AwardsFeatured Awards PhD Student Amrita Verma Receives National ALS Trainee AwardDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | November 30, 2023Congratulations to Amrita Verma, a PhD student in Dr. Neil Cashman’s lab, who is one of…sciencecityNovember 30, 2023 Read More
Local News Study Shows Potential of New Treatment Strategies for Most Common Childhood CancerUBC Faculty of Medicine | November 29, 2023UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) have made…sciencecityNovember 29, 2023 Read More
Local News Derm-Biome Pharmaceuticals Announces Collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital in Skin Cancer StudyFinancial Post | November 29, 2023Derm-Biome Pharmaceuticals Inc, a Vancouver based biopharmaceutical company with a focus on skin disease, is excited to announce…Gordon EberweinNovember 29, 2023 Read More
Local News Stem Cell-Based Treatment Controls Blood Sugar in People with Type 1 DiabetesUBC Faculty of Medicine | November 29, 2023An innovative stem cell-based treatment for Type 1 diabetes can meaningfully regulate blood glucose levels…pthomsonNovember 29, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Immunogenicity of 2 vs 3 Doses of the Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in Girls Aged 9 to 13 Years after 60 MonthsOgilvie, G., et al. | May 3, 2017Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines were originally approved with 3-dose schedules. However, 2 doses of HPV…sciencecityMay 3, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week An Oncofetal Glycosaminoglycan Modification Provides Therapeutic Access to Cisplatin-Resistant Bladder CancerSeiler, R. and Daugaard, M. et al. | May 1, 2017My team focuses on development of novel innovative technology for cancer therapeutics and diagnostics. A…sciencecityMay 1, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Impact of Molecular Subtypes in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer on Predicting Response and Survival after Neoadjuvant ChemotherapySeiler, R. and Black, P.C., et al. | April 24, 2017An early report on the molecular subtyping of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) by gene expression…sciencecityApril 24, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week A Novel AHI-1-BCR-ABL-DNM2 Complex Regulates Leukemic Properties of Primitive Cml Cells through Enhanced Cellular Endocytosis and ROS-Mediated AutophagyLiu, X. and Jiang, X., et al. | April 17, 2017Tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapies induce clinical remission with remarkable effects on chronic myeloid leukemia…sciencecityApril 17, 2017 Read More
Local News A Two-Decade Quest for Targeted Cancer TreatmentsResearch2Reality | February 16, 2022“The challenge with doing childhood cancer research is that most people in the world, they…pthomsonFebruary 16, 2022 Read More
Local News Futuristic Coating for Hospital Fabrics and Activewear Kills COVID and E. coliUBC News | February 16, 2022UBC researchers have developed an inexpensive, non-toxic coating for almost any fabric that decreases the…pthomsonFebruary 16, 2022 Read More
Local News BC Researcher Finds Sustainable and Economic Ways to Produce Anti-Cancer Drugs from PlantsMichael Smith Health Research BC | February 15, 2022Award-winning biochemist and Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Dr. Thu-Thuy Dang has found a…pthomsonFebruary 15, 2022 Read More
Local News Attentive Deep Learning Model, AMPlify, Discovers New Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) from Sequencing DataCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre | February 11, 2022Antibiotic drugs have been relied upon as a medical treatment for certain human pathogens and disease-causing microorganisms. However,…pthomsonFebruary 11, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Caitlin Dunne and Zachary Laksman named to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40UBC Medicine | July 9, 2019Two UBC Faculty of Medicine members have been named to BNN Bloomberg’s 2019 Top 40 Under…sciencecityJuly 9, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards AbCellera Wins 2019 Technology Impact AwardBC Tech Association | July 8, 2019The winners of the 2019 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs), proudly announced by the BC Tech Association on June 27,…sciencecityJuly 8, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards The 2019 Friedman Award for Scholars in Health recipientsUBC Medicine | July 4, 2019Three graduate students and four medical residents from the Faculty of Medicine are among eight…sciencecityJuly 4, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Steven J.M. Jones Appointed Canada Research Chair for Computational GenomicsCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre | July 4, 2019On June 14, 2019, the Government of Canada announced an investment of over $275 million for 346…sciencecityJuly 4, 2019 Read More
Local News Knocking Them Dead in the TropicsUBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | May 9, 2024Open sores, mucosal ulcers, swollen livers, fever—even death. All this, just from the bite of…karnottMay 9, 2024 Read More
Local News Pieter Cullis Celebrated at CMHF 2024 Induction CeremonyNMIN | May 9, 2024In a formal ceremony that took place in downtown Vancouver, BC, on 13 April 2024,…karnottMay 9, 2024 Read More
Local News 2024 Summer Students CBR-LSI Summer Studentship ProgramCentre for Blood Research | May 8, 2024We are so excited to welcome 20 summer students to this year’s CBR-LSI Summer Studentship…karnottMay 8, 2024 Read More