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
Featured Awards Recipients of 2025 BC Cancer Emerging Multidisciplinary Research Programs Announced BC Cancer Research | September 10, 2025 BC Cancer’s 2025 Cancer Emerging Multidisciplinary Research Programs supports research teams to initiate novel multidisciplinary…karnottSeptember 10, 2025 Read More
Local News Dr. David Bangsberg Appointed Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences SFU Faculty of Health Sciences | September 10, 2025 Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) is pleased to announce that internationally…karnottSeptember 10, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Launch of CACHE Challenge #7 Conscience | September 9, 2025 The CACHE Challenges, made possible by the Government of Canada's Strategic Innovation Fund, offer an…karnottSeptember 9, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Genetic Engineering of Megakaryocytes from Blood Progenitor Cells Using mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles Leung, J., et al. | October 4, 2024 Platelets are an essential component of hemorrhage control and management, and engineering platelets to express…karnottOctober 4, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Immune Regulatory and Anti-Resorptive Activities of Tanshinone IIA Sulfonate Attenuates Rheumatoid Arthritis in Mice Panwar, P., et al. | September 27, 2024 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation and painful joint destruction.…karnottSeptember 27, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Protein Is Expressed in All Major Organs After Intravenous Infusion of mRNA-Lipid Nanoparticles in Swine Ferraresso, F., et al. | September 19, 2024 In vivo delivery of mRNA is promising for the study of gene expression and the treatment…karnottSeptember 19, 2024 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
Local News From Code to Care: Decoding Sustainability in Digital Health Tool Design CIHR Pan-Canadian Network for HIV and STBBI Clinical Trials Research | July 29, 2025 Access to timely and stigma-free sexual health care remains a significant challenge for many people,…karnottJuly 29, 2025 Read More
Local News Children with Chronic Medical Conditions at Greater Risk of Hospitalization from RSV UBC Faculty of Medicine | July 28, 2025 Children with chronic medical conditions face a significantly higher risk of hospitalization due to respiratory…karnottJuly 28, 2025 Read More
Local News Variational AI Named “Emerging Company of the Year—Biotech” by Life Sciences BC T-Net | July 25, 2025 Variational AI announced that it has been named Emerging Company of the Year—Biotech by Life…karnottJuly 25, 2025 Read More
Local News 30 Years of Sparking Discovery UBC Engineering | July 25, 2025 Geering Up Engineering Outreach had no shortage of accomplishments to celebrate at their 30th birthday…karnottJuly 25, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles NSERC Announces Improvements to Alliance Grants Program Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | December 13, 2023 NSERC is pleased to announce the launch of several improvements to its Alliance grants program.…karnottDecember 13, 2023 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
Featured Awards Dr. Pamela Hoodless Receives NSERC Discovery Grant BC Cancer Research | June 24, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Hoodless for receiving a Discovery Grant from the Natural Sciences and…karnottJune 24, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Three MSL Members Receive 2025 Pathway to Independence Award UBC Michael Smith Laboratories | June 23, 2025 The Michael Smith Laboratories Pathway to Independence Award aims to support the research and career…karnottJune 23, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards UBC Researchers Awarded More Than $6.5 Million From Brain Canada to Advance Neuroscience Research Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | June 20, 2025 UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers have been awarded more than $6.5 million from Brain Canada’s…karnottJune 20, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Nine SBME Research Projects Receive Major Funding from the Stem Cell Network UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | June 19, 2025 We are proud to share that 9 research projects led by investigators from the UBC…karnottJune 19, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards FHS Students Win Social Sciences and Health Research Awards SFU Faculty of Health Sciences | September 23, 2025 Three students at the Faculty of Health Sciences secured major awards from the Social Sciences…karnottSeptember 23, 2025 Read More
Local News When It Comes to Health, the Gut Has Skin in the Game BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | September 22, 2025 Over the last 15 years, research into the gut microbiome — the ecosystem of microorganisms…karnottSeptember 22, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Emilia Lim Investigates Wildfire Smoke’s Health Toll With Genome BC Funding UBC Life Sciences Institute | September 22, 2025 Genome BC is funding three projects that examine the genetic-level impacts of wildfire smoke exposure,…karnottSeptember 22, 2025 Read More