Local News New Research Aims to Better Visualize Breast Cancer in Real Time BC Cancer | July 3, 2018 Treatment includes surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, targeted therapy or hormonal therapy, likely a combination depending on…sciencecityJuly 3, 2018 Read More
Local News MSFHR Funding Offers Opportunity to Expand Scope of MRI Potential Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | July 3, 2018 In 2011, when Dr. Shannon Kolind was splitting her time as a postdoctoral fellow between Oxford University…sciencecityJuly 3, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week A Presenilin-1 Mutation Causes Alzheimer Disease Without Affecting Notch Signaling Zhang, S. and Song, W., et al. | July 2, 2018 Presenilin-1 (PSEN1) is the catalytic subunit of the γ-secretase complex, and pathogenic mutations in the…sciencecityJuly 2, 2018 Read More
AwardsMonthly Award Summaries June 2018 Award Winners Science in the City | July 2, 2018 Dr. Faranak Farzan, Assistant Professor in the School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering at Simon Fraser…sciencecityJuly 2, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Three CHÉOS Scientists Receive MSFHR Scholar Awards CHEOS | June 29, 2018 On June 14, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) announced the recipients of their…sciencecityJune 29, 2018 Read More
Local News UBC Researchers Create Matchmaking Service to Combat Antibiotic Resistant Infections UBC News | June 29, 2018 UBC researchers have matched small proteins, called peptides, with antibiotics so they can work together…sciencecityJune 29, 2018 Read More
Local News Pair of Studies Offers New Insight into Genetic Biochemical Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | June 28, 2018 Dr. Weihong Song has recently published two studies in the journal Molecular Psychiatry that provide insight into the…sciencecityJune 28, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Enzyme Structures of the Bacterial Peptidoglycan and Wall Teichoic Acid Biogenesis Pathways Cavenay, N.A. and Strynadka, N.C., et al. | June 27, 2018 The bacterial cell wall is a complex polymeric structure with essential roles in defence, survival…sciencecityJune 27, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards ICORD Researchers Win MSFHR Scholar Awards ICORD | June 27, 2018 ICORD Investigator Dr. Shannon Kolind and research scientist Dr. Babak Shadgan are among seventeen BC-based health researchers…sciencecityJune 27, 2018 Read More
Local News Machine Learning Takes Disease Detection to the Next Level Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | June 26, 2018 Inside the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH), a clinician…sciencecityJune 26, 2018 Read More