Featured Awards VCHRI SPARKS 2025 Recipients Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | May 28, 2025 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is committed to fostering a culture of mentorship and…karnottMay 28, 2025 Read More
Local News From Cancer Therapies to a New Generation of Vaccines—How UBC Professor Pieter Cullis Transformed Drug Delivery UBC Faculty of Medicine | May 28, 2025 Groundbreaking treatments like targeted cancer therapies and mRNA-based vaccines would not have been possible without…karnottMay 28, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week A Multi-Kingdom Genetic Barcoding System for Precise Clone Isolation Ishiguro, S., et al. | May 28, 2025 Cell-tagging strategies with DNA barcodes have enabled the analysis of clone size dynamics and clone-restricted…sciencecityMay 28, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Bat Organoids Reveal Antiviral Responses at Epithelial Surfaces Kellner, M.J., et al. | May 27, 2025 Bats can host viruses of pandemic concern without developing disease. The mechanisms underlying their exceptional…sciencecityMay 27, 2025 Read More
Local News Me Therapeutics Receives Support to Advance mRNA Therapeutic Candidates for Cancer and Inflammatory Disease Me Therapeutics | May 26, 2025 ME Therapeutics Holdings, a publicly listed preclinical biotechnology company working on novel cancer fighting drugs…sciencecityMay 26, 2025 Read More
Local News Acuitas Therapeutics Showcases Collaboration with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for Personalized CRISPR Therapy and New LNP Research at ASGCT 2025 Acuitas Therapeutics via Life Sciences BC | May 26, 2025 Acuitas Therapeutics, a global leader in lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery systems for the acceleration of…sciencecityMay 26, 2025 Read More
Local News Next Steps in Driving Forward the Field of Nanomedicine: A Catch-up with the Leslie Lab Michael Smith Laboratories | May 23, 2025 The lab of Dr. Sabrina Leslie (MSL, Physics and Astronomy; SBME affiliate member) brings together researchers and approaches from physics…sciencecityMay 23, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Investigation of Integrase Inhibitor Resistance Mutations in gp41 in Clinical Samples Sudderuddin, H., et al. | May 23, 2025 Mutations conferring resistance to HIV Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors (INSTI) can occur outside integrase, including…sciencecityMay 23, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Characterization of a Two-Component Kinase That Initiates the Bacterial Catabolism of Hydroxyphenylethanones Dexter, G.N., et al. | May 22, 2025 The prodigious ability of bacteria to catabolize aromatic compounds has sparked considerable efforts to engineer…sciencecityMay 22, 2025 Read More
Local News Decoding Kids’ Health Through Cheek Swabs: What New Research Reveals BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | May 22, 2025 Cheek swabs — they’re painless, simple, and commonly used in pediatric research. But how reliable…sciencecityMay 22, 2025 Read More