Local News Findings Published in Nature Communications Show that mRNA LNP Encoding a Neutralizing Antibody Protect Humanized Mice from HIV Challenge A private biotechnology company developing state-of-the-art lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery technology for messenger RNA (mRNA), announced…sciencecityMarch 9, 2017
Publications of the Week CLK-Dependent Exon Recognition and Conjoined Gene Formation Revealed with a Novel Small Molecule Inhibitor ABSTRACT: CDC-like kinase phosphorylation of serine/arginine-rich proteins is central to RNA splicing reactions. Yet, the…sciencecityMarch 8, 2017
Local News BC’s Biotech Leaders are Growing Up and Going Global B.C.’s innovation-driven biotech leaders are stepping on to the world stage and generating $14.4 billion a year…sciencecityMarch 8, 2017
Interesting Articles What Early-Career Researchers Can Do to Advocate for Science This past summer, the future of our postdoctoral association’s Science Policy Committee was uncertain. We were…sciencecityMarch 7, 2017
Your Voice Booze, Beakers, and Brains – The Rise of Vancouver’s Science Pub Nights On a drizzly mid-week evening downtown, beer glasses clink as a roomful of people sit,…sciencecityMarch 6, 2017
Local News Canadian Researchers Struggle to Access Popular Laboratory Species A story in the online publication National Observer last year highlighted what appeared to be…sciencecityMarch 6, 2017
Spotlight Scientist in the Spotlight: Dr. Corey Nislow Dr. Corey Nislow is an associate professor in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC.…sciencecityMarch 6, 2017
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Robin Hsiung Awarded Alzheimer and Dementia Research Professorship The Alzheimer Society of B.C. and UBC celebrated a decade-long partnership in maintaining the Ralph…sciencecityMarch 3, 2017
Interesting Articles The Start and the Middle: Beginning Your PhD The initial stages of a PhD can be daunting. Fortunately, there are a few ways…sciencecityMarch 2, 2017
Local News Cocaine Addiction a Matter of Genetics, UBC Researchers Say Scientists at the University of B.C.have built a better mouse — one that is indifferent…sciencecityMarch 2, 2017