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
Local News Legacy of Life – The Enduring Potential of a Donated Lung Centre for Heart Lung Innovation | September 1, 2025 Holding a donor lung instantly educates. The delicate nature of the organ leads to an…karnottSeptember 1, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards BC Cancer Researchers Receive UBC Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards BC Cancer | August 29, 2025 Each year, the UBC Faculty of Medicine (FoM) recognizes faculty members who have made exceptional…karnottAugust 29, 2025 Read More
Local News Beyond AlphaFold: How AI Is Decoding the Grammar of the Genome Nature | August 29, 2025 In 1862, Victor Hugo reportedly wrote to his publisher to ask how his newly published…karnottAugust 29, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Single Cell Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Secretion Assay Using Nanowell-in-Microwell Plates Jang, D., et al. | September 13, 2024 Pancreatic β cells secrete insulin in response to elevated levels of glucose. Stem cell derived…karnottSeptember 13, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Gelsolin Regulates Receptor-Mediated and Fluid-Phase Endocytosis in Platelets Paul, M., et al. | September 5, 2024 Endocytosis is the process by which platelets incorporate extracellular molecules into their secretory granules. Endocytosis…karnottSeptember 5, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Genetic Engineering of Transfusable Platelets with mRNA-Lipid Nanoparticles is Compatible with Blood Banking Practices Strong, C., et al. | September 2, 2024 Platelets contribute to a variety of physiological processes including inflammation, sepsis and cancer. However, due…karnottSeptember 2, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week A Synthetic Cytotoxic T Cell Platform for Rapidly Prototyping TCR Function Sharma, G., et al. | August 26, 2024 Current tools for functionally profiling T cell receptors with respect to cytotoxic potency and cross-reactivity…karnottAugust 26, 2024 Read More
Local News SFU to Pioneer Two Groundbreaking National Training Programs with $3.3 Million in Funding SFU News | July 22, 2025 From underwater acoustics to sensor science, two new training programs led by Simon Fraser University…karnottJuly 22, 2025 Read More
Local News North and South Engage on Issues Surrounding HIV and Youth SFU Faculty of Health Sciences | July 18, 2025 Earlier this month (5 to 16 May), the Simon Fraser University (SFU), SANTHE, and the…karnottJuly 18, 2025 Read More
Local News B.C. Firms Receive $2.8M to Test AI in Health Care Business Intelligence for B.C. | July 17, 2025 Four B.C. companies have received funding to test AI-enabled solutions to improve health care in…karnottJuly 17, 2025 Read More
Local News Personalized, Precise, Powerful: How BCCHR Researchers Are Changing Childhood Cancer Care BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) | July 16, 2025 When a child’s cancer returns after conventional treatment, families often find themselves in uncharted territory…karnottJuly 16, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles NSERC Research Image Contest Now Open Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | December 7, 2023 Science Exposed is a contest organized by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of…karnottDecember 7, 2023 Read More
Interesting Articles Canadian Research Funders Join Forces with the International Research on Research Institute Michael Smith Health Research BC | November 22, 2023 The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health…karnottNovember 22, 2023 Read More
Interesting Articles Government of Canada Invests $15M in First-of-Its-Kind Pan-Canadian Genome Library BC Cancer Research Institute | November 13, 2023 Canada is a world-leader in genomic research—the study of all of a person’s or population’s…sciencecityNovember 13, 2023 Read More
Interesting Articles Government of Canada Invests in New Open Science Drug Discovery Network Life Sciences BC | October 16, 2023 The Government of Canada is firmly committed to supporting the adoption of cutting-edge technologies and…sciencecityOctober 16, 2023 Read More
Awards From Lab Bench to National Honour: Nasseri Wins Governor General’s Gold Medal UBC Department of Chemistry | June 18, 2025 When Seyed Amirhossein Nasseri began his graduate studies at UBC, the destination wasn’t entirely clear—but…karnottJune 18, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Graduate Dean’s Convocation Medal Awarded to Dedicated Health Sciences Researcher SFU Faculty of Health Sciences | June 16, 2025 Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) alumnus Amanda Rowlands aims to empower…karnottJune 16, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Passionate Research Mentor Receives Governor General’s Gold Medal SFU Faculty of Health Sciences | June 9, 2025 Aniqa Shahid, a new Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) alumnus, was…karnottJune 9, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards SFU Researchers Awarded $2.88 Million To Strengthen Canadian Water Monitoring for Microbes and Other Life SFU News | June 4, 2025 When humans, animals, plants and viruses interact with or live in water, they shed their…karnottJune 4, 2025 Read More
Local News Genomic Research Solves Major Challenge Facing BC’s Blueberry Industry Genome BC | September 12, 2025 A Genome BC funded research collaboration between the BC Blueberry Council, Simon Fraser University (SFU)…karnottSeptember 12, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Targeted Splicing Approach for Alleviation of a Neurexin 1 Haploinsufficiency Model Lu, H., et al. | September 11, 2025 NRXN1 encoding the synaptic organizing protein neurexin 1 (Nrxn1) is among the strongest risk genes…karnottSeptember 11, 2025 Read More
Local News Q&A with Dr. Kerryn Matthews, Recipient of the 2025 Neil Mackenzie Mentorship Excellence Award UBC Centre for Blood Research | September 11, 2025 I was both surprised and deeply honoured. Mentorship has always felt like a natural extension…karnottSeptember 11, 2025 Read More