Featured Awards Congratulations CIHR Spring 2025 Project Grant Recipients BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | August 12, 2025 Congratulations to BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) investigators…karnottAugust 12, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week The Parkinson’s Drug Benztropine Possesses Histamine Receptor 1-Dependent Host-Directed Antimicrobial Activity Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Sahile, H., et al. | August 12, 2025 Intracellular pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) evade host defence mechanisms to infect and survive…karnottAugust 12, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Three MSL Faculty Involved in Projects Funded Through Spring 2025 CIHR Grant Competition UBC Michael Smith Laboratories | August 11, 2025 Three of our MSL faculty members are involved in projects recently funded through the Canadian…karnottAugust 11, 2025 Read More
Local News New Mega RNA Virus May Hold the Key to Mass Oyster Die-Offs UBC Science | August 11, 2025 Scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off…karnottAugust 11, 2025 Read More
Local News Past, Present and Future: Academic Life from the Lens of Dr. Freda Miller UBC Michael Smith Laboratories | August 8, 2025 Behind every success and research breakthrough lies a story of curiosity, persistence, setbacks, and moments…karnottAugust 8, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Defining Enteric Bacterial Pathogenesis Using Organoids: Citrobacter rodentium Uses EspC, an Atypical Mucinolytic Protease, to Penetrate Mouse Colonic Mucus Chen, Y., et al. | August 8, 2025 Enteric bacterial pathogens pose significant threats to human health; however, the mechanisms by which they…karnottAugust 8, 2025 Read More
Local News ‘Disease Detectives’ Discover Cause of Sea Star Wasting Disease That Wiped Out Billions of Sea Stars UBC News | August 8, 2025 Researchers have identified the cause of the wasting disease that has killed billions of sea…karnottAugust 8, 2025 Read More
Local News Building Better Storage for Genomics Data Genome BC | August 7, 2025 Genomics research is advancing science, helping doctors match patients with appropriate treatments, tracking the spread…karnottAugust 7, 2025 Read More
Local News MS May Begin Far Earlier Than Previously Thought | August 7, 2025 UBC researchers find that people with MS increased their healthcare usage up to 15 years…karnottAugust 7, 2025 Read More
Local News Bringing Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Ceremony to Child Health Research BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | August 6, 2025 Indigenous children are the fastest-growing population in Canada but still experience disproportionately negative health outcomes.…karnottAugust 6, 2025 Read More