Local News Frail Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease Are Less Likely To Be Prescribed and Tolerate Antifibrotics, According to New Study Providence Research | November 18, 2025 A new study, led by St. Paul’s Hospital respirologist Dr. Alyson Wong and funded by…karnottNovember 18, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Personalizing Treatment of Bladder Cancer UBC Faculty of Medicine | November 18, 2025 With support from a new $3-million Terry Fox Frontiers Program Project Grant, researchers from the…karnottNovember 18, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Decoding Amyloid Beta Clearance Systems at Inner Blood–Retina Barrier Using Three-Dimensional Ex Vivo Retinal Imaging in Alzheimer’s Disease Wijesinghe, P., et al. | November 17, 2025 Impaired amyloid beta (Aβ) clearance contributes to sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD). This study investigated retinal…karnottNovember 17, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Improving Outcomes for Six Childhood Sarcomas UBC Faculty of Medicine | November 17, 2025 Co-led by Dr. David Huntsman, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at UBC and distinguished…karnottNovember 17, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week A MYCN-Independent Mechanism Mediating Secretome Reprogramming and Metastasis in MYCN-Amplified Neuroblastoma Zhang, H., et al. | September 25, 2023 Read the Publication This week we profile a recent publication in Science Advances from the…sciencecitySeptember 25, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Histone Deacetylase 3 Regulates Microglial Function Through Histone Deacetylation Meleady, L., et al. | September 21, 2023 As the primary innate immune cells of the brain, microglia respond to damage and disease…sciencecitySeptember 21, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week ATG4B and ATG4A Loss Result in Two-Stage Cell Cycle Defects in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cells Sathiyaseelan, P., et al. | September 15, 2023 Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) exhibits elevated levels of autophagy which promote tumor progression and treatment…sciencecitySeptember 15, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Photosystems in the Eye-like Organelles of Heterotrophic Warnowiid Dinoflagellates Cooney, E.C., et al. | September 14, 2023 Warnowiid dinoflagellates contain a highly complex camera-eye-like structure called the ocelloid that is composed of…sciencecitySeptember 14, 2023 Read More
Local News OPTIMISE Trial Seeks to Personalize Cancer Treatment for Children with High-Risk Tumours BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | July 30, 2025 When standard cancer treatments fail or prove ineffective for patients, options for children and youth…karnottJuly 30, 2025 Read More
Local News From Code to Care: Decoding Sustainability in Digital Health Tool Design CIHR Pan-Canadian Network for HIV and STBBI Clinical Trials Research | July 29, 2025 Access to timely and stigma-free sexual health care remains a significant challenge for many people,…karnottJuly 29, 2025 Read More
Local News Children with Chronic Medical Conditions at Greater Risk of Hospitalization from RSV UBC Faculty of Medicine | July 28, 2025 Children with chronic medical conditions face a significantly higher risk of hospitalization due to respiratory…karnottJuly 28, 2025 Read More
Local News Variational AI Named “Emerging Company of the Year—Biotech” by Life Sciences BC T-Net | July 25, 2025 Variational AI announced that it has been named Emerging Company of the Year—Biotech by Life…karnottJuly 25, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Canada’s Stem Cell Network Investing in Advanced Research on Type 1 Diabetes, Heart Diseases & Vision Loss Stem Cell Network | March 6, 2020 The Stem Cell Network (SCN) announced today $6.9 million in funding for innovative stem cell…mjoyMarch 6, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Roadmap for Open Science to Reduce Barriers and Speed Up Discovery Government of Canada | March 3, 2020 Every day, Canadian researchers are coming up with new ideas with the potential to tackle…sciencecityMarch 3, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles NSERC Announces Funding for Science Communications Skills Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | January 27, 2020 NSERC is launching a pilot funding opportunity to enhance the communications skills of students and…sciencecityJanuary 27, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Scientists Disappointed by Elimination of Federal Cabinet Post The Globe and Mail | December 5, 2019 Canadian researchers are raising concerns that the loss of a dedicated science minister signals a…sciencecityDecember 5, 2019 Read More
Featured Awards DMCBH Members Awarded Fall 2024 CIHR Project Grants To Support Health Research Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | February 10, 2025 The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the results of its Fall 2024…karnottFebruary 10, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards DMCBH Researchers Receive 2025 CLEAR Funding To Help Advance Dementia Research Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | February 6, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. Terry Snutch and Dr. Robin Hsiung on receiving 2025 Operating Grants from…karnottFebruary 6, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fall 2024 Awardee Canadian Institutes of Health Research | February 5, 2025 Bacterial infections such as pneumonia, life-threatening infection (sepsis), and other severe infections, are leading causes…karnottFebruary 5, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Cracking Cholesterol: Biology-Driven Breakthrough Wins Rathmann Award Amgen | February 4, 2025 The winners of Amgen's prestigious George B. Rathmann Award for Scientific Excellence are Simon Jackson…karnottFebruary 4, 2025 Read More
Local News Rewriting the Playbook on Genetic Counselling Genome BC | December 17, 2025 As genetic testing becomes part of routine health care, one question looms large: who helps…karnottDecember 17, 2025 Read More
Local News Nice Genes! Menopause Mysteries Genome BC | December 17, 2025 Turning up the heat on a life stage science is still catching up to. Ok,…karnottDecember 17, 2025 Read More
Local News HLI Provides Grant Writing Insights The Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI) | December 16, 2025 On November 12, 2025, HLI PIs Drs. Pat Camp and Graeme Koelwyn and Science and…karnottDecember 16, 2025 Read More