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
AwardsFeatured Awards Congratulations to Dr. Stuart Turvey: Recipient of the 2018 Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | September 19, 2018 The Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship recognizes investigators at BC Children's Hospital who have made a…sciencecitySeptember 19, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Fourteen UBC Faculty Members Elected to Royal Society of Canada UBC Research + Innovation | September 18, 2018 A total of fourteen UBC faculty members have been announced by the Royal Society of Canada…sciencecitySeptember 18, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Transcriptomic Evidence for Alterations in Astrocytes and Parvalbumin Interneurons in Subjects with Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia Toker, L., et al. | September 17, 2018 High-throughput expression analyses of postmortem brain tissue have been widely used to study bipolar disorder…sciencecitySeptember 17, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards MD/PhD Student Eric Zhao Awarded the 2018 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award UBC Faculty of Medicine | September 17, 2018 UBC MD/PhD candidate, Eric Zhao, is the recipient of the 2018 Canadian Medical Hall of…sciencecitySeptember 17, 2018 Read More
Local News SFU Team Receives Funding to Expand Systems of Worldwide Health Research Databases SFU Faculty of Science | September 14, 2018 The Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) today announced $800,000 in funding to expand Simon…sciencecitySeptember 14, 2018 Read More