Local News SFU Women Research Chairs Share What It Takes to Close the Gender Gap in ScienceSFU News | February 20, 2026IDWGS is the day established by the United Nations General Assembly to support full and…karnottFebruary 20, 2026 Read More
Local News Celebrating Women and Girls in Science: Alumni Catch-Up With Dr. Priye IworimaUBC Michael Smith Laboratories | February 20, 2026Dr. Priye Iworima is a Michael Smith Laboratories alum from the lab of Dr. Jamie…karnottFebruary 20, 2026 Read More
Local News Genome BC and UBC Launch Biomining Innovation Partnership to Transform Mining PracticesGenome BC | February 19, 2026A new partnership between Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) and the University of British Columbia…karnottFebruary 19, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards SFU Secures $4.4M To Drive Innovation and Transform Global Health OutcomesSFU News | February 19, 2026The funding supports four SFU-led projects that address some of society’s most pressing health challenges…karnottFebruary 19, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Lipid Nanoparticle-Mediated Hit-and-Run Approaches Yield Efficient and Safe In Situ Gene Editing in Human SkinBolsoni, J., et al. | December 5, 2023Read the Publication This week, Science in Vancouver profiles Dr. Sarah Hedtrich. Dr. Hedtrich is…pthomsonDecember 5, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Corticosteroid-Binding Globulin (SERPINA6) Consolidates Sexual Dimorphism of Adult Rat LiverToews, J.N.C., et al. | December 5, 2023Produced by the liver, corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) regulates the plasma distribution and actions of glucocorticoids.…sciencecityDecember 5, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Nanojunctions: Specificity of Ca2+ Signaling Requires Nano-Scale Architecture of Intracellular Membrane Contact SitesFameli, N., et al. | November 28, 2023Spatio-temporal definition of Ca2+ signals involves the assembly of signaling complexes within the nano-architecture of contact…sciencecityNovember 28, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Targetable Lesions and Proteomes Predict Therapy Sensitivity Through Disease Evolution in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaLorentzian, A., et al. | November 23, 2023Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) genomes show that relapses often arise from subclonal outgrowths. However,…karnottNovember 23, 2023 Read More
Local News DNA-Guided Platform Paves Way for More Precise Cancer TreatmentsVancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | October 30, 2025A collaborative team of researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the University of British…karnottOctober 30, 2025 Read More
Local News Appointment of Dr. David A. Wood as Chief Scientific Officer, Dilwari Cardiovascular InstituteVancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | October 30, 2025Dr. Wood is a national and international leader in interventional and structural cardiology. He serves…karnottOctober 30, 2025 Read More
Local News AI-Driven Disease Detection Levels-Up Prostate Cancer SurgeryVancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | October 28, 2025A technology used in advanced brain and lung cancer surgery is now being explored in…karnottOctober 28, 2025 Read More
Local News Health Matters: Vancouver Surgeons Perform Life-Changing Surgery To Restore Night VisionGlobal News | October 28, 2025B.C. teen Dominic Juillette can now see at night, thanks to a new gene therapy…karnottOctober 28, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Increased Support for Students, Trainees and Research Support Personnel Funded through NSERC Research GrantsNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | June 9, 2020Canada’s three federal research granting agencies—the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences…eabramovichJune 9, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Alejandro Adem: Keeping Our Strength in Science Is Vital to Canada’s RecoveryThe Province | May 18, 2020Opinion: In times like these it’s essential to keep our teams of research scientists and…eabramovichMay 18, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Prime Minister Announces Support for Research Staff in CanadaJustin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada | May 18, 2020From life-saving cancer treatments to clean technologies that protect our environment, thousands of research staff…eabramovichMay 18, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Scientists Cut Peer-Review Corners Under Pressure of COVID-19 PandemicCBC News | April 29, 2020The novel coronavirus was engineered in a lab using HIV. Stem cells are a potent…eabramovichApril 29, 2020 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Sofie Tolmeijer Receives 2024 PCF Young Investigator AwardVancouver Prostate Centre | May 15, 2025Dr. Sofie Tolmeijer, PhD, a researcher in the Wyatt Lab, has been awarded the 2024…sciencecityMay 15, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards SFU CGS-M RecipientsSFU Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | May 12, 2025The CGS-M (Canada Graduate Scholarships — Master’s program) is awarded to outstanding students who have…karnottMay 12, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards UBC Medicine Members Receive 2025 YWCA Women of Distinction AwardsUBC Faculty of Medicine | May 9, 2025Two UBC Medicine community members – Dr. Jana-Lea Davidson and Dr. Cheryl Ho – have…karnottMay 9, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Professor Steven Jones Elected Fellow of the Learned Society of WalesBC Cancer Research Institute | May 7, 2025The Genome Sciences Centre is proud to announce that our Co-Director and Head of Bioinformatics,…karnottMay 7, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Faculty of Medicine Researchers Honoured with UBC’s 2025 Faculty Research AwardsUBC Faculty of Medicine | March 20, 2026Four Faculty of Medicine researchers have been honoured with UBC’s 2025 Faculty Research Awards. The…karnottMarch 20, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week A Long Noncoding RNA–Based Classifier for Identifying More Aggressive Low-Grade Ta Bladder Cancer with Elevated FGFR3 ActivityPhung, T., et al. | March 20, 2026Low-grade, stage Ta (TaLG) non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is generally nonaggressive; yet, some patients experience…karnottMarch 20, 2026 Read More
Local News Marine Virologist, Astrophysicist Earn UBC’s Top Research PrizesUBC Science | March 20, 2026Two of the university’s premier research prizes were awarded to UBC Science faculty members today,…karnottMarch 20, 2026 Read More