Publications of the Week Crystal Structure of an Intramembranal Phosphatase Central to Bacterial Cell-Wall Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis and Lipid Recycling Workman, S.D. and Strynadka, N.C.J., et al. | April 2, 2018 Undecaprenyl pyrophosphate phosphatase (UppP) is an integral membrane protein that recycles the lipid carrier essential…sciencecityApril 2, 2018 Read More
Local News Top Researchers Join UBC as Canada 150 Research Chairs UBC Faculty of Medicine | April 2, 2018 Three internationally recognized researchers will join the University of British Columbia this year, bringing international…sciencecityApril 2, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards CHÉOS Scientists Successful in CIHR Funding Competitions Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences | March 30, 2018 CHÉOS Scientists were successful in several CIHR funding competitions, announced in March. Drs. Skye Barbic and Steve Mathias will…sciencecityMarch 30, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week NHR-49/HNF4 Integrates Regulation of Fatty Acid Metabolism With a Protective Transcriptional Response to Oxidative Stress and Fasting Goh, G.Y.S. and Taubert, S., et al. | March 30, 2018 Oxidative stress occurs when excess reactive oxygen species (ROS), ubiquitous byproducts of aerobic respiration, are…sciencecityMarch 30, 2018 Read More
Local News MS Society & CDRD Support Two New Translational Projects on Progressive MS Centre for Drug Research and Development | March 29, 2018 Translational research is a high-risk, iterative phase of the drug development pipeline that is critical…sciencecityMarch 29, 2018 Read More
Local News MS Society & CDRD Support Two New Translational Projects on Progressive MS Centre for Drug Research and Development | March 29, 2018 Translational research is a high-risk, iterative phase of the drug development pipeline that is critical…mjoyMarch 29, 2018 Read More
Local News Could Revolutionary Research at CDRD Replace Chemotherapy? Biotechnology Focus | March 29, 2018 Empirical observations over the past many decades have suggested that certain types of virus infections…sciencecityMarch 29, 2018 Read More
Local News A Daily Dose of Ibuprofen Can Help Prevent Onset of Alzheimer’s, Study Finds Global News | March 28, 2018 A new Vancouver-based study says taking ibuprofen every day can help prevent the onset of…sciencecityMarch 28, 2018 Read More
Local News New Antiretroviral Compound Derived From Sea Sponges SFU University Communications | March 28, 2018 Simon Fraser University researchers have identified a chemical compound derived from sea sponges that inhibits…sciencecityMarch 28, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week ddPCRclust – an R Package and Shiny App for Automated Analysis of Multiplexed ddPCR Data Brink, B.G. and Brinkman, R.R., et al. | March 28, 2018 Droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) is an emerging technology for quantifying DNA. By partitioning the target…sciencecityMarch 28, 2018 Read More