Local News #BCTECT Summit Week: Noteworthy Annoucements for BC’s Tech Sector This week’s #BCTECH Summit commenced with several noteworthy announcements for the BC tech sector. The…sciencecityMarch 20, 2017
Local News Universities Come to Grips with Canada’s Opioid Overdose Crisis On April 14 last year, British Columbia’s chief health officer declared a public health emergency…sciencecityMarch 17, 2017
Interesting Articles CRISPR Technology: Officially Off-Limits? CRISPR, a technique that allows for precise gene editing, is taking the research world by…sciencecityMarch 16, 2017
Local News $1.5M Gift to Propel B.C. Research on Early Detection of Lung Cancer A gift of $1.5 million will help add additional expertise in a lung cancer research…sciencecityMarch 16, 2017
Spotlight Scientist in the Spotlight: Evgeniy Panzhinskiy Dr. Evgeniy Panzhinskiy is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. James Johnson at…sciencecityMarch 15, 2017
Local News Canada to Make Skilled-Worker Permits Easier to Get in Wake of U.S. Delays As the U.S. border tightens for both political and bureaucratic reasons, the federal government is…sciencecityMarch 14, 2017
Interesting Articles How Not to Respond to Reviewers: Eight Simple Tips My first attempt at publishing a paper was a breeze. A collaborator was asked to…sciencecityMarch 14, 2017
Local News ‘Scientific Quackery’: UBC Study Says it’s Debunked Controversial MS Procedure A new study at the University of British Columbia has produced a "definitive debunking" of…sciencecityMarch 13, 2017
Publications of the Week 18F-Fluorination of Unactivated C–H Bonds in Branched Aliphatic Amino Acids: Direct Synthesis of Oncological Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Agents ABSTRACT: A mild and selective photocatalytic C-H 18F-fluorination reaction has been developed that provides direct…sciencecityMarch 13, 2017
Interesting Articles How Does the Public’s View of Science Go So Wrong? Do Americans hate science? They certainly seem to hate it more than they used to,…sciencecityMarch 10, 2017