Local News UBC Researchers Create Cannabinoid Eye Drop for Glaucoma Biotechnology Focus | June 1, 2018 Glaucoma is an eye disease that is often associated with elevated intraocular pressure leading to…sciencecityJune 1, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week MAP Kinase Signalling: Interplays Between Plant PAMP- and Effector-Triggered Immunity Thulasi Devendrakumar, K. and Zhang, Y., et al. | June 1, 2018 In plants, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades are involved in regulating many biological processes including…sciencecityJune 1, 2018 Read More
AwardsMonthly Award Summaries May 2018 Award Winners Science in the City | June 1, 2018 Dr. Donald Sin, Professor in the Division of Respiratory Medicine in the Department of Medicine…sciencecityJune 1, 2018 Read More
Local News Rational Design of Universal Heparin Reversal Agent Makes it a Highly Specific Antidote to Heparins The Centre for Blood Research | May 31, 2018 Historically, heparins were the mainstay of anticoagulant therapy. They were the primary agents used to…sciencecityMay 31, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles Gender Equity In Health Research Funding Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research | May 31, 2018 As BC's health research funding agency, with a focus on talent development, we think deeply…sciencecityMay 31, 2018 Read More
Spotlight Chloe Gerak Talks Protein-Protein Interaction Inhibition and Cancer Science in the City | May 31, 2018 Chloe Gerak is a PhD candidate in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at…sciencecityMay 31, 2018 Read More
Local News The Link between Diet, Gut Bacteria, and Kidney Stones Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | May 30, 2018 Studying partners’ habits leads researchers to breakthrough in kidney stone research. Kidney stones are a…sciencecityMay 30, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Interpretable Dimensionality Reduction of Single Cell Transcriptome Data with Deep Generative Models Ding, J, and Shah, S.P., et al. | May 30, 2018 Single-cell RNA-sequencing has great potential to discover cell types, identify cell states, trace development lineages,…sciencecityMay 30, 2018 Read More
Local News Pixelating the Brain Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | May 29, 2018 MS/MRI research group applies machine learning techniques to neuroimaging data. “Think of an apple. An…sciencecityMay 29, 2018 Read More
Local News BC TECH and Genome BC Team up to Nurture Life Sciences Entrepreneurs Genome BC | May 29, 2018 Today, HyperGrowth: Life celebrates the graduation of its second cohort — a group that promises…sciencecityMay 29, 2018 Read More