Local News #BCTECT Summit Week: Noteworthy Annoucements for BC’s Tech Sector BC Tech Association | March 20, 2017 This week’s #BCTECH Summit commenced with several noteworthy announcements for the BC tech sector. The…sciencecityMarch 20, 2017 Read More
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