsevier,…sciencecityOctober 17, 2017 Read More
Local News UBC Researchers Pull Paper Linking Vaccine Component to Autism after Data Alleged to Be Manipulated CBC News | October 17, 2017 Researchers from the University of British Columbia are retracting their scientific paper linking aluminum in vaccines to autism…sciencecityOctober 17, 2017 Read More
Local News ICORD Student Competes Internationally ICORD | October 17, 2017 ICORD PhD student Seth Tigchelaar is representing UBC in the international Universitas 21 3-Minute Thesiscompetition. The 3…sciencecityOctober 17, 2017 Read More