AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. John Webb Wins Career Award for Contributions to Cardiovascular ScienceUBC Faculty of Medicine | October 28, 2021Dr. Webb, the McLeod Professor of Heart Valve Innovation at UBC, has received the 2021…pthomsonOctober 28, 2021 Read More
Local News Four New Molecular Subgroups of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms IdentifiedCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre | October 27, 2021Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (PNENs) are malignant tumors that arise from clusters of islet cells—the part of the…pthomsonOctober 27, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Introducing Alliance Missions Grants: A Special Call to Energize Canada’s Economy and Stimulate InnovationNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | October 27, 2021Alliance Missions grants will provide $100,000 to $500,000 per year for two years, to initiate…pthomsonOctober 27, 2021 Read More
Local News Does Parkinson’s Start in the Nose? International Team Awarded US$9 Million ASAP Grant to Find OutLife Sciences Institute | October 27, 2021More than 80 percent of people with Parkinson’s disease suffer from a reduced sense of…pthomsonOctober 27, 2021 Read More
Local News New Approaches to Study the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder May Lead to New TherapiesCanadian Association for Neuroscience via Medical Xpress | May 30, 2019Canadian neuroscientists are using novel experimental approaches to understand autism spectrum disorder, from studying multiple…sciencecityMay 30, 2019 Read More
Local News Walking the TightropeCentre for Blood Research | May 29, 2019Imagine, you are walking on a tightrope. If you fall to one side of this…sciencecityMay 29, 2019 Read More
Local News CancerMine: Training Computers to Deliver Cancer-Gene Associations From LiteratureSpringer Nature | May 29, 2019Our paper was driven by BC Cancer’s efforts toward precision oncology in British Columbia. Precision oncology uses…sciencecityMay 29, 2019 Read More
Local News Quantifying the Value of Genomics Driven Health Care for Children With Rare DiseasesGenome BC | May 29, 2019Two million Canadian children are classified as having a rare disease. As these children and…sciencecityMay 29, 2019 Read More
Local News A Day in the Life of a Honeybee ScientistCentre for Blood Research | May 27, 2022Abigail Chapman is a 3rd year PhD student at the University of British Columbia in…pthomsonMay 27, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Judy Illes Named Distinguished Scholar for Outstanding Contributions in NeuroethicsUBC Faculty of Medicine | May 26, 2022Neurology professor Dr. Judy Illes, CM, has been appointed the first UBC Distinguished Scholar in…pthomsonMay 26, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles Pan-Canadian Genomics Strategy Consultation LaunchedGenome Canada | May 26, 2022The Government of Canada has launched a public consultation to inform a new Pan-Canadian Genomics Strategy (PCGS), announced…pthomsonMay 26, 2022 Read More