AwardsFeatured Awards UBC Medical Student Mohit Sodhi Receives 2022 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award UBC Faculty of Medicine | September 2, 2022 UBC faculty of medicine student Mohit Sodhi has been awarded a Canadian Medical Hall of…pthomsonSeptember 2, 2022 Read More
Local News SaNOtize Announces $24 Million in Series B Funding to Advance Its Nitric Oxide-Based Therapeutics, Including Nasal Spray for the Treatment and Prevention of COVID-19 SaNOtize | September 2, 2022 SaNOtize Research & Development Corp., (“SaNOtize”), a Canadian anti-infective-focused therapeutics company, today announced an oversubscribed…pthomsonSeptember 2, 2022 Read More
AwardsMonthly Award Summaries August 2022 Award Winners Science in Vancouver | September 1, 2022 Dr. Philip Hieter (pictured) from UBC received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research grant to…pthomsonSeptember 1, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week DLL4 and VCAM1 Enhance the Emergence of T Cell–Competent Hematopoietic Progenitors From Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Michaels, Y., & Edgar, J., et al. | August 31, 2022 In a recent publication, researchers in Dr. Peter Zandstra's lab developed a clinically relevant process…pthomsonAugust 31, 2022 Read More
Local News Aspect Biosystems Enters Collaboration with UCLA’s C-MIT Aspect Biosystems | April 5, 2019 Aspect Biosystems, a Canadian biotech company pioneering microfluidic 3D bioprinting of human tissues, is pleased…sciencecityApril 5, 2019 Read More
Local News Inside the Brain of an Opera Singer UBC Music | April 5, 2019 What happens inside the brain of an opera singer? Prof. Nancy Hermiston, Chair of the…sciencecityApril 5, 2019 Read More
Local News Translating Research to Treat Prostate Cancer UBC Faculty of Medicine | April 3, 2019 A sun-lit Vancouver building houses a world-renowned team of scientists and researchers. They are oncologists,…sciencecityApril 3, 2019 Read More
Local News New Anticoagulants Enhance “Clot-Busting” Ability of the “Clot-Former” Factor Xa Centre for Blood Research | April 3, 2019 If you, loved ones or friends suffer from diseases that may involve abnormal blood clotting,…sciencecityApril 3, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards UBC Researchers Receive $7M to Advance Diabetes Research UBC Faculty of Medicine | August 14, 2023 UBC faculty of medicine researchers have been awarded $7 million in new funding to advance…pthomsonAugust 14, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week A Novel Class of Broad-Spectrum Active-Site-Directed 3C-Like Protease Inhibitors with Nanomolar Antiviral Activity against highly Immune-Evasive SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Subvariants Pérez-Vargas, J., et al. | August 14, 2023 Antivirals with broad coronavirus activity are important for treating high-risk individuals exposed to the constantly…pthomsonAugust 14, 2023 Read More
Local News Hepatitis C Cure Does Not Remove All Risks, CTN Investigators Find CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network | August 11, 2023 CTN Investigators Drs. Naveed Janjua (Canadian lead) and Sofia Bartlett, along with a team of researchers from Canada and the…pthomsonAugust 11, 2023 Read More