Local News Long-Haired Microbes Named after Canadian Band Rush UBC Science | December 5, 2017 Three new species of microbe found in the guts of termites have been named after…sciencecityDecember 5, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Don Sin Receives CFI Award Towards Revolutionizing COPD and Asthma Treatment Providence Health Care | December 5, 2017 There are currently 5 million Canadians suffering from asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD),…sciencecityDecember 5, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Bacterially Derived Synthetic Mimetics of Mammalian Oligomannose Prime Antibody Responses That Neutralize HIV Infectivity Pantophlet, R. and Kosma, P., et al. | December 4, 2017 There are many scientific challenges to the design of a broadly effective HIV vaccine. One…sciencecityDecember 4, 2017 Read More
Local News Cuddling Babies, or Not, Affects Infants’ Gene Expression, B.C. Study Finds The Vancouver Sun | December 4, 2017 Infants that are held less by caregivers show lasting changes to genes involved in immune…sciencecityDecember 4, 2017 Read More
Local News Preventing a Bad Injury from Getting Worse: New Research into Inflammation and the Brain BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | December 1, 2017 Get a simple cut on the finger or a bump on the head, and the…sciencecityDecember 1, 2017 Read More
Interesting Articles Gender Gap in STEM Fields Proving Difficult to Close, Say Experts, Census Data CTV News | November 30, 2017 In the basement of McGill University's engineering building, Elizabeth O'Meara punches the word "engineer" into…sciencecityNovember 30, 2017 Read More
Local News Children out of Cancer Treatment Options Offered Hope by New Terry Fox Program CBC News | November 30, 2017 Seeing children suffering with cancer when he was being treated himself broke Terry Fox's heart…sciencecityNovember 30, 2017 Read More
AwardsMonthly Award Summaries November 2017 Award Winners Science in the City | November 30, 2017 Dr. Marco Marra at the BC Cancer Agency is one of two UBC researchers to…sciencecityNovember 30, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards CHÉOS Scientist Receives AHA Young Investigator Award Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences | November 30, 2017 Dr. Brian Grunau, CHÉOS Scientist and emergency physician at St. Paul’s Hospital, was recently recognized for…sciencecityNovember 30, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week The North American Bullfrog Draft Genome Provides Insight into Hormonal Regulation of Long Noncoding RNA Hammond, S.A. and Birol, I., et al. | November 30, 2017 Frogs play important ecological roles, and several species are important model organisms for scientific research.…sciencecityNovember 30, 2017 Read More