Local News Faculty of Science Welcomes New Dean! SFU Faculty of Science | September 26, 2018 Why would a scientist from New Zealand, who has an international research program covering the…sciencecitySeptember 26, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Suppressing Interferon Gamma Stimulates Microglial Responses and Repair of Microbleeds in the Diabetic Brain Taylor, S., et al. | September 26, 2018 Microcirculatory damage is a common complication for those with vascular risk factors such as diabetes.…sciencecitySeptember 26, 2018 Read More
Local News How Michael Smith Put B.C.’s Life Sciences Community on the Map with a Nobel Prize 25 Years Ago The Vancouver Sun | September 25, 2018 The late Nobel Prize winner Michael Smith was a good, but not spectacular, student who…sciencecitySeptember 25, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Six Faculty Members Inducted Into Canadian Academy of Health Sciences UBC Faculty of Medicine | September 25, 2018 Six faculty members have been announced as Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Election…sciencecitySeptember 25, 2018 Read More
Local News B.C. Women’s Hospital Preemie Baby Biobank First of Its Kind in Canada CBC News | September 24, 2018 Unique research is taking place at B.C. Women's Hospital and one of the doctors taking…sciencecitySeptember 24, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Calcium Channelopathies: Structural Insights into Disorders of the Muscle Excitation-Contraction Complex Pancaroglu, R. and Van Petegem, F. | September 24, 2018 Ion channels are membrane proteins responsible for the passage of ions down their electrochemical gradients…sciencecitySeptember 24, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Congratulations to the 2018 UBC Faculty of Medicine Award Recipients! BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | September 21, 2018 We are very pleased to congratulate the BC Children's Hospital investigators who are recipients of…sciencecitySeptember 21, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Rivaroxaban and Apixaban Induce Clotting Factor Xa Fibrinolytic Activity Carter, R.L.R., et al. | September 21, 2018 In previous years, the Canadian Blood Services’ Pryzdial lab at the UBC Centre for Blood…sciencecitySeptember 21, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Gleave Invested as a Member of the Order of Canada Vancouver Prostate Centre | September 20, 2018 Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, invested Dr. Martin Gleave…sciencecitySeptember 20, 2018 Read More
Local News HPV Vaccine Shows Higher Failure Rate in Girls or Women Living With HIV UBC Faculty of Medicine | September 19, 2018 The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine had a higher risk of failure with women who are…sciencecitySeptember 19, 2018 Read More