Local News What To Know About COVID-19 Vaccines This Fall UBC News | October 14, 2025 As fall virus season approaches and COVID-19 cases show early signs of increasing, UBC experts…karnottOctober 14, 2025 Read More
Local News Dr. Printha Wijesinghe on Tear-Based microRNAs as Early Indicators of Alzheimer’s Disease Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | October 14, 2025 An academic journey defined by perseverance through conflict and limited opportunity – Dr. Printha Wijesinghe’s…karnottOctober 14, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards Building a Healthier Future: Announcing the 2025 Scholar and Health Professional-Investigator Awardees Michael Smith Health Research BC | October 13, 2025 BC researchers are at the forefront of tackling our province’s most pressing health challenges, advancing…karnottOctober 13, 2025 Read More
Local News Long COVID Exhibition Co-Produced With Community Opens at the Museum of Vancouver SFU News | October 13, 2025 One in nine Canadians have experienced Long COVID symptoms, ranging from mild to debilitating. A…karnottOctober 13, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Sex Differences in Islet Stress Responses Support Female β Cell Resilience Brownrigg, G. P., et al. | February 13, 2023 The Rideout lab is interested in understanding sex differences in metabolism and metabolic disease. One…mjoyFebruary 13, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Spatial Compartmentalization of Signaling Imparts Source-Specific Functions on Secreted Factors Groppa, E., et al. | February 10, 2023 Efficient regeneration requires multiple cell types acting in coordination. To better understand the intercellular networks…mjoyFebruary 10, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Predicting Severity in COVID-19 Disease Using Sepsis Blood Gene Expression Signatures Baghela, A., et al. | February 8, 2023 Severely-afflicted COVID-19 patients can exhibit disease manifestations representative of sepsis, including acute respiratory distress syndrome…mjoyFebruary 8, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week TRIM24 Controls Induction of Latent HIV-1 by Stimulating Transcriptional Elongation Horvath, R., et al. | February 3, 2023 Binding of USF1/2 and TFII-I (RBF-2) at conserved sites flanking the HIV-1 LTR enhancer is essential…mjoyFebruary 3, 2023 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
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
Interesting Articles Defining Science and Scientific Researchers: It’s a Whole New World University Affairs | February 6, 2019 Defining what is science and who are scientific researchers may initially seem like an easy…sciencecityFebruary 6, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Will Price Be a Barrier to New Cancer Immunotherapy? CBC News | January 22, 2019 A revolutionary new cancer treatment is now available in Canada, but provinces are being advised…sciencecityJanuary 22, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Researchers Scramble to Meet Deadline for New Frontiers Research Fund University Affairs | January 17, 2019 While many Canadian academics were enjoying a bit of time off over the holidays, some…sciencecityJanuary 17, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Scientists Despair as US Government Shutdown Drags On Nature News | January 14, 2019 Karen Osborn was supposed to be exploring hidden worlds in the Turks and Caicos, cataloguing…sciencecityJanuary 14, 2019 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. Julio Montaner Receives King Charles III Coronation Medal BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | September 10, 2024 On August 27, 2024, in a joint ceremony with the Lieutenant Governor of BC, BC…karnottSeptember 10, 2024 Read More
Featured Awards The Royal Society of Canada Announces its 2024 Cohort of Fellows and College Members The Royal Society of Canada | September 5, 2024 The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and its Members have elected this year’s new Fellows…karnottSeptember 5, 2024 Read More
AwardsMonthly Award Summaries August 2024 Award Winners Science in Vancouver | September 3, 2024 This month, we're highlighting the 2023-2024 William and Dorothy Gilbert Scholarships Awardees, PhD candidates Karol…karnottSeptember 3, 2024 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Vaulting over the Lab Bench with Kevin Seo Centre for Heart Lung Innovation | September 3, 2024 Kevin Seo is the recipient for this year’s Peter Paré Studentship, an eight-week summer internship…karnottSeptember 3, 2024 Read More
Featured Awards Dr. David Huntsman Awarded Doctors of BC Terry Fox Medal BC Cancer Research | November 25, 2025 The Doctors of BC Terry Fox Medal is awarded to outstanding individuals who have a…karnottNovember 25, 2025 Read More
Local News AI at the Heart of New SFU Gel-Free ECG System for Faster Diagnoses SFU News | November 25, 2025 Developed at SFU’s School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering, the system features reusable dry 3D-printed electrodes…karnottNovember 25, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards 2025 Mitacs Innovation Awards Celebrate Ideas, Research, and Canadian Innovation Talent Mitacs | November 24, 2025 The 2025 Mitacs Innovation Awards, presented at National Arts Centre and streamed online to a…karnottNovember 24, 2025 Read More