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
Interesting Articles German Researchers Resign from Elsevier Journals in Push for Nationwide Open Access Science | October 17, 2017 Five leading German scientists have resigned from their editorial positions at journals published by Elsevier,…sciencecityOctober 17, 2017 Read More
Local News UBC Researchers Pull Paper Linking Vaccine Component to Autism after Data Alleged to Be Manipulated CBC News | October 17, 2017 Researchers from the University of British Columbia are retracting their scientific paper linking aluminum in vaccines to autism…sciencecityOctober 17, 2017 Read More
Local News ICORD Student Competes Internationally ICORD | October 17, 2017 ICORD PhD student Seth Tigchelaar is representing UBC in the international Universitas 21 3-Minute Thesiscompetition. The 3…sciencecityOctober 17, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Conserved and Unique Features of the Fission Yeast Core Atg1 Complex Nanji, T. and Yip, C.K., et al. | October 17, 2017 Much of the published studies have focused on the Atg1 complex from budding yeast Saccharomyces…sciencecityOctober 17, 2017 Read More
Local News The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) Announces Appointments to Its Board of Directors The Centre for Drug Research and Development | October 16, 2017 The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), Canada’s national drug development and commercialization centre,…sciencecityOctober 16, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Five SFU-Led Research Projects Share $21.7 Million from CFI’s Innovation Fund SFU News | October 16, 2017 Five SFU research projects—from creating a new centre for wearable biomedical technologies to studies in…sciencecityOctober 16, 2017 Read More
Interesting Articles The Future of DNA Sequencing Nature | October 13, 2017 Forty years ago, two papers described the first tractable methods for determining the order of the…sciencecityOctober 13, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Drs. Aly Karsan, Connie Eaves, Andrew Weng, and Martin Hirst Have Been Awarded a 5-Year Terry Fox New Frontier Program Project Grant Terry Fox Laboratories | October 13, 2017 Program Leader Dr. Aly Karsan and Principal Investigators Drs Connie Eaves, Andrew Weng, Martin Hirst, have…sciencecityOctober 13, 2017 Read More
Local News Top Global Translational Science Organizations to Catalyze Translational Innovation through New Initiative – Translation Together The Centre for Drug Research and Development | October 13, 2017 At the EATRIS’ Translational Medicine 2017 Conference, and at the height of Global Biotech Week,…sciencecityOctober 13, 2017 Read More