Local News Revisiting Cold-Stored Platelets: An Effort to Improve Patient Care and Storage FeasibilityThe Centre for Blood Research | March 24, 2022Have you ever thought about how your blood is stored after you donate it? Since…pthomsonMarch 24, 2022 Read More
Local News Ask a Scientist: Will the COVID-19 Vaccine Affect My Fertility?Canadian Institutes of Health Research | March 23, 2022Current data and scientific studies indicate that the COVID-19 vaccines do not affect your ability…pthomsonMarch 23, 2022 Read More
Local News Why Organoids Are Playing a Growing Role in Medical ResearchLife Sciences Institute | March 23, 2022Scientists are turning to small lab-grown cell clusters to probe basic questions, model diseases and…pthomsonMarch 23, 2022 Read More
Local News Going With Her Gut, Inside the Lab and OutResearch2Reality | March 22, 2022Carolina Tropini is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the School of Biomedical…pthomsonMarch 22, 2022 Read More
Local News A Novel Approach to Outsmart Prostate CancerVancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | November 13, 2018Prostate cancer researchers find new target for drug therapy. Prostate cancer is the most common…sciencecityNovember 13, 2018 Read More
Local News Science World Has Launched a New Program to Get More Girls and Indigenous People into TechThe Georgia Straight | November 12, 2018Over the next 10 years, studies suggest, B.C. will lose two million jobs—but will gain…sciencecityNovember 12, 2018 Read More
Local News A Day in the Lab: New Lab Space Dedicated to Blood Collections for Research StudiesVancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | November 9, 2018A short walk down the hall behind the information desk at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH),…sciencecityNovember 9, 2018 Read More
Local News Innovative Food, Horticulture and Nutrition Research at KPU Secures Major FundingKwantlen Polytechnic University | November 7, 2018A search for natural alternatives to pesticides is one of the innovative Kwantlen Polytechnic University…sciencecityNovember 7, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Vesna Sossi Named IEEE Fellow Recognizing Her Work in Brain PET ImagingDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Blood Research | December 16, 2022Congratulations to Dr. Vesna Sossi on the prestigious honour of being named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics…mjoyDecember 16, 2022 Read More
Local News Closing the Gap Between Possibility and RealityResearch2Reality | December 15, 2022Spinal cord injury is a condition that has no cure. But a group of investigators…mjoyDecember 15, 2022 Read More
Local News From COVID-19 to the Common Cold: UBC Scientists Identify Broadly-Effective, Infection-Halting CompoundUBC Faculty of Medicine | December 15, 2022Researchers at UBC’s Life Sciences Institute have identified a compound that shows early promise at…mjoyDecember 15, 2022 Read More