Local News DNA-Guided Platform Paves Way for More Precise Cancer Treatments Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | October 30, 2025 A collaborative team of researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the University of British…karnottOctober 30, 2025 Read More
Local News Appointment of Dr. David A. Wood as Chief Scientific Officer, Dilwari Cardiovascular Institute Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | October 30, 2025 Dr. Wood is a national and international leader in interventional and structural cardiology. He serves…karnottOctober 30, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Prof. Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon To Receive Honorary Doctorate at the University of the West Indies BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | October 29, 2025 Every year the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Kingston, Jamaica recognizes extraordinary individuals…karnottOctober 29, 2025 Read More
Local News AI-Driven Disease Detection Levels-Up Prostate Cancer Surgery Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | October 28, 2025 A technology used in advanced brain and lung cancer surgery is now being explored in…karnottOctober 28, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Positive Allosteric Modulation of M1 mAChRs with VU0486846 Reverses Cognitive Deficits in Male APPswe/PSEN1ΔE9 Alzheimer’s Mice Ibrahim, K., et al. | October 7, 2025 Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-associated neurodegenerative disease marked by progressive cognitive deterioration and beta-amyloid…karnottOctober 7, 2025 Read More
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Publications of the Week Drug Tolerance and Persistence to EGFR Inhibitor Treatment Are Mediated by an ILK-SFK-YAP Signaling Axis in Lung Adenocarcinoma Shi, R., et al. | September 19, 2025 This week, we profile a recent publication in Oncogene by Dr. William Lockwood's lab (pictured). Since…karnottSeptember 19, 2025 Read More
Local News New PI Focus: Dr. Jennifer Ritonja Advances Research on Women’s Cancer Prevention BC Cancer Research | October 27, 2025 When Dr. Jennifer Ritonja joined BC Cancer in July 2025 as a scientist, she set…karnottOctober 27, 2025 Read More
Local News How To Hack Your Microbiome for Lifelong Health UBC Michael Smith Laboratories | October 24, 2025 From probiotic pills to skincare products to dedicated meal plans, the microbiome is all the…karnottOctober 24, 2025 Read More
Local News Ask an Expert: How Do I Prevent Ovarian Cancer? Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | October 23, 2025 Each year, about 3,000 people in Canada are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. With symptoms that…karnottOctober 23, 2025 Read More
Local News RSV Hits Infants Under Six Months Hardest, Driving Nearly Half of Hospital Costs UBC Faculty of Medicine | October 21, 2025 Infants younger than six months bear the brunt of hospitalizations and associated costs from respiratory…karnottOctober 21, 2025 Read More
Spotlight Cody Lo Talks Research, Medicine, and Science Communications Science in the City | July 4, 2018 Cody 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 Cancer Science in the City | May 31, 2018 Chloe 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 Bioinformatics Science in the City | February 7, 2018 Dr. 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 Cancer Science in the City | January 2, 2018 Artem Babaian is a PhD candidate in the laboratory of Dr. Dixie Mager at the…sciencecityJanuary 2, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles Launch of CACHE Challenge #7 Conscience | September 9, 2025 The CACHE Challenges, made possible by the Government of Canada's Strategic Innovation Fund, offer an…karnottSeptember 9, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Call for Nominations Now Open for All NSERC Prizes Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | September 8, 2025 Nominations are now being accepted for all NSERC prizes as per their new competition cycle.…karnottSeptember 8, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles New Funding Opportunity to Advance Research on Avian Influenza in Canada Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | September 5, 2025 The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and partners are pleased to announce…karnottSeptember 5, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles adMare Executive Institute Opens Applications for Eighth Cohort adMare Bioinnovations | July 29, 2025 The adMare Academy is now accepting applications for the eighth cohort of its exclusive Executive…karnottJuly 29, 2025 Read More
Your Voice Two Stories of Transition Success Dr. Olga Zamudio Prieto | April 21, 2017 Success 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 Era Dr. Tamara Korolnek | March 24, 2017 Given 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 Nights Tara Fernandez | March 6, 2017 On a drizzly mid-week evening downtown, beer glasses clink as a roomful of people sit,…sciencecityMarch 6, 2017 Read More
Featured Awards Prof. Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon To Receive Honorary Doctorate at the University of the West Indies BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | October 29, 2025 Every year the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Kingston, Jamaica recognizes extraordinary individuals…karnottOctober 29, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards UBC ICORD’s seed2STEM Program Honoured With City of Vancouver Leadership in Reconciliation Award Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | October 24, 2025 UBC ICORD’s seed2STEM summer research program for Indigenous youth has been awarded the City of…karnottOctober 24, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Three FHS Postdoctoral Fellows Receive Research Trainee Awards SFU Faculty of Health Sciences | October 22, 2025 Three researchers from SFU's Faculty of Health Sciences have each successfully secured a prestigious Research…karnottOctober 22, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards UBC Medicine Researchers Awarded More Than $1.3 Million From CFI for Innovative Research Infrastructure UBC Faculty of Medicine | October 20, 2025 UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers were awarded more than $1.3 million in federal funding to…karnottOctober 20, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards UBC Professor Nozomu Yachie Among Renewed Canada Research Chairs UBC Faculty of Medicine | October 30, 2025 UBC professor Dr. Nozomu Yachie is among the new and renewed Canada Research Chairs recently…karnottOctober 30, 2025 Read More
Local News DNA-Guided Platform Paves Way for More Precise Cancer Treatments Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | October 30, 2025 A collaborative team of researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the University of British…karnottOctober 30, 2025 Read More
Local News Appointment of Dr. David A. Wood as Chief Scientific Officer, Dilwari Cardiovascular Institute Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | October 30, 2025 Dr. Wood is a national and international leader in interventional and structural cardiology. He serves…karnottOctober 30, 2025 Read More