Local News Advanced Surgical Tissue Flap Monitoring for Early Intervention Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | October 9, 2025 A new implantable tissue monitoring technology could be a gamechanger for complex head and neck…karnottOctober 9, 2025 Read More
Local News How MRI Innovation Is Helping Researchers Understand Brain Health in Preterm Babies BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | October 8, 2025 Each year in Canada, thousands of babies are born very prematurely — before 32 weeks…karnottOctober 8, 2025 Read More
Local News New Clinical Trials Unit to Bring Innovative Treatments to Patients, Strengthen Health Research UBC Faculty of Medicine | October 8, 2025 Better access to lifesaving medical research is coming with the opening of an eight-bed clinical…karnottOctober 8, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Nika Shakiba Recognized as a Gairdner Early Career Investigator UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | October 7, 2025 We are excited to announce that Dr. Nika Shakiba has been selected as one of…karnottOctober 7, 2025 Read More
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Publications of the Week Recovery of Antibody Immunity After a Resurgence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections Reicherz, F., et al. | June 5, 2025 Longitudinal measurements of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunity over 4 winter seasons reveal that viral…karnottJune 5, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week A Multi-Kingdom Genetic Barcoding System for Precise Clone Isolation Ishiguro, S., et al. | May 28, 2025 Cell-tagging strategies with DNA barcodes have enabled the analysis of clone size dynamics and clone-restricted…sciencecityMay 28, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Bat Organoids Reveal Antiviral Responses at Epithelial Surfaces Kellner, M.J., et al. | May 27, 2025 Bats can host viruses of pandemic concern without developing disease. The mechanisms underlying their exceptional…sciencecityMay 27, 2025 Read More
Local News Time To Test: New Canadian-Led Review Supports Routine Lipoprotein(a) Testing Centre for Heart Lung Innovation | September 29, 2025 Doctors often use a routine lipid panel – a blood test that measures levels of…karnottSeptember 29, 2025 Read More
Local News Repurposing Medications To Treat People With Rare Diseases Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | September 26, 2025 A new Coastal Program for Rare Inflammatory Diseases (Coastal Program) at Vancouver Coastal Health is…karnottSeptember 26, 2025 Read More
Local News A Gut Reaction: The Role of Microbiome Imbalance in Kidney Stones Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | September 25, 2025 Kidney stone disease has been on the rise in Canada over the past 25 years…karnottSeptember 25, 2025 Read More
Local News Wasan Lab Develops Novel Oral Formulation To Treat Systemic Fungal Infections News Medical | September 25, 2025 The Wasan Laboratory in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia…karnottSeptember 25, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Undergraduate Summer Research Program The Centre for Blood Research | January 16, 2025 Are you an undergraduate or medical student looking for summer research experience? The Centre for…karnottJanuary 16, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Program Application: BCCHR Summer Studentships BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | January 10, 2025 Each year, approximately 17 studentships are given to top ranked students based on scholarly achievement,…karnottJanuary 10, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Science Exposed Applications Open Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | December 16, 2024 A picture is truly worth a thousand words. Showcase your research through a vibrant image…karnottDecember 16, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Government of Canada Invests in Research on Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Government of Canada | December 2, 2024 Avian influenza A(H5N1), commonly known as bird flu, is a viral disease that is typically…karnottDecember 2, 2024 Read More
Featured Awards Pathogens Are Evolving, but Research Is, Too UBC Microbiology and Immunology | September 5, 2025 The rapid development and widespread deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine was undoubtedly a triumph in…karnottSeptember 5, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Brad Nelson Named as First Immunotherapy Research Chair BC Cancer Research | September 2, 2025 Dr. Brad Nelson has been named as the Lynda and Murray Farmer Immunotherapy Research Chair.…karnottSeptember 2, 2025 Read More
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Featured Awards Dr. Kayla King Awarded Royal Society’s Francis Crick Medal UBC Science | September 1, 2025 Evolutionary biologist Dr. Kayla King has been awarded the 2025 Francis Crick Medal and Lecture…karnottSeptember 1, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Building a Healthier Future: Announcing the 2025 Scholar and Health Professional-Investigator Awardees Michael Smith Health Research BC | October 13, 2025 BC researchers are at the forefront of tackling our province’s most pressing health challenges, advancing…karnottOctober 13, 2025 Read More
Local News Long COVID Exhibition Co-Produced With Community Opens at the Museum of Vancouver SFU News | October 13, 2025 One in nine Canadians have experienced Long COVID symptoms, ranging from mild to debilitating. A…karnottOctober 13, 2025 Read More
Local News UBC Enzyme Technology Clears First Human Test Toward Universal Donor Organs for Transplantation UBC Michael Smith Laboratories | October 10, 2025 The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal…karnottOctober 10, 2025 Read More