Local News New Tracer Could Enable Surgeons to See and Hear Prostate Cancer UBC Science | August 27, 2025 A preclinical evaluation of a new ’dual-mode’ tracer agent shows promise in not only helping…karnottAugust 27, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Zabrina Brumme Elected to Canadian Academy of Health Sciences The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | August 27, 2025 The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) is pleased to congratulate BC-CfE Laboratory Director…karnottAugust 27, 2025 Read More
Local News Microbiology and Immunology Hosts Learning and Laboratory Session for CEDAR Campers UBC Microbiology and Immunology | August 26, 2025 What are microbes? What do they look like? What do they do? Where are they…karnottAugust 26, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards UBC’s Robert Petrella Elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences UBC Faculty of Medicine | August 26, 2025 The CAHS Fellowship recognizes members of the Canadian health sciences community who are elected on…karnottAugust 26, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week siRNA-Mediated Reduction of a Circulating Protein in Swine Using Lipid Nanoparticles Cau, M., et al. | May 30, 2024 Genetic manipulation of animal models is a fundamental research tool in biology and medicine but…karnottMay 30, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Gelsolin Regulates Receptor-Mediated and Fluid-Phase Endocytosis in Platelets Paul, M., et al. | May 29, 2024 Endocytosis is the process by which platelets incorporate extracellular molecules into their secretory granules. Endocytosis…karnottMay 29, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week N-MYC Impairs Innate Immune Signaling in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma Miranda, A., et al. | May 23, 2024 High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) is a challenging disease, especially for patients with immunologically “cold”…karnottMay 23, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week DNA-PK Inhibitor AZD7648 Is a More Portent Radiosensitizer than PARP Inhibitor Olaparib in BRCA1/2 Deficient Tumors Wang, T., et al. | May 22, 2024 The effectiveness of radiotherapy depends on the sensitivities of ‘normal’ and cancer cells to the…karnottMay 22, 2024 Read More
Local News Decolonizing Health Research at the Indigenous Health Research Unit Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | June 26, 2025 Research is crucial to improving health outcomes and unlocking the potential of new medication, treatments…karnottJune 26, 2025 Read More
Local News Brain Canada Invests in ICORD’s SCI Biobank ICORD | June 25, 2025 Brain Canada announced its support for two pioneering neuroscience research platforms at UBC through its…karnottJune 25, 2025 Read More
Local News SFU Team Joins International Effort to Track and Monitor Infectious Diseases SFU News | June 24, 2025 Launched at the end of May, ARTIC-2 is extending a genome sequencing technique that was…karnottJune 24, 2025 Read More
Local News Delivering AI’s Promise of Better Health Care UBC AI and Health Network | June 20, 2025 Time is everything in health care. Imagine a loved one with high-risk breast cancer being…karnottJune 20, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Clinical Trials: Lessons from the Pandemic and Time for Change Canadian Science Policy Centre | August 10, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us many lessons about science and technology. It has underlined…pthomsonAugust 10, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles Government of Canada Strengthens Canada’s Clinical Trials Environment Canadian Institutes of Health Research | June 28, 2022 Clinical trials are essential scientific studies that evaluate the safety, effectiveness, and outcomes of health…pthomsonJune 28, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles Newly Funded Initiatives to Support Students and Postdoctoral Fellows NSERC | June 13, 2022 The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) is pleased to announce funding…pthomsonJune 13, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles Pan-Canadian Genomics Strategy Consultation Launched Genome Canada | May 26, 2022 The Government of Canada has launched a public consultation to inform a new Pan-Canadian Genomics Strategy (PCGS), announced…pthomsonMay 26, 2022 Read More
Featured Awards BC Researchers Awarded Over $49 Million for Advancements in Hereditary Cancer Care, Child Drug Safety and Heart Health Genome BC | April 3, 2025 Genome BC has helped secure more than $49 million for research to be conducted in…karnottApril 3, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards SBME’s Mona Behrouzian Wins UBC’s Three Minute Thesis UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | April 2, 2025 Congratulations to SBME graduate student, Mona Behrouzian, for winning UBC’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) with…karnottApril 2, 2025 Read More
Monthly Award Summaries March 2025 Award Winners Science in Vancouver | April 1, 2025 Dr. Kaylee Byers, Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University and Host of the Nice Genes!…karnottApril 1, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards HLI Study on Diet and Heart Risks Among JACC: Advances’ Most-Read of 2024 Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI) | April 1, 2025 A study led by Dr. Iulia Iatan and Dr. Liam Brunham at the Centre for…karnottApril 1, 2025 Read More
Local News Genomic Research Solves Major Challenge Facing BC’s Blueberry Industry Genome BC | September 12, 2025 A Genome BC funded research collaboration between the BC Blueberry Council, Simon Fraser University (SFU)…karnottSeptember 12, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Targeted Splicing Approach for Alleviation of a Neurexin 1 Haploinsufficiency Model Lu, H., et al. | September 11, 2025 NRXN1 encoding the synaptic organizing protein neurexin 1 (Nrxn1) is among the strongest risk genes…karnottSeptember 11, 2025 Read More
Local News Q&A with Dr. Kerryn Matthews, Recipient of the 2025 Neil Mackenzie Mentorship Excellence Award UBC Centre for Blood Research | September 11, 2025 I was both surprised and deeply honoured. Mentorship has always felt like a natural extension…karnottSeptember 11, 2025 Read More