Awards First Zymeworks – Michael Smith Laboratories Fellowships in Advanced Protein Therapeutics Awarded Michael Smith Laboratories | October 26, 2018 The Michael Smith Laboratories, in partnership with Zymeworks, Inc., a leading biotechnology company in BC,…sciencecityOctober 26, 2018 Read More
Local News Kyle Demes Joins SFU as Director, Institutional Strategic Awards, to Support the University’s Increasing Research Capacity SFU News | October 26, 2018 The Office of the Vice-President, Research is thrilled to welcome Kyle Demes to Simon Fraser…sciencecityOctober 26, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Genotypic and Mechanistic Characterization of Subtype-Specific HIV Adaptation to Host Cellular Immunity Kinloch, N.N., et al. | October 25, 2018 HIV isolates are extremely genetically variable (the HIV-1 group M “pandemic" isolates can be classified…sciencecityOctober 25, 2018 Read More
Local News Abcellera Celebrates the Opening of Its New Research Facility and Corporate Headquarters AbCellera | October 25, 2018 AbCellera opened its doors to the local biotech, research, and business community on Tuesday evening…sciencecityOctober 25, 2018 Read More
Local News Understanding the Microbiome—Human, Animal, and Environmental Genome BC | October 24, 2018 ‘Watermelon’ or red snow has puzzled mountain climbers, explorers, and naturalists for thousands of years.…sciencecityOctober 24, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles What Legal Weed in Canada Means for Science Nature News | October 24, 2018 Jonathan Page has been around cannabis all his life. Growing up on Canada’s Vancouver Island…sciencecityOctober 24, 2018 Read More
Local News STEMCELL Submits Drug Master File for mTeSR™1, the Most Widely Published Cell Culture Medium for Human Pluripotent Stem Cells STEMCELL Technologies | October 23, 2018 STEMCELL Technologies announced it has filed a Type II Drug Master File (DMF) to the Food…sciencecityOctober 23, 2018 Read More
Local News CDRD Re-Organizes to Align with Key Functions and Optimize Its Role as Canada’s Life Sciences Venture The Centre for Drug Research & Development | October 23, 2018 Every day is a revolution in life science in this world – from new cutting-edge…sciencecityOctober 23, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week A Complex Peripheral Code for Salt Taste in Drosophila Jaeger, A.H., et al. | October 22, 2018 Salt has long been an enigma in the taste field, because it elicits different responses…sciencecityOctober 22, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles Assessing Research Impact: Perspectives from a Provincial Health Research Funding Agency Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research | October 22, 2018 When people ask me what I do for work, I tell them that I do…sciencecityOctober 22, 2018 Read More