AwardsFeatured Awards Winners Announced for 2021 Alzheimer’s Disease Research GrantDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | February 7, 2022We are pleased to share five research studies which are being funded through the Djavad…pthomsonFebruary 7, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Faculty of Medicine Members Named to Vancouver Magazine’s 2022 Power 50 ListUBC Faculty of Medicine | February 4, 2022A number of UBC faculty of medicine members have been named to Vancouver Magazine’s 2022 Power…pthomsonFebruary 4, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week The Selective Dopamine D1 Receptor Agonist SKF81297 Modulates NMDA Receptor Currents Independently of D1 ReceptorsNesbit, M. O., et al. | February 4, 2022Dopamine D1 receptor (D1R) agonists are frequently used to study the role of D1Rs in neurotransmission…pthomsonFebruary 4, 2022 Read More
Local News New Mouse Model Developed for Research into COVID-19Life Sciences Institute | February 4, 2022Whether it’s about the mechanisms of a disease or the development of effective and safe…pthomsonFebruary 4, 2022 Read More
Local News Specialized Immune Cells Could Help Repair Damage from Inflammatory Bowel Disease in ChildrenBC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | December 13, 2019A new study suggests that specialized immune cells that dampen inflammation and help repair the…sciencecityDecember 13, 2019 Read More
Local News Gut Checking Microbiome ResearchGenome BC | December 12, 2019Timothy Caulfield’s article, “Microbiome research needs a gut check” published in the Globe and Mail,…sciencecityDecember 12, 2019 Read More
Local News Decipher Biosciences Announces Research Collaboration with Dendreon to Identify Genomic Drivers of Patient Response to Sipuleucel-TT-Net | December 11, 2019Decipher Biosciences (formerly GenomeDx), a leader in the field of urologic cancer genomics, has announced a…sciencecityDecember 11, 2019 Read More
Local News Robert Hogg Named Faculty of Health Sciences’s New Associate Dean, ResearchSFU Faculty of Health Sciences | December 9, 2019Robert Hogg has been appointed as the new Associate Dean, Research in the Faculty of Health…sciencecityDecember 9, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Genome-Wide Detection of Imprinted Differentially Methylated Regions Using Nanopore SequencingAkbari, V., et al. | July 31, 2022Imprinting is a critical part of normal embryonic development in mammals, controlled by defined parent-of-origin…pthomsonJuly 31, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards UBC Researcher Gets $3M for Development of Credit-Card-Sized Biomedical SensorBusiness in Vancouver | July 30, 2022A University of British Columbia researcher is kicking the development of a credit-card-sized, disposable “biomedical…pthomsonJuly 30, 2022 Read More
Local News Finding Alternatives to Antibiotics in Amphibian and Insect RNA with rAMPageCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre | July 29, 2022Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a promising alternative to conventional antibiotics that could save us from the looming…pthomsonJuly 29, 2022 Read More