Local News Universities Come to Grips with Canada’s Opioid Overdose Crisis University Affairs | March 17, 2017 On April 14 last year, British Columbia’s chief health officer declared a public health emergency…sciencecityMarch 17, 2017 Read More
Interesting Articles CRISPR Technology: Officially Off-Limits? The Centre for Blood Research | March 16, 2017 CRISPR, a technique that allows for precise gene editing, is taking the research world by…sciencecityMarch 16, 2017 Read More
Local News $1.5M Gift to Propel B.C. Research on Early Detection of Lung Cancer Vancouver Sun | March 16, 2017 A gift of $1.5 million will help add additional expertise in a lung cancer research…sciencecityMarch 16, 2017 Read More
Spotlight Scientist in the Spotlight: Evgeniy Panzhinskiy Science in the City | March 15, 2017 Dr. Evgeniy Panzhinskiy is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. James Johnson at…sciencecityMarch 15, 2017 Read More
Local News Canada to Make Skilled-Worker Permits Easier to Get in Wake of U.S. Delays The Globe and Mail | March 14, 2017 As the U.S. border tightens for both political and bureaucratic reasons, the federal government is…sciencecityMarch 14, 2017 Read More
Interesting Articles How Not to Respond to Reviewers: Eight Simple Tips Naturejobs | March 14, 2017 My first attempt at publishing a paper was a breeze. A collaborator was asked to…sciencecityMarch 14, 2017 Read More
Local News ‘Scientific Quackery’: UBC Study Says it’s Debunked Controversial MS Procedure CBC News | March 13, 2017 A new study at the University of British Columbia has produced a "definitive debunking" of…sciencecityMarch 13, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week 18F-Fluorination of Unactivated C–H Bonds in Branched Aliphatic Amino Acids: Direct Synthesis of Oncological Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Agents Nodwell, M.B. et al. | March 13, 2017 ABSTRACT: A mild and selective photocatalytic C-H 18F-fluorination reaction has been developed that provides direct…sciencecityMarch 13, 2017 Read More
Interesting Articles How Does the Public’s View of Science Go So Wrong? Scientific American | March 10, 2017 Do Americans hate science? They certainly seem to hate it more than they used to,…sciencecityMarch 10, 2017 Read More
Local News Findings Published in Nature Communications Show that mRNA LNP Encoding a Neutralizing Antibody Protect Humanized Mice from HIV Challenge PR Newswire | March 9, 2017 A private biotechnology company developing state-of-the-art lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery technology for messenger RNA (mRNA), announced…sciencecityMarch 9, 2017 Read More