Local News Collaboration Led by BCCHR Researchers Awarded European Funding To Improve Community-Based Care in Uganda and Kenya BC Children’s Research Institute | February 6, 2026 Dr. Matthew Wiens and colleagues at the Institute for Global Health at BC Children’s &…karnottFebruary 6, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards LSI Researchers Awarded Funding in Fall 2025 CIHR Project Grant Competition UBC Life Sciences Institute | February 6, 2026 Congratulations to all LSI researchers who received funding through the Fall 2025 CIHR Project Grant…karnottFebruary 6, 2026 Read More
Local News Canadian Surgical Innovation Cuts Ovarian Cancer Risk by Nearly 80% UBC Faculty of Medicine | February 5, 2026 A prevention strategy developed by B.C. researchers reduces the risk of the most common and…karnottFebruary 5, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week A Bacteroides Synthetic Biology Toolkit To Build an in Vivo Malabsorption Biosensor McCallum, G., et al. | February 5, 2026 The human gut is a dynamic environment, where changes in pH, oxygen, and osmolality influence…karnottFebruary 5, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Tracking the Gene Expression Programs and Clonal Relationships That Underlie Mast, Myeloid, and T Lineage Specification from Stem Cells Michaels, Y., et al. | December 17, 2024 T cells develop from hematopoietic progenitors in the thymus and protect against pathogens and cancer.…karnottDecember 17, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Genetic Engineering of Transfusable Platelets with mRNA-Lipid Nanoparticles Is Compatible with Blood Banking Practices Strong, C., et al. | December 10, 2024 Platelets contribute to a variety of physiological processes, including inflammation, sepsis, and cancer. However, because…karnottDecember 10, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Immune Regulatory and Anti-Resorptive Activities of Tanshinone IIA Sulfonate Attenuates Rheumatoid Arthritis in Mice Panwar, P., et al. | December 9, 2024 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation and painful joint destruction.…karnottDecember 9, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Transcriptional Coactivator MED15 Is Required for Beta Cell Maturation Kadhim, A., et al. | December 5, 2024 Mediator, a co-regulator complex required for RNA Polymerase II activity, interacts with tissue-specific transcription factors…karnottDecember 5, 2024 Read More
Local News Study Aims To Amplify Indigenous Recommendations for Tailored Depression Care in BC Genome BC | December 8, 2025 More than 1 in 10 people in Canada experience major depressive disorder (MDD) at some…karnottDecember 8, 2025 Read More
Local News New Genome BC Funded Project Aims to Bring BC Closer to Ending HIV Transmission Genome BC | December 5, 2025 British Columbia has made remarkable progress in reducing HIV transmission and researchers now believe the…karnottDecember 5, 2025 Read More
Local News Genomics Projects Tackle Climate Threats to BC Fish and Marine Ecosystems Genome BC | December 4, 2025 As ocean temperatures continue to rise, the stress of climate change is affecting marine life…karnottDecember 4, 2025 Read More
Local News CereCura Nanotherapeutics Closes $1.4 Million Seed Financing Round T-Net | December 3, 2025 CereCura Nanotherapeutics announced the successful closing of a $1.4 million seed financing round to accelerate…karnottDecember 3, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Apply to MedTech Innovator 2024 Life Sciences BC | January 23, 2024 About MedTech Innovator MedTech Innovator is the largest and highest performing accelerator of medical technology…karnottJanuary 23, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Canadian Cancer Society/Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation Disruptive Innovation Grants in Cancer Research Canadian Cancer Society | January 18, 2024 Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) and the Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation (Hecht Foundation) have…karnottJanuary 18, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles New Lab to Market Grants Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | January 4, 2024 The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), in collaboration with the Canadian…karnottJanuary 4, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles NSERC Announces Improvements to Alliance Grants Program Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | December 13, 2023 NSERC is pleased to announce the launch of several improvements to its Alliance grants program.…karnottDecember 13, 2023 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Kiran Soma Elected as 2025 Royal Society of Canada Fellow Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | September 15, 2025 We are thrilled to announce Dr. Kiran Soma, a Professor in UBC’s Department of Psychology,…karnottSeptember 15, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Recipients of 2025 BC Cancer Emerging Multidisciplinary Research Programs Announced BC Cancer Research | September 10, 2025 BC Cancer’s 2025 Cancer Emerging Multidisciplinary Research Programs supports research teams to initiate novel multidisciplinary…karnottSeptember 10, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer Receives Pediatric Blood Cancer Research Innovation Grant BC Cancer Research | September 9, 2025 Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer, a distinguished researcher at BC Cancer, is the recipient of a Pediatric…karnottSeptember 9, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Nine UBC Faculty Members Elected to the Royal Society of Canada UBC Research + Innovation | September 8, 2025 A total of nine UBC faculty members have been announced by the Royal Society of…karnottSeptember 8, 2025 Read More
Local News Improving Care for Kids with the Most Common Childhood Cancers: Q&A with New Investigator Dr. Sarah Alexander BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | February 23, 2026 February 15 was International Childhood Cancer Day and to mark the occasion we spoke with…karnottFebruary 23, 2026 Read More
Local News A New Chapter in Women’s Health UBC Faculty of Medicine | February 23, 2026 Dr. Lori Brotto dates her interest in researching menopause to an unlikely turning point: the…karnottFebruary 23, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Clonal Hematopoiesis After 177Lu-PSMA-617 Radioligand Therapy in Prostate Cancer Munzur, A., et al. | February 20, 2026 Background: Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) is a precursor state linked to risk of hematological neoplasms, and…karnottFebruary 20, 2026 Read More