Local News How Lab-Grown ‘Mini-Brains’ Could Reveal the Inner Workings of Dementia — And Point to a Cure Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | April 27, 2022 Over the past 20 years, Alzheimer’s researchers have conducted more than 200 clinical trials of…pthomsonApril 27, 2022 Read More
Local News Support for Scientist-Entrepreneurs Crucial to Rapid Crisis Response SFU Research | April 27, 2022 To solve complex problems such as the global pandemic or climate change, society looks to…pthomsonApril 27, 2022 Read More
Local News A Hot Spot for Mutations Linked to Heart Failure Where Junctophilin Meets Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Life Sciences Institute | April 27, 2022 Just seven days shy of her 28th birthday, a star Italian swimmer dies of a heart…pthomsonApril 27, 2022 Read More
Local News COVID-19 Vaccine Study in Transplant Kids Will Help Protect Those Most at Risk BC Children's Hospital Research Institute | April 27, 2022 Faith Carrie doesn’t mince words when asked how these past two years have been. “COVID…pthomsonApril 27, 2022 Read More
Local News Novel Discovery Could Lead to New Cancer, Autoimmune Disease Therapy UBC News | November 14, 2018 A new discovery by an international research team—co-led by UBC Canada 150 Research Chair Josef…sciencecityNovember 14, 2018 Read More
Local News A Novel Approach to Outsmart Prostate Cancer Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | November 13, 2018 Prostate 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 Tech The Georgia Straight | November 12, 2018 Over 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 Studies Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute | November 9, 2018 A short walk down the hall behind the information desk at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH),…sciencecityNovember 9, 2018 Read More
Local News Postdoc Spotlight: Dr. Francis Mwimanzi CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network | February 28, 2023 Dr. Francis Mwimanzi started his CTN Mark Wainberg Postdoctoral Fellowship in the summer of 2022.…pthomsonFebruary 28, 2023 Read More
Local News Spotlight on the Future of Indigenous Genomics Innovation TheFutureEconomy.ca | February 28, 2023 How will we fight climate change? What are our plans to deal with rare diseases…pthomsonFebruary 28, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards DMCBH Researcher Receives International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society Award Djavad Mowafagian Centre for Brain Health | February 26, 2023 Congratulations to Dr. Catharine Rankin on receiving the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society’s (IBANGS) 2023 Distinguished Investigator Award!…pthomsonFebruary 26, 2023 Read More