AwardsFeatured Awards Lupus Research Alliance Grants Lupus Innovation Awards to Nine International Researchers Pushing the Boundaries of Lupus ResearchThe Lupus Research Alliance | June 4, 2024The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is proud to announce that nine international researchers are the…karnottJune 4, 2024 Read More
Local News Precision Matching for Kidney Transplants: BC Project Targets Reduced Rejections and Elimination of Need for Lifelong MedicationGenome BC | June 4, 2024British Columbia has been selected as the test bed for a potentially game-changing genomics project…karnottJune 4, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Blood Efficiency Accelerator ProgramCanadian Blood Services | June 3, 2024The objective of the Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program is to improve the efficient and appropriate…karnottJune 3, 2024 Read More
AwardsMonthly Award Summaries May 2024 Award WinnersScience in Vancouver | June 1, 2024Dr. Sally Otto (pictured) —a theoretical biologist focused on fundamental questions of population genetics and…karnottJune 1, 2024 Read More
Local News Honey Bee Colony Collapse Could Mean Food Insecurity; Genomic Tools Will Help Support Better Mite ResistanceGenome BC | March 16, 2022Honey bee colony collapse is a significant problem for Canada, and globally. Important crops including…pthomsonMarch 16, 2022 Read More
Local News How Does Signaling Among Different Types of Immune Cells Impact Embryonic Development?Life Sciences Institute | March 15, 2022The processes governing proper development of the embryo are being recognized as increasingly complex in…pthomsonMarch 15, 2022 Read More
Local News DMCBH Trainee Spotlight: Dr. Megan RowlandDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | March 10, 2022Dr. Megan Rowland is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Annie Ciernia’s lab. We caught up with…pthomsonMarch 10, 2022 Read More
Local News Sequencing the Spruce Weevil GenomeCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre | March 10, 2022In a collaboration between the GSC’s Bioinformatics Technology Lab, the Michael Smith Lab at UBC, NC State University…pthomsonMarch 10, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Gleave Awarded the 2018 Dr. Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer ResearchVancouver Prostate Centre | August 8, 2018Dr. Martin Gleave is the recipient of the fifth annual Dr. Chew Wei Memorial Prize in…sciencecityAugust 8, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards UBC Bestows National Prizes on Canadian Health Science PioneersUBC Faculty of Medicine | August 6, 2018Four of Canada’s leading clinician scientists and researchers in heart health, brain health and cancer…sciencecityAugust 6, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Alvin Qiu and Mihai Cirstea Receive 2018 Vanier Canada Graduate ScholarshipsMichael Smith Laboratories | August 3, 2018Alvin Qiu and Mihai Cirstea from the Michael Smith Laboratories have been named recipients of the 2018 Vanier…sciencecityAugust 3, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards CIHR Awards $5.8M Foundation Grant to Dr. Brett Finlay for His Research on Microbes in Health And DiseaseMichael Smith Laboratories | August 1, 2018Dr. B. Brett Finlay, the Peter Wall Distinguished Professor in the Michael Smith Laboratories, and…sciencecityAugust 1, 2018 Read More
Local News Diet and Microbiome Potentially Linked to Childhood-Onset Multiple SclerosisVancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | November 26, 2024A first-of-its-kind study led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Helen Tremlett and…karnottNovember 26, 2024 Read More
Featured Awards Using Long-Read Sequencing to Reveal Unknown Hereditary Links to CancerUBC Michael Smith Laboratories | November 25, 2024The first thing most doctors think about when one of their patients is diagnosed with…karnottNovember 25, 2024 Read More
Local News How Genomics Could Help Protect BC’s RedcedarsUBC Michael Smith Laboratories | November 25, 2024There is a legend that in the 1860s the huge 500-year-old oak beams holding up…karnottNovember 25, 2024 Read More