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 Stereotactic Ablative Radiation for Oligoprogressive Cancers: Results of the Randomized Phase 2 STOP Trial Schellenberg, D., et al. | January 24, 2025 We enrolled patients with 1 to 5 metastases progressing on systemic therapy, and after stratifying…karnottJanuary 24, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Biochemical and Structural Characterization of Rab3GAP Reveals Insights into Rab18 Nucleotide Exchange Activity Fairlie, G., et al. | January 13, 2025 The heterodimeric Rab3GAP complex is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for the Rab18 GTPase…karnottJanuary 13, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Sex-Biased Human Thymic Architecture Guides T Cell Development Through Spatially Defined Niches Stankiewicz, L., et al. | January 10, 2025 Within the thymus, regulation of the cellular crosstalk directing T cell development depends on spatial interactions…karnottJanuary 10, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro (Main Protease) Regulates Caspase Activation of Gasdermin-D/E Pores Leading to Secretion and Extracellular Activity of 3CLpro Grin, P., et al. | January 6, 2025 SARS-CoV-2 3C-like protease (3CLpro or Mpro) cleaves the SARS-CoV-2 polyprotein and >300 intracellular host proteins to…karnottJanuary 6, 2025 Read More
Local News Early Access to Breakthrough, Convenient Kidney Stone Treatment Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | July 23, 2025 Manny Chiquita will never forget the first time he experienced the symptoms of kidney stones.…sciencecityJuly 23, 2025 Read More
Local News SFU to Pioneer Two Groundbreaking National Training Programs with $3.3 Million in Funding SFU News | July 22, 2025 From underwater acoustics to sensor science, two new training programs led by Simon Fraser University…karnottJuly 22, 2025 Read More
Local News North and South Engage on Issues Surrounding HIV and Youth SFU Faculty of Health Sciences | July 18, 2025 Earlier this month (5 to 16 May), the Simon Fraser University (SFU), SANTHE, and the…karnottJuly 18, 2025 Read More
Local News B.C. Firms Receive $2.8M to Test AI in Health Care Business Intelligence for B.C. | July 17, 2025 Four B.C. companies have received funding to test AI-enabled solutions to improve health care in…karnottJuly 17, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Leading Terry Fox-Funded Scientists Forge a New Era in Cancer Research The Terry Fox Research Institute | June 17, 2024 The Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) held its 10th Scientific Meeting in Toronto, bringing together…karnottJune 17, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles CIHR Avian Influenza Research Funding Opportunity ResearchNet | June 13, 2024 Michael Smith Health Research BC has partnered with CIHR to catalyze BC-based research that integrates…karnottJune 13, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Government of Canada Announces Details of Increase in Award Values for Federal Scholarships and Fellowships Government of Canada | June 10, 2024 Investing in students and postgraduate researchers nurtures future leaders who will help address global challenges…karnottJune 10, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program Canadian Blood Services | June 3, 2024 The objective of the Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program is to improve the efficient and appropriate…karnottJune 3, 2024 Read More
Monthly Award Summaries June 2025 Award Winners Science in Vancouver | July 2, 2025 Dr. Tiam Heydari from UBC This month’s spotlight features Dr. Tiam Heydari (pictured), a postdoctoral…karnottJuly 2, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards 2025 FHS Undergraduate Awards SFU Faculty of Health Sciences | July 2, 2025 This award goes to the student whose activities and efforts support the FHS community, and…karnottJuly 2, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards 2024–2025 William and Dorothy Gilbert Scholarship Recipients UBC Michael Smith Laboratories | July 2, 2025 We are excited to congratulate Credo Casmil and Ayşe Erdoğan for receiving the 2024-2025 William…karnottJuly 2, 2025 Read More
Featured Awards LSI Researchers Receive National Recognition for Stem Cell Innovation UBC Life Sciences Institute | June 30, 2025 Two LSI researchers have been recognized in a recent national funding announcement by the Stem…karnottJune 30, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week SIRT1/DNMT3B-Mediated Epigenetic Gene Silencing in Response Tophytoestrogens in Mammary Epithelial Cells Ma, Y., et al. | August 28, 2025 We performed an integrated analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation and expression datasetsin normal cells and…karnottAugust 28, 2025 Read More
Local News Call for Nominations Open: Mitacs Innovation Awards 2025 Mitacs | August 28, 2025 Mitacs is opening calls for nominations today for its prestigious national award celebrating Canadian research…karnottAugust 28, 2025 Read More
Local News New Tracer Could Enable Surgeons to See and Hear Prostate Cancer UBC Science | August 27, 2025 A preclinical evaluation of a new ’dual-mode’ tracer agent shows promise in not only helping…karnottAugust 27, 2025 Read More