Featured Awards Yingying Liu Receives the International Society for Experimental Hematology Travel Grant Award BC Cancer Terry Fox Laboratory Research | August 20, 2025 Congratulations to Yingying Liu (Jiang Lab), a PhD student in the Collings Stevens Chronic Leukemia…karnottAugust 20, 2025 Read More
Local News How Chronic Heartburn Can Drive Esophageal Cancer UBC Faculty of Medicine | August 19, 2025 A new UBC Faculty of Medicine study has revealed how long-term, chronic heartburn can drive…karnottAugust 19, 2025 Read More
Local News Multiplex Imaging: A Closer Look at Human Atherosclerosis Centre for Heart Lung Innovation | August 19, 2025 Atherosclerosis is one of the main causes of heart disease, which is the leading cause…karnottAugust 19, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards BC Researchers Pioneering New Strategies to Break Barriers in Hereditary Cancer Testing Genome BC | August 19, 2025 Genome BC recently funded two Society Issues Competition (SOC) projects to investigate improvements for genetic…karnottAugust 19, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Clinically-Observed FOXA1 Mutations Upregulate SEMA3C Through Transcriptional Derepression in Prostate Cancer Tam, K., et al. | March 27, 2024 FOXA1 is a pioneer transcription factor that is frequently mutated in prostate, breast, bladder, and…karnottMarch 27, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Pulsed Photothermal Therapy of Solid Tumors as a Precondition for Immunotherapy Farivar, N., et al. | March 21, 2024 Photothermal therapy (PTT) refers to the use of plasmonic nanoparticles to convert electromagnetic radiation in…karnottMarch 21, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week A Pilot Study to Investigate the Clinically Predictive Values of Copy Number Variations Detected by Next-Generation Sequencing of Cell-Free Deoxyribonucleic Acid in Spent Culture Media Nakhuda, G., et al. | March 14, 2024 To investigate the positive predictive value and false positive risk of copy number variations (CNV's)…karnottMarch 14, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Protein Thermal Sensing Regulates Physiological Amyloid Aggregation | March 11, 2024 To survive, cells must respond to changing environmental conditions. One way that eukaryotic cells react…karnottMarch 11, 2024 Read More
Local News New Genomics Investments Expand eDNA Monitoring in BC’s Remote and Indigenous Communities Genome BC | June 11, 2025 On World Environment Day, Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) is proud to announce significant new…karnottJune 11, 2025 Read More
Local News Breakthrough Minimally Invasive and Accessible Kidney Stone Treatment Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | June 11, 2025 The novel Break Wave lithotripsy (BWL) technology offers a game-changing alternative treatment for kidney stones.…karnottJune 11, 2025 Read More
Local News Colorectal Cancer Leaves Lasting Toll on Women’s Sexual Health UBC News | June 10, 2025 A new UBC-led study is shedding light on a long-overlooked consequence of colorectal cancer: the…karnottJune 10, 2025 Read More
Local News Welcome 2025 CBR Students! The Centre for Blood Research | June 10, 2025 We are so excited to welcome 21 summer students to this year’s CBR-LSI Summer Studentship…karnottJune 10, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Canada’s Bio-Economy Facing Severe Labour Shortage BioTalent Canada | October 14, 2021 Canada’s bio-economy is facing a severe labour shortage, with demand far exceeding supply as soon…pthomsonOctober 14, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Canada’s Cancer Research Excellence TheFutureEconomy.ca | October 14, 2021 Canada holds a leadership position on a global scale in terms of the way we…pthomsonOctober 14, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Canada Biomedical Research Fund Government of Canada | October 8, 2021 The Canada Biomedical Research Fund (CBRF) and Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund (BRIF) are essential components…sciencecityOctober 8, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Life Sciences Organizations Call For Collaboration across Government to Improve Outcomes for Patients Innovative Medicines Canada | October 7, 2021 Canadians look to the 44th Parliament to apply lessons learned from COVID-19 to protect current…sciencecityOctober 7, 2021 Read More
Featured Awards Driving Scientific Research and Medical Innovation The Centre for Heart Lung Innovation | March 10, 2025 The Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI) is proud to celebrate the achievements of 3…karnottMarch 10, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Emilia Lim Named Dr. Victor Ling Terry Fox New Investigator UBC Life Sciences Institute | March 6, 2025 LSI Principal Investigator Dr. Emilia Lim has been named the 2025 Dr. Victor Ling Terry…karnottMarch 6, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Congratulations to 2025 Bruce Brandhorst Prizes Winners SFU Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | March 5, 2025 Congratulations to the Winners of the 2025 Bruce Brandhorst prizes, adjudicated by the MBB Scholarship…karnottMarch 5, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Congratulations CIHR Fall 2024 Project Grant Recipients BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute | March 4, 2025 Congratulations to the investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes…karnottMarch 4, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer Receives Pediatric Blood Cancer Research Innovation Grant BC Cancer Research | September 9, 2025 Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer, a distinguished researcher at BC Cancer, is the recipient of a Pediatric…karnottSeptember 9, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Nine UBC Faculty Members Elected to the Royal Society of Canada UBC Research + Innovation | September 8, 2025 A total of nine UBC faculty members have been announced by the Royal Society of…karnottSeptember 8, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Call for Nominations Now Open for All NSERC Prizes Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | September 8, 2025 Nominations are now being accepted for all NSERC prizes as per their new competition cycle.…karnottSeptember 8, 2025 Read More