Local News Zymeworks Advances Clinical Candidate Incorporating Technology from Kairos Acquisition Zymeworks | March 20, 2018 Zymeworks Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing multifunctional therapeutics, today announced that ZW49 is the…sciencecityMarch 20, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles Our Government Has Made the Biggest Investment in Science in Canada’s History The Muse | March 20, 2018 Federal Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains was at Memorial University’s St. John’s campus on Tuesday, March…sciencecityMarch 20, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Systemic Study of Solvent-Assisted Active Loading of Gambogic Acid Into Liposomes and Its Formulation Optimization for Improved Delivery Tang, W.L. and Li, S.D., et al. | March 19, 2018 The solvent-assisted active loading technology (SALT) was developed for encapsulating a water insoluble weak base…sciencecityMarch 19, 2018 Read More
Local News Hancock Lab Demonstrates the Role of a Bacterial Starvation Response in Wound Infections The Centre for Blood Research | March 19, 2018 Antimicrobial resistance is a serious global threat, causing treatment of even minor infections to become…sciencecityMarch 19, 2018 Read More
Local News Interview with Dr. Ross MacGillivray, CBR Founding Director The Centre for Blood Research | March 16, 2018 Recently, Dr. Ross MacGillivray, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and one of the founding…sciencecityMarch 16, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Connie Eaves Awarded 2018 ISSCR Tobias Award Lecture International Society for Stem Cell Research | March 16, 2018 The ISSCR Tobias Award Lecture, started in 2016, is supported by the Tobias Foundation, and recognizes…sciencecityMarch 16, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Heterochromatin Protein 1α Mediates Development and Aggressiveness of Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer Ci, X. and Wang, Y., et al. | March 16, 2018 NEPC research by Dr. Yuzhuo Wang group has led to the development of a unique…sciencecityMarch 16, 2018 Read More
Local News UBC Expands Research into Healthy Aging with $24 Million Gift UBC Faculty of Medicine | March 16, 2018 A $24-million donation to the University of British Columbia’s faculty of medicine will expand research…sciencecityMarch 16, 2018 Read More
Local News Strict Eating Schedule Can Lower Huntington Disease Protein in Mice UBC Faculty of Medicine | March 15, 2018 New research by the Faculty of Medicine suggests that a strict eating schedule can help…sciencecityMarch 15, 2018 Read More
Local News AbCellera Awarded Multi-Year Contract to Lead the Development of a Rapid Response Platform against Pandemic Viral Threats Michael Smith Laboratories | March 15, 2018 AbCellera Biologics Inc. announced today that it was awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced…sciencecityMarch 15, 2018 Read More