AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Manoj Paul Awarded a First-Place Research Award, to Represent Canada at International CompetitionThe Centre for Blood Research | March 4, 2022Congratulations to Dr. Manoj Paul, who won a CADR-NCOHR Student Research Award and also placed…pthomsonMarch 4, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week NAFLD and the Gut-Liver Axis: Exploring an Undernutrition PerspectiveBauer, K., & Littlejohn, P., et al. | March 4, 2022Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic condition affecting one quarter of the global…pthomsonMarch 4, 2022 Read More
Local News New Life Sciences Investment Helps Build Stronger BCBC Gov News | March 4, 2022More British Columbians and people around the world will benefit from the life-changing work of…pthomsonMarch 4, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards The PhD Candidate Behind the 2021 UBC Science Excellence in Service AwardLife Sciences Institute | March 3, 2022The academic demands of acquiring a PhD are by no means trivial. In coping, some…pthomsonMarch 3, 2022 Read More
Local News The Science of Fighting a Virus: Multi-Pronged Global Fight to Defeat New CoronavirusVancouver Sun | February 26, 2020Scientists’ fight against COVID-19 ravaging China is two-pronged: Treatment and prevention. Simply put, we need…sciencecityFebruary 26, 2020 Read More
Local News #LabLifeLesson: Life after the Lab with Dr. Shreejoy Tripathy, Independent Scientist and Assistant ProfessorMichael Smith Laboratories | February 25, 2020Is academia your dream career? Many post-docs see a Principal Investigator (PI) position as the…sciencecityFebruary 25, 2020 Read More
Local News BC to Track Origins and Spread of New Coronavirus with Genomic TechnologyGenome BC | February 21, 2020With funding from Genome BC, the BC Centre for Disease Control’s (BCCDC) Public Health Laboratory…sciencecityFebruary 21, 2020 Read More
Local News Podcast Episode 3 “Diabetes: From Beta Cells to Bicycles”BC Diabetes Research Network | February 20, 2020The BC Diabetes Research Network is delighted to announce episode 3 of our official podcast: “Diabetes:…sciencecityFebruary 20, 2020 Read More
Local News Synergy Program Student Profile: Jessica JungDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | August 22, 2022Jessica Jung is a fourth-year UBC School of Biomedical Engineering student who is working with…pthomsonAugust 22, 2022 Read More
Local News UBC Researchers Discover ‘Weak Spot’ across Major COVID-19 VariantsUBC Faculty of Medicine | August 19, 2022Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered a key vulnerability across all major…pthomsonAugust 19, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week SOX9 Reprograms Endothelial Cells by Altering the Chromatin LandscapeFuglerud, B. M., et al. | August 19, 2022The transcription factor SOX9 is activated at the onset of endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) during embryonic…pthomsonAugust 19, 2022 Read More