AwardsFeatured Awards Significant Brain Research Funding for DMCBH Member Projects Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | January 31, 2018 Canadian Insitutes of Health Research (CIIHR) Project Grants support research projects with a defined endpoint, allowing…sciencecityJanuary 31, 2018 Read More
AwardsMonthly Award Summaries January 2018 Award Winners Science in the City | January 31, 2018 Dr. Alex Wyatt of the Vancouver Prostate Centre is one of many researchers to have…sciencecityJanuary 31, 2018 Read More
Local News $9.7 Million Awarded to Kidney Transplantation Research Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | January 30, 2018 Genome Canada has awarded $9.7 million to a project co-led by researchers at Vancouver Coastal…sciencecityJanuary 30, 2018 Read More
Local News Skin Substitute Provides the Building Blocks for Wound Repair Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | January 30, 2018 A new product developed in BC by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) scientist Dr.…sciencecityJanuary 30, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Good Bug, Bad Bug: Breaking Through Microbial Stereotypes Cirstea, M. and Finlay, B.B., et al. | January 29, 2018 Our expanding knowledge of microbial mechanisms is challenging the notion of “good” versus “bad” microbes…sciencecityJanuary 29, 2018 Read More
Local News Canadian Patients to Benefit From Major Investment in Genomics and Precision Health Research Genome BC | January 29, 2018 Precision health promises to transform the way Canadians receive medical care. In the near future,…sciencecityJanuary 29, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards VPC Investigators Receive Six CIHR Fall 2017 Project Grants Vancouver Prostate Centre | January 29, 2018 Vancouver Prostate Centre investigators were highly successful, receiving 6 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)…sciencecityJanuary 29, 2018 Read More
Local News Discovery of a Promising New Medication to Block ‘Master Key’ of Cancer Growth Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | January 26, 2018 For years, researchers have investigated approaches to prevent cancer-causing cells from multiplying in the body.…sciencecityJanuary 26, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Hypoxia Induces Selective Modifications to the Acetylome in the Brain of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Dhillon, R.S. and Richards, J.G. | January 26, 2018 Reversible protein acetylation is an important regulatory mechanism for modulating protein function. The cellular protein…sciencecityJanuary 26, 2018 Read More
Local News CQDM and Brain Canada Inject $1 M in Top BC Biotech Firm Abcellera to Advance Discovery Platform for Next-Generation Antibody Therapeutics CQDM | January 25, 2018 CQDM and Brain Canada are proud to announce the non-dilutive funding of $1 M to…sciencecityJanuary 25, 2018 Read More