Featured Awards Infrastructure Grants from Canadian Government Fund Brain, Spinal Cord Research Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | October 23, 2017 The Faculty of Medicine received a total of $31.2 million in the latest round of…sciencecityOctober 23, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Multi-Target-Directed Phenol-Triazole Ligands as Therapeutic Agents for Alzheimer’s Disease Jones, M.R. and Storr, T., et al. | October 23, 2017 This work was spearheaded by a former graduate student Michael Jones (5th from left) who…sciencecityOctober 23, 2017 Read More
Local News InMed Appoints Dr. Mauro Maccarrone to Its Scientific Advisory Board InMed Pharmaceuticals | October 20, 2017 InMed Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the research and development of novel, cannabinoid-based…sciencecityOctober 20, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Amina Zoubeidi and Dr. Alex Wyatt Receive PCF Challenge Award and Movember Discovery Grant Vancouver Prostate Centre | October 20, 2017 In the last week, two VPC researchers have been awarded grants to fund research projects…sciencecityOctober 20, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Self-Biotinylation of DNA G-Quadruplexes via Intrinsic Peroxidase Activity Einarson, O.J. and Sen, D. | October 20, 2017 The striking and ubiquitous in vitro affinity between hemin and DNA/RNA G-quadruplexes raises the intriguing…sciencecityOctober 20, 2017 Read More
Your Voice Children’s Heart Centre at BCCH Becomes Research Leader on a Rare Pediatric Arrhythmia Dr. Karolina Jones | October 19, 2017 The Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT) Registry and Biobank is an international multi-centre study led…sciencecityOctober 19, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards VIDEO: Aspect Biosystems and Dr. Stephanie Willerth Win Ignite Fall 2017 Award BC Innovation Council | October 19, 2017 The BCIC Ignite Awards on October 10, 2017 awarded a total of $735,000 to the…sciencecityOctober 19, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards UBC Faculty of Medicine Receives $31M in Federal Grants for Research Infrastructure UBC Faculty of Medicine | October 18, 2017 Production of cancer-killing isotopes and creating more personalized treatments for respiratory diseases are among the…sciencecityOctober 18, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Selective Aggregation of the Splicing Factor Hsh155 Suppresses Splicing upon Genotoxic Stress Mathew, V. and Stirling, P.C., et al. | October 18, 2017 When a cell responds to DNA damage it must coordinate DNA repair with changes in…sciencecityOctober 18, 2017 Read More
Local News Research-Treatment Model Puts B.C. Children’s Hospital at Forefront of ‘Precision Medicine’ The Vancouver Sun | October 18, 2017 For Celia Lau, the value of the research at B.C. Children’s Hospital is not hard…sciencecityOctober 18, 2017 Read More