AwardsFeatured Awards Faculty Research Award Winners 2023UBC Office of Research Prizes & Awards | March 25, 2024UBC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Faculty Research Awards. UBC’s Faculty Research…karnottMarch 25, 2024 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Congratulations to the LSI Postdoctoral Researchers Awarded the CIHR REDI Early Career Transition AwardUBC Life Sciences Institute | March 25, 2024Two LSI postdocs were recipients of the prestigious CIHR Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence (REDI)…karnottMarch 25, 2024 Read More
Local News Single Molecule Imaging in the Leslie LabUBC Michael Smith Laboratories | March 22, 2024Biofilm MEDIA, with support from Nikon Canada Inc., recently met with the Michael Smith Laboratories’…karnottMarch 22, 2024 Read More
Local News Clinical Trial to Explore CBD for Bipolar DepressionThe Daily Scan | March 22, 2024Bipolar disorder is a chronic mental health condition characterized by extreme changes in mood that…karnottMarch 22, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week A Microfluidic Platform Integrating Functional Vascularized Organoids-on-ChipQuintard, C., et al. | March 5, 2024The development of vascular networks in microfluidic chips is crucial for the long-term culture of…karnottMarch 5, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Prediction of Plasma ctDNA Fraction and Prognostic Implications of Liquid Biopsy in Advanced Prostate CancerFonseca, N., et al. | March 4, 2024No consensus strategies exist for prognosticating metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Circulating tumor DNA fraction…karnottMarch 4, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Single-Cell Assessment of Primary and Stem Cell-Derived Human Trophoblast Organoids As Placenta-Modeling PlatformsShannon, M., et al. | February 28, 2024This week we profile a recent publication in Developmental Cell by Matthew Shannon (pictured, right)…karnottFebruary 28, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week The Discovery of New Sentinels on the Immune Watchtower for CancerXia, C., et al. | February 27, 2024Approximately 2 in 5 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, and yet we…karnottFebruary 27, 2024 Read More
Local News Government of Canada Invests Almost $14 Million to Drive Innovation and Economic Growth in VancouverLife Sciences BC | March 21, 2024Vancouver is brimming with the talent and industry-leading ideas to meet global demand for Canadian…karnottMarch 21, 2024 Read More
Local News Introducing Wes Peterson, Genome BC’s New Vice President, Corporate DevelopmentGenome BC | March 20, 2024Genome BC is delighted to announce the hiring of Wes Peterson as Vice President, Corporate…karnottMarch 20, 2024 Read More
Local News AbCellera to Collaborate with Multinational Biotech Company Biogen to Discover Therapeutic Antibodies for Neurological ConditionsAbCellera | March 19, 2024AbCellera and Biogen Inc. announced today that they have entered into a strategic collaboration to…karnottMarch 19, 2024 Read More
Local News Introducing Dr. Teresa Tsang, New Executive Director at VchriVancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | March 15, 2024In January 2024, Dr. Teresa Tsang began her five-year term as executive director of the…karnottMarch 15, 2024 Read More
Spotlight Cody Lo Talks Research, Medicine, and Science CommunicationsScience in the City | July 4, 2018Cody Lo is a first year medical student at the University of British Columbia working…sciencecityJuly 4, 2018 Read More
Spotlight Chloe Gerak Talks Protein-Protein Interaction Inhibition and CancerScience in the City | May 31, 2018Chloe Gerak is a PhD candidate in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at…sciencecityMay 31, 2018 Read More
Spotlight Dr. Carol Chen Talks Epigenetics and BioinformaticsScience in the City | February 7, 2018Dr. Carol Chen is a recent doctoral graduate in the laboratory of Dr. Matt Lorincz…sciencecityFebruary 7, 2018 Read More
Spotlight Artem Babaian Talks Endogenous Retroviruses and CancerScience in the City | January 2, 2018Artem Babaian is a PhD candidate in the laboratory of Dr. Dixie Mager at the…sciencecityJanuary 2, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles Mobilize Grants 2024 Competition Now OpenNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | January 29, 2024The College and Community Innovation (CCI) program’s Mobilize grants 2024 competition, managed by the Natural…karnottJanuary 29, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Apply to MedTech Innovator 2024Life Sciences BC | January 23, 2024About MedTech Innovator MedTech Innovator is the largest and highest performing accelerator of medical technology…karnottJanuary 23, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Canadian Cancer Society/Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation Disruptive Innovation Grants in Cancer ResearchCanadian Cancer Society | January 18, 2024Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) and the Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation (Hecht Foundation) have…karnottJanuary 18, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles New Lab to Market GrantsNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | January 4, 2024The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), in collaboration with the Canadian…karnottJanuary 4, 2024 Read More
Your Voice Two Stories of Transition SuccessDr. Olga Zamudio Prieto | April 21, 2017Success is such an arbitrary measure. “My main advice is to create your own definition…sciencecityApril 21, 2017 Read More
Your Voice Canadian Health Research in the Trump EraDr. Tamara Korolnek | March 24, 2017Given the difficulties associated with Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) grant applications in the…sciencecityMarch 24, 2017 Read More
Your Voice Booze, Beakers, and Brains – The Rise of Vancouver’s Science Pub NightsTara Fernandez | March 6, 2017On a drizzly mid-week evening downtown, beer glasses clink as a roomful of people sit,…sciencecityMarch 6, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards SLAS Grant Advances Translation Technology for CAR-T Cell ResearchThe Centre for Blood Research | March 20, 2024“The first pass through any life sciences experiment is always about learning – don’t be…karnottMarch 20, 2024 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards UBC Medicine Research Awarded $18M from CFI, NSERC, and SSHRCUBC Faculty of Medicine | March 19, 2024UBC Faculty of Medicine-affiliated research projects have been awarded more than $18 million in federal…karnottMarch 19, 2024 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards UBC Medical Student Olivia Hunter Receives Prestigious UBC ScholarshipUBC Faculty of Medicine | March 18, 2024Olivia Hunter, a UBC medical student, has been honoured as one of 20 Wesbrook Scholars…karnottMarch 18, 2024 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards The Prostate Cancer Foundation Announces 2023 Challenge Awards Totaling More than $21 Million for Prostate Cancer ResearchPR Newswire | March 18, 2024The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) today announced the 2023 Class of PCF Team Challenge Award…karnottMarch 18, 2024 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Endometriosis Genomics Study Co-Led by UBC Researchers Receives $2.2M Funding BoostUBC Faculty of Medicine | March 26, 2024Endometriosis remains largely understudied despite being a relatively common condition. Affecting about one in 10…karnottMarch 26, 2024 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Faculty Research Award Winners 2023UBC Office of Research Prizes & Awards | March 25, 2024UBC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Faculty Research Awards. UBC’s Faculty Research…karnottMarch 25, 2024 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Congratulations to the LSI Postdoctoral Researchers Awarded the CIHR REDI Early Career Transition AwardUBC Life Sciences Institute | March 25, 2024Two LSI postdocs were recipients of the prestigious CIHR Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence (REDI)…karnottMarch 25, 2024 Read More