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
Featured Awards 2025 Alumni UBC Achievement Awards Recipients UBC Magazine | December 5, 2025 UBC alumni are committed to an exceptional UBC and a better world. This November, at…karnottDecember 5, 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
Featured AwardsYour Voice $11.5M Study Aims to Bring Precision Heart Care to Every Corner of BC Isabelle Korchinski | December 4, 2025 Dr. Teresa Tsang A new research effort at UBC is reimagining how heart disease is…karnottDecember 4, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Membrane Contact Site Detection (MCS-DETECT) Reveals Dual Control of Rough Mitochondria–ER Contacts Cardoen, B., et al. | December 12, 2023 Identification and morphological analysis of mitochondria–ER contacts (MERCs) by fluorescent microscopy is limited by subpixel…karnottDecember 12, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Surface Photosterilization of Implantable Silicone Biomaterials: Structural and Functional Characterization Ghaffari, S., et al. | December 11, 2023 Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) remain one of the major challenges faced by the global healthcare system.…karnottDecember 11, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Lipid Nanoparticle-Mediated Hit-and-Run Approaches Yield Efficient and Safe In Situ Gene Editing in Human Skin Bolsoni, J., et al. | December 5, 2023 Read the Publication This week, Science in Vancouver profiles Dr. Sarah Hedtrich. Dr. Hedtrich is…pthomsonDecember 5, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Corticosteroid-Binding Globulin (SERPINA6) Consolidates Sexual Dimorphism of Adult Rat Liver Toews, J.N.C., et al. | December 5, 2023 Produced by the liver, corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) regulates the plasma distribution and actions of glucocorticoids.…sciencecityDecember 5, 2023 Read More
Local News Call for Nominations Open: Mitacs Innovation Awards 2025 Mitacs | August 28, 2025 Mitacs is opening calls for nominations today for its prestigious national award celebrating Canadian research…karnottAugust 28, 2025 Read More
Local News New Tracer Could Enable Surgeons to See and Hear Prostate Cancer UBC Science | August 27, 2025 A preclinical evaluation of a new ’dual-mode’ tracer agent shows promise in not only helping…karnottAugust 27, 2025 Read More
Local News Microbiology and Immunology Hosts Learning and Laboratory Session for CEDAR Campers UBC Microbiology and Immunology | August 26, 2025 What are microbes? What do they look like? What do they do? Where are they…karnottAugust 26, 2025 Read More
Local News Past, Present and Future: Academic Life from the Lens of Dr. Phil Hieter UBC Michael Smith Laboratories | August 25, 2025 This is the second article in our Past, Present and Future series, where we explore…karnottAugust 25, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Canadian COVID-19 Clinical Trial Scrapped after China Wouldn’t Ship Potential Vaccine CBC News | September 1, 2020 A collaboration between a Chinese company and a Halifax research team aiming to carry out…eabramovichSeptember 1, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Government of Canada Invests $140 Million, Appointing World-Class Researchers as New or Renewed Canada Research Chairs Government of Canada | August 18, 2020 In its 20th year, the Canada Research Chairs Program continues to provide opportunities for researchers…sciencecityAugust 18, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles What Does Success Look Like for Responsive And Responsible Research Funding? Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research | August 5, 2020 In her most recent Forward Thinking post, Dr. Bev Holmes unpacked what it means to be a…eabramovichAugust 5, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Increased Support for Students, Trainees and Research Support Personnel Funded through NSERC Research Grants NSERC | July 3, 2020 Canada’s three federal research granting agencies—the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences…eabramovichJuly 3, 2020 Read More
Featured Awards BC Researchers Awarded Over $49 Million for Advancements in Hereditary Cancer Care, Child Drug Safety and Heart Health Genome BC | April 3, 2025 Genome BC has helped secure more than $49 million for research to be conducted in…karnottApril 3, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards SBME’s Mona Behrouzian Wins UBC’s Three Minute Thesis UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | April 2, 2025 Congratulations to SBME graduate student, Mona Behrouzian, for winning UBC’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) with…karnottApril 2, 2025 Read More
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Featured Awards HLI Study on Diet and Heart Risks Among JACC: Advances’ Most-Read of 2024 Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI) | April 1, 2025 A study led by Dr. Iulia Iatan and Dr. Liam Brunham at the Centre for…karnottApril 1, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week In Mouse and In Vitro Models, Bowel Preparation Promotes Pathogen Colonization, Translocation, and Exacerbation of Inflammation Clayton, C., et al. | January 15, 2026 In the United States, an estimated 14 million colonoscopies are performed yearly, each requiring patients…karnottJanuary 15, 2026 Read More
Local News Welcoming New Assistant Professor Jeff Dong UBC Microbiology and Immunology | January 14, 2026 While exploring the UBC campus in 2007, first-year undergraduate student Jeff Dong found himself walking…karnottJanuary 14, 2026 Read More
Local News Building Capacity for Community-Engaged Research: CTN+ Phase 2 Funding CIHR Pan-Canadian Network for HIV and STBBI Clinical Trials Research | January 14, 2026 As the Network moves into its second year of operations, with our Regional Teams and…karnottJanuary 14, 2026 Read More