Featured Awards DMCBH Members Receive Funding Through 2026 NSERC Discovery Research Program Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | July 15, 2026 Today, $630 million in funding through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada…karnottJuly 15, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards SBME Faculty Awarded 2026 NSERC Funding for Innovative Research UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | July 15, 2026 The School of Biomedical Engineering is proud to congratulate six faculty members on receiving prestigious…karnottJuly 15, 2026 Read More
Local News A Decade of Discovery: Celebrating 10 Years of the Neuroimaging and Neurocomputation Core Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | July 14, 2026 Over the past decade, the NeuroImaging and NeuroComputation Core (NINC) has grown from a shared…karnottJuly 14, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Germline CDK12 Variants in Aggressive Prostate Cancer Tolmeijer, S., et al. | July 14, 2026 CDK12 mutations occur in 2-7% of metastatic prostate cancers (mPCa) and are considered to be…karnottJuly 14, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Deciphering the Transcription Factor Landscape in Prostate Cancer Progression: A Novel Approach to Understand NE Transdifferentiation Wang, Y., et al. | April 4, 2025 Prostate cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths among men, and understanding…karnottApril 4, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week 5′-S-(3-Aminophenyl)-5′-Thioadenosine, a Novel Chemoprotective Agent for Reducing Toxic Side Effects of Fluorouracil in Treatment of MTAP-Deficient Cancers Zhang, S., et al. | March 27, 2025 Nucleobase analogue (NBA) drugs, such as 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), are effective chemotherapeutics, but their clinical use…karnottMarch 27, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Sanfetrinem, an Oral β-Lactam Antibiotic Repurposed for the Treatment of Tuberculosis Ramón-García, S., et al. | March 24, 2025 This week, we profile a recent publication in Drug Resistance Updates by Dr. Santiago Ramón-García…karnottMarch 24, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Type-2 Innate Signals Are Dispensable for Skeletal Muscle Regeneration and Pathology Linked to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Messing, M., et al. | March 18, 2025 Immune responses play an integral role in skeletal muscle regeneration. In the genetically inherited muscle…karnottMarch 18, 2025 Read More
Local News BC-Led Clinical Trial Points to Safer Care for Critically Ill Patients SFU News | May 20, 2026 A B.C.-led clinical research team is behind a study that could help improve care for…karnottMay 20, 2026 Read More
Local News SFU Launches $20M Fund With InBC to Invest in Spin-off Ventures SFU News | May 18, 2026 Leading SFU researchers, students and alumni looking to level up their emerging tech businesses can…karnottMay 18, 2026 Read More
Local News UBC Joins Eurolife Network, Strengthening International Collaboration on Biomedical Research and Training UBC Faculty of Medicine | May 18, 2026 In a partnership facilitated by the Faculty of Medicine, UBC has joined the Eurolife Network,…karnottMay 18, 2026 Read More
Local News VoxCell BioInnovation and adMare BioInnovations Partner to Advance Novel Antibody Therapies in a Human-Relevant Vascularized Tissue Platform adMare BioInnovations | May 15, 2026 VoxCell BioInnovation Inc. (“VoxCell”), a developer of bioprinted vascularized human tissue models for preclinical drug…karnottMay 15, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles NSERC Announces $26 Million in Funding for Innovative Training Programs Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | May 20, 2024 The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) is pleased to announce $26…karnottMay 20, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Public Voting Open Now for NSERC Science Exposed Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) | May 16, 2024 In this mesmerizing tableau of prostate tissue—reminiscent of Van Gogh’s swirling skies and of Matisse’s…karnottMay 16, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Government of Canada Funds New Projects to Further Grow the Domestic Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Sector | May 7, 2024 Growing a robust, competitive, domestic biomanufacturing and life sciences sector ensures that Canada has access…karnottMay 7, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles TFRI 2025 Funding Competitions Are Open! The Terry Fox Research Institute | April 25, 2024 The Terry Fox Research Institute is pleased to announce the launch of its 2025 cancer…karnottApril 25, 2024 Read More
Monthly Award Summaries January 2026 Award Winners Science in Vancouver | January 30, 2026 Pictured left to right: Dr. Michael Murphy, Marie Johns, Dr. Martin Hirst , Abishek Wadhwa,…karnottJanuary 30, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards UBC Faculty of Medicine Members Recognized With 2026 CAME Awards UBC Faculty of Medicine | January 27, 2026 A number of UBC Faculty of Medicine community members have been honoured by the Canadian…karnottJanuary 27, 2026 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 Congratulations to Shani Leyva Camacho for Being Selected to Receive the Michael Stevenson Graduate Scholarship. SFU Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | July 30, 2026 Michael Stevenson Graduate Scholarship is intended for a student entering a doctoral program who has…karnottJuly 30, 2026 Read More
Local News SFU Chemists Supercharge Antiviral Drug Discovery SFU News | July 29, 2026 The research enables scientists to quickly create large libraries of nucleoside analogs (NAs), compounds that…karnottJuly 29, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards DMCBH Members Awarded Spring 2026 CIHR Project Grants to Support Health Research Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | July 29, 2026 The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the results of its Spring 2026…karnottJuly 29, 2026 Read More