Featured Awards Faculty of Medicine Researchers Honoured with UBC’s 2025 Faculty Research Awards UBC Faculty of Medicine | March 20, 2026 Four 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 Activity Phung, T., et al. | March 20, 2026 Low-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 Prizes UBC Science | March 20, 2026 Two of the university’s premier research prizes were awarded to UBC Science faculty members today,…karnottMarch 20, 2026 Read More
Local News UBC Researchers Advancing Next-Generation Sports Monitoring Through Collaborative Research Funding From Samsung Electronics Canada UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | March 19, 2026 Researchers at the University of British Columbia are advancing a transformative new approach to sports…karnottMarch 19, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Activity-Targeted Metaproteomics Uncovers Rare Syntrophic Bacteria Central To Anaerobic Community Metabolism Friedline, S., et al. | November 7, 2025 Syntrophic microbial consortia can contribute substantially to the activity of anoxic ecosystems but are often…karnottNovember 7, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Decreased Clearance of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol is Causally Associated With Increased Mortality of Septic Shock Takahashi, N., et al. | October 27, 2025 To determine whether low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, set by the balance of clearance and…karnottOctober 27, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Divergent Delivery and Expression Kinetics of Lipid and Polymeric Nanoparticles Across mRNA Modalities Casmil, I., et al. | October 23, 2025 This week, we profile a recent publication in Advanced Science by Dr. Anna Blakney’s lab…karnottOctober 23, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week CAR Treg Cells Mediate Linked Suppression and Infectious Tolerance in Islet Transplantation in Mice Wardell, C., et al. | October 21, 2025 Islet transplantation represents an attractive therapeutic approach for type 1 diabetes; however, it can also…karnottOctober 21, 2025 Read More
Local News Zymeworks and Royalty Pharma Enter into $250 Million Royalty-Backed Note Financing T-Net | March 9, 2026 Zymeworks and Royalty Pharma announced an agreement for $250 million in funding from Royalty Pharma…karnottMarch 9, 2026 Read More
Local News Asthma Doesn’t Start When Symptoms Appear; It Starts Much Earlier Genome BC | March 5, 2026 For most families, asthma feels like it comes out of nowhere. A child starts coughing…karnottMarch 5, 2026 Read More
Local News VCHRI Phase 1 Clinical Trials Research Unit at UBC Hospital Life Sciences BC | March 5, 2026 The Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI), in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and…karnottMarch 5, 2026 Read More
Local News Samuel Leung Discusses Advancing Heart Disease Treatment Through Drug Repurposing Centre for Heart Lung Innovation | March 5, 2026 On February 23rd, HLI hosted another engaging session as part of its Seminar Series, featuring…karnottMarch 5, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles New adMare Institute Report Examines Capital Flows in Canadian Life Sciences and the Urgent Need To Capture Domestic Economic Value adMare Bioinnovations | July 11, 2025 Canada has developed a world-class life sciences sector, but without stronger domestic investment, much of…karnottJuly 11, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Mitacs and NSERC Renew Partnership that Advances Research and Development Mitacs | May 16, 2025 Mitacs and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) have renewed their agreement to…sciencecityMay 16, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Strengthening Biomanufacturing Talent Development in BC UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | May 13, 2025 The University of British Columbia’s School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) is partnering to launch a…karnottMay 13, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles 2025 Science Exposed Finalists Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | May 9, 2025 Science Exposed is a contest organized by NSERC and devoted exclusively to images of scientific…karnottMay 9, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Ann Marie Craig Receives 2025 CLEAR Foundation Operating Grant Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | January 26, 2026 Congratulations to Dr. Ann Marie Craig, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UBC, on…karnottJanuary 26, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards 2026 PCFC Grant-In-Aid Winners Announcement Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada | January 21, 2026 We are excited to announce the 2026 Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada Grant-in-Aid Award recipients and…karnottJanuary 21, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Anna Blakney and Team Receive $8.4 Million USD Grant for Immune Cell Engineering UBC Michael Smith Laboratories | January 20, 2026 Dr. Anna Blakney’s team (Michael Smith Laboratories, School of Biomedical Engineering) has partnered with STRM.BIO…karnottJanuary 20, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards Three DMCBH Members Appointed To Order of Canada Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | January 12, 2026 Three neuroscience researchers from the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health — Drs. Adele Diamond,…karnottJanuary 12, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Prospective Multicenter Study of ctDNA Versus Tumor Tissue Guiding FGFR-Targeted Therapy in Metastatic Urothelial Cancer Müller, D., et al. | March 25, 2026 Fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) alterations are targetable in metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC). Identifying FGFR…karnottMarch 25, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards UBC Medicine Researchers Receive Federal Funding to Accelerate Genomic Solutions Through Industry Collaborations UBC Faculty of Medicine | March 24, 2026 The funded projects bring together UBC scientists and Canadian biotechnology companies to develop genomic solutions…karnottMarch 24, 2026 Read More
Local News Using Bioengineering to Turn Genes From a Flower Into a Promising Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes UBC Michael Smith Laboratories | March 24, 2026 Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is affecting a growing number of people worldwide, leading researchers to…karnottMarch 24, 2026 Read More