Publications of the Week Opposite Roles of Salicylic Acid Receptors NPR1 and NPR3/NPR4 in Transcriptional Regulation of Plant Immunity Ding, Y. and Zhang, Y., et al. | May 2, 2018 Salicylic acid (SA) is a plant defense hormone required for immunity. Arabidopsis NPR1 and NPR3/NPR4…sciencecityMay 2, 2018 Read More
AwardsMonthly Award Summaries April 2018 Award Winners Science in the City | May 1, 2018 Dr. Boris Stoeber (left) of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC is one of…sciencecityMay 1, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles Turning the Tide in Stem Cell Research in Canada with $4M in New Funding Biotechnology Focus | May 1, 2018 The Stem Cell Network (SCN) announces that they have received funding of $4 million for…sciencecityMay 1, 2018 Read More
Local News Stem Cell Funding to Help Researchers Pinpoint Cause of SIDS SFU News | May 1, 2018 SFU researcher Glen Tibbits and keys members of his lab are working to develop a…sciencecityMay 1, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Ten HLI Trainees Win CIHR Travel Awards Centre for Heart Lung Innovation | April 30, 2018 Together, trainees at the HLI brought in one third of all of the CIHR Travel…sciencecityApril 30, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Mild Suppression of Hyperinsulinemia to Treat Obesity and Insulin Resistance Page, M.M. and Johnson, J.D. | April 30, 2018 Insulin plays roles in lipid uptake, lipolysis, and lipogenesis, in addition to controlling blood glucose…sciencecityApril 30, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Recognized with International Gold Quill Awards Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | April 27, 2018 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) has won two international Gold Quill awards from the International…sciencecityApril 27, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Similarities in Temperature-Dependent Gene Expression Plasticity across Time-Scales in Threespine Stickleback Metzger, D.C.H. and Schulte, P.M. | April 27, 2018 Phenotypic plasticity occurs at a variety of time-scales, but little is known about the degree…sciencecityApril 27, 2018 Read More
Local News Hundreds of New Jobs Expected as B.C. Biotech Firm Plans New Facility CBC | April 27, 2018 A Vancouver biotechnology company is getting an injection of $45 million from two levels of…sciencecityApril 27, 2018 Read More
Local News Pharmacogenomics- A New Era in Precision Health Biotechnology Focus | April 26, 2018 Genomics is driving a paradigm shift from a disease-oriented health-care system to one that is…sciencecityApril 26, 2018 Read More