Local News From COVID to Cancer: Why Canada’s RNA Vaccine Leadership Matters More than Ever UBC Magazine | September 4, 2025 World Immunization Week in April turned global attention once again to the lifesaving power of…karnottSeptember 4, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Human Milk IgA Promotes Normal Immune Development by Limiting Th17-Inducing Erysipelatoclostridium ramosum in the Infant Gut Donald, K., et al. | September 4, 2025 The infant gut microbiota plays a vital role in immune development. Secretory IgA (SIgA), the…karnottSeptember 4, 2025 Read More
Local News Building an Inclusive TA Training Program in the Life Sciences UBC Life Sciences Institute | September 4, 2025 A growing number of Canadian universities are implementing teaching assistant (TA) training programs designed to…karnottSeptember 4, 2025 Read More
Local News B.C. Healthy Longevity Company Molecular You Raises $5M to Expand Biomarker Testing GeekWire | September 3, 2025 Molecular You, a Vancouver, B.C., healthy longevity company, announced today that it has raised $5…karnottSeptember 3, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week An Alternative Broad-Specificity Pathway for Glycan Breakdown in Bacteria Amirhossein Nasseri, S., et al. | June 21, 2024 The vast majority of glycosidases characterized to date follow one of the variations of the…karnottJune 21, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Integrated Single Cell Analysis Reveals Co-Evolution of Malignant B Cells and Tumor Micro-environment in Transformed Follicular Lymphoma Sarkozy, C., et al. | June 13, 2024 Histological transformation of follicular lymphoma (FL) to aggressive forms is associated with poor outcome. Phenotypic…karnottJune 13, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week The Catabolism of Ethylene Glycol by Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 and Its Dependence on Mycofactocin Roccor, R., et al. | June 7, 2024 Ethylene glycol (EG) is a widely used industrial chemical with manifold applications and also generated…karnottJune 7, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Amyloidogenic Regions in Beta-Strands II and III Modulate the Aggregation and Toxicity of SOD1 in Living Cells McAlary, L., et al. | June 6, 2024 Mutations in the protein superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) promote its misfolding and aggregation, ultimately causing familial…karnottJune 6, 2024 Read More
Local News Dr. Huawei Li Joins SBME to Lead the Conconi Family Biodevice Foundry UBC School of Biomedical Engineering | July 4, 2025 From a young age, Dr. Huawei Li found himself curious about biodevices and how they…karnottJuly 4, 2025 Read More
Local News Dr. Shelina Babul on Concussions, Brain Injury Research, and Public Awareness Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | July 4, 2025 Encased in a tough bony skull and suspended in shock-absorbing fluid, the brain is protected…karnottJuly 4, 2025 Read More
Local News Fighting Fungal Disease in Corn UBC Microbiology and Immunology | July 3, 2025 Jim Kronstad, a professor at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the Michael Smith Laboratories,…karnottJuly 3, 2025 Read More
Local News STEMCELL Technologies Introduces STEMprep™ Tissue Dissociator System to Accelerate Research Discoveries STEMCELL Technologies | July 2, 2025 To help scientists accelerate their workflows, STEMCELL Technologies has commercially launched the STEMprep™ Tissue Dissociator…karnottJuly 2, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Government of Canada Announces Major Investments to Support Scientists, Researchers and Students Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | November 24, 2022 Scientists and researchers play an integral role in helping to build a stronger, healthier and…mjoyNovember 24, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles How Canadian Biotech Can Lead in the Solutions of the Future TheFutureEconomy.ca | October 20, 2022 Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a core strength of the biotechnology sector was the solutions…pthomsonOctober 20, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles How to Grow Canada’s Biotech Sector TheFutureEconomy.ca | September 26, 2022 Canada must invest adequately in the commercialization and talent development for the biotech sector or…pthomsonSeptember 26, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles NSERC Initiatives Geared at Mobilizing Knowledge on a Global Scale Research Money | August 11, 2022 Science has a thoroughly global focus, exists within an interdisciplinary intellectual environment, and succeeds through…pthomsonAugust 11, 2022 Read More
Monthly Award Summaries April 2025 Award Winners Science in Vancouver | May 1, 2025 Dr. Govind Kaigala from the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering April showers brought more than…karnottMay 1, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Lallous Receives U.S. DoD Grant for Prostate Cancer Research Vancouver Prostate Centre | April 29, 2025 We are proud to announce that Dr. Nada Lallous has been awarded an Idea Development…karnottApril 29, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Somasekharan Lab Students Honored with CIHR Travel Award 2025 Vancouver Prostate Centre | April 25, 2025 We are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding achievement of Unnati Yagnik and (Ziwei) Mia Cai,…karnottApril 25, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards AI Innovation Puts VCHRI Scientist at the Forefront of Global Drug Discovery Avenues Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | April 23, 2025 Vancouver Prostate Centre researcher Dr. Artem Cherkasov recently won two competitions in the international CACHE…karnottApril 23, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Drug Tolerance and Persistence to EGFR Inhibitor Treatment Are Mediated by an ILK-SFK-YAP Signaling Axis in Lung Adenocarcinoma Shi, R., et al. | September 19, 2025 This week, we profile a recent publication in Oncogene by Dr. William Lockwood's lab (pictured). Since…karnottSeptember 19, 2025 Read More
Local News New Clinical Trials Unit Aims To Keep Biotech Innovation in B.C. Business Intelligence for B.C. | September 19, 2025 A new clinical trials unit (CTU) will allow B.C. life sciences companies to test early-stage…karnottSeptember 19, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week ERBB2/HER2 Alterations in ctDNA and Metachronous Tissues of Patients with Metastatic Urothelial Cancer Vandekerkhove, G., et al. | September 18, 2025 HER2 targeting is increasingly relevant in metastatic urothelial cancer (mUC) because of emerging antibody–drug conjugates,…karnottSeptember 18, 2025 Read More