Publications of the Week Oncolytic Virotherapy Blockade by Microglia and Macrophages Requires STAT1/3Delwar, Z.M. and Jia, W., et al. | November 28, 2017Clinical tumors are highly heterogenic that contain many non-tumor cells. In the case of malignant…sciencecityNovember 28, 2017 Read More
Local News Science Is Alive and Thriving at Simon Fraser UniversityThe Vancouver Sun | November 28, 2017I was recently talking with someone who should have known better, and was taken aback…sciencecityNovember 28, 2017 Read More
Local News New Technique Can Detect Impurities in Ground Beef within MinutesUBC News | November 28, 2017Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found a better way to identify unwanted…sciencecityNovember 28, 2017 Read More
Local News UBC’s Faculty of Medicine Has Most Highly Cited Researchers among Canadian Medical SchoolsUBC Faculty of Medicine | November 27, 2017The UBC Faculty of Medicine has ten members on the 2017 list of Highly Cited…sciencecityNovember 27, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week REVIEW: Towards a Genomics-Informed, Real-Time, Global Pathogen Surveillance SystemGardy, J.L. and Loman, N.J. | November 27, 2017The recent Ebola and Zika epidemics demonstrate the need for the continuous surveillance, rapid diagnosis…sciencecityNovember 27, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Roger Wong Named 2017 Trevor Howell Guest Lecturer by the British Geriatrics SocietyUBC Faculty of Medicine | November 24, 2017Roger Wong, Executive Associate Dean, Education, has been selected by the British Geriatrics Society (BGS)…sciencecityNovember 24, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Development and Evaluation of a Pan-Sarcoma Fusion Gene Detection Assay Using the NanoString nCounter PlatformChang, K.T.E. and Ng, T.L., et al. | November 24, 2017The NanoString nCounter assay is a high-throughput hybridization technique using target-specific probes that can be…sciencecityNovember 24, 2017 Read More
Local News Meet the HyperGrowth: Life 2.0 Companies!BC Tech Association | November 24, 2017HyperGrowth: Life is BC’s first cohort-based program designed to advance tech companies in the healthtech…sciencecityNovember 24, 2017 Read More
Local News Achieve Announces Results of Clinical Study Demonstrating Similar Bioavailability of Cytisine in Fed and Fasted SubjectsAchieve Life Sciences | November 23, 2017Achieve Life Sciences, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company committed to the global development and commercialization…sciencecityNovember 23, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Jürgen Niesser Wins 2017 Michael John Page Postdoctoral Fellow AwardThe Centre for Blood Research and Development | November 23, 2017On Thursday, October 26th, the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, along with the Centre…sciencecityNovember 23, 2017 Read More