Featured Awards UBC’s Dr. Paul Keown Honoured with Clinical Trials BC Award for Advocacy and Leadership UBC Faculty of Medicine | July 30, 2025 UBC Faculty of Medicine professor Dr. Paul Anthony Keown has been awarded the Clinical Trials…karnottJuly 30, 2025 Read More
Local News OPTIMISE Trial Seeks to Personalize Cancer Treatment for Children with High-Risk Tumours BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | July 30, 2025 When standard cancer treatments fail or prove ineffective for patients, options for children and youth…karnottJuly 30, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles adMare Executive Institute Opens Applications for Eighth Cohort adMare Bioinnovations | July 29, 2025 The adMare Academy is now accepting applications for the eighth cohort of its exclusive Executive…karnottJuly 29, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. K.S. Joseph Awarded the 2025 Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | July 29, 2025 Dr. K.S. Joseph has been awarded the 2025 Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship in recognition of…karnottJuly 29, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Investigation on Adaptability and Applicability of Polymer-Mediated Cell Surface Engineering by Ligation with Transglutaminase Luo, H., et al. | April 4, 2024 Polymer-mediated cell surface engineering can be a powerful tool to modify the cell's biological behavior,…karnottApril 4, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Targeted and Shallow Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies Therapeutic Opportunities in p53abn Endometrial Cancers Jamieson, A., et al. | April 3, 2024 Shallow whole genome sequencing (sWGS) can detect copy number (CN) aberrations. In high-grade serous ovarian…karnottApril 3, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Investigation of Microglial Diversity in a LRRK2 G2019S Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease Iovino, L., et al. | March 28, 2024 Microglia contribute to the outcomes of various pathological conditions including Parkinson's disease (PD). Microglia are…karnottMarch 28, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Clinically-Observed FOXA1 Mutations Upregulate SEMA3C Through Transcriptional Derepression in Prostate Cancer Tam, K., et al. | March 27, 2024 FOXA1 is a pioneer transcription factor that is frequently mutated in prostate, breast, bladder, and…karnottMarch 27, 2024 Read More
Local News From Cancer Therapies to a New Generation of Vaccines—How UBC Professor Pieter Cullis Transformed Drug Delivery UBC Faculty of Medicine | May 28, 2025 Groundbreaking treatments like targeted cancer therapies and mRNA-based vaccines would not have been possible without…karnottMay 28, 2025 Read More
Local News Me Therapeutics Receives Support to Advance mRNA Therapeutic Candidates for Cancer and Inflammatory Disease Me Therapeutics | May 26, 2025 ME Therapeutics Holdings, a publicly listed preclinical biotechnology company working on novel cancer fighting drugs…sciencecityMay 26, 2025 Read More
Local News Acuitas Therapeutics Showcases Collaboration with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for Personalized CRISPR Therapy and New LNP Research at ASGCT 2025 Acuitas Therapeutics via Life Sciences BC | May 26, 2025 Acuitas Therapeutics, a global leader in lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery systems for the acceleration of…sciencecityMay 26, 2025 Read More
Local News Next Steps in Driving Forward the Field of Nanomedicine: A Catch-up with the Leslie Lab Michael Smith Laboratories | May 23, 2025 The lab of Dr. Sabrina Leslie (MSL, Physics and Astronomy; SBME affiliate member) brings together researchers and approaches from physics…sciencecityMay 23, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles NSERC Introduces New Alliance International Grants National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | January 4, 2022 We are pleased to announce the launch of the Alliance International grants, a new funding stream…pthomsonJanuary 4, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles Canada Grants Full Approval to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Shot Global News | November 25, 2021 Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday Canada gave full approval to its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine for…pthomsonNovember 25, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Health Canada Authorizes Use of Comirnaty (the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine) in Children 5 to 11 Years of Age Health Canada | November 23, 2021 Health Canada authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine in children 5 to 11 years…pthomsonNovember 23, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Harmonization of Tri-Agency Policy on the Use of Funds for Federal Government Employees Applying to Granting Agency Programs National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | November 16, 2021 The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of…pthomsonNovember 16, 2021 Read More
Monthly Award Summaries February 2025 Award Winners Science in Vancouver | March 3, 2025 The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the awardees for the Fall 2024…karnottMarch 3, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Wasan Named 2025 MD Anderson Distinguished Alumnus Vancouver Prostate Centre | February 28, 2025 Congratulations to Dr Kishor Wasan on being named the 2025 MD Anderson Distinguished Alumnus! Dr…karnottFebruary 28, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Preparing for Future Threat of Avian Influenza UBC Faculty of Medicine | February 24, 2025 Funded by Genome British Columbia and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), the suite…karnottFebruary 24, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Leaders in Diversity: Recognizing the 2024-2025 I.D.E.A.L. Bioscience Employers™ BioTalent Canada | February 19, 2025 Canada’s bio-economy is being reshaped by the forward-thinking organizations recognized today as 2024-2025 I.D.E.A.L. Bioscience…karnottFebruary 19, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards UBC Medical Student Rahnuma Sara Honoured with 2025 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award UBC Faculty of Medicine | August 15, 2025 UBC Faculty of Medicine medical student Rahnuma Sara has been awarded a 2025 Canadian Medical…karnottAugust 15, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards 2025 DMCBH Trainee Award Winners Announced Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | August 15, 2025 Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Trainee Awards!…karnottAugust 15, 2025 Read More
Local News SBME Launches Predictive Biology Cluster to Accelerate Therapeutic Innovation UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | August 14, 2025 The School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) at the University of British Columbia has been selected…karnottAugust 14, 2025 Read More