AwardsFeatured Awards UBC Medical Student Mohit Sodhi Receives 2022 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award UBC Faculty of Medicine | September 2, 2022 UBC faculty of medicine student Mohit Sodhi has been awarded a Canadian Medical Hall of…pthomsonSeptember 2, 2022 Read More
Local News SaNOtize Announces $24 Million in Series B Funding to Advance Its Nitric Oxide-Based Therapeutics, Including Nasal Spray for the Treatment and Prevention of COVID-19 SaNOtize | September 2, 2022 SaNOtize Research & Development Corp., (“SaNOtize”), a Canadian anti-infective-focused therapeutics company, today announced an oversubscribed…pthomsonSeptember 2, 2022 Read More
AwardsMonthly Award Summaries August 2022 Award Winners Science in Vancouver | September 1, 2022 Dr. Philip Hieter (pictured) from UBC received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research grant to…pthomsonSeptember 1, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week DLL4 and VCAM1 Enhance the Emergence of T Cell–Competent Hematopoietic Progenitors From Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Michaels, Y., & Edgar, J., et al. | August 31, 2022 In a recent publication, researchers in Dr. Peter Zandstra's lab developed a clinically relevant process…pthomsonAugust 31, 2022 Read More
Local News A Yeast for All Seasons — And Temperatures Medium | April 8, 2019 From ancient Mesopotamia to modern-day craft businesses, brewers have honed their skills in transforming wort — a…sciencecityApril 8, 2019 Read More
Local News CDRD & TRIUMF Announce Collaboration to Revolutionize the Fight against Cancer with Targeted Alpha Therapy Centre for Drug Research and Development | April 8, 2019 CDRD, Canada’s life sciences venture, TRIUMF, the country’s national particle accelerator centre, and TRIUMF Innovations,…sciencecityApril 8, 2019 Read More
Local News CDRD & TRIUMF Announce Collaboration to Revolutionize the Fight against Cancer with Targeted Alpha Therapy Centre for Drug Research and Development | April 8, 2019 CDRD, Canada’s life sciences venture, TRIUMF, the country’s national particle accelerator centre, and TRIUMF Innovations,…mjoyApril 8, 2019 Read More
Local News Aspect Biosystems Enters Collaboration with UCLA’s C-MIT Aspect Biosystems | April 5, 2019 Aspect Biosystems, a Canadian biotech company pioneering microfluidic 3D bioprinting of human tissues, is pleased…sciencecityApril 5, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week A Novel Class of Broad-Spectrum Active-Site-Directed 3C-Like Protease Inhibitors with Nanomolar Antiviral Activity against highly Immune-Evasive SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Subvariants Pérez-Vargas, J., et al. | August 14, 2023 Antivirals with broad coronavirus activity are important for treating high-risk individuals exposed to the constantly…pthomsonAugust 14, 2023 Read More
Local News Hepatitis C Cure Does Not Remove All Risks, CTN Investigators Find CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network | August 11, 2023 CTN Investigators Drs. Naveed Janjua (Canadian lead) and Sofia Bartlett, along with a team of researchers from Canada and the…pthomsonAugust 11, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week ASCL1 Is Activated Downstream of the ROR2/CREB Signaling Pathway to Support Lineage Plasticity in Prostate Cancer Tabrizian, N., et al. | August 11, 2023 Lineage plasticity is a form of therapy-induced drug resistance. In prostate cancer, androgen receptor (AR)…pthomsonAugust 11, 2023 Read More