Interesting Articles Many Junior Scientists Need to Take a Hard Look at Their Job Prospects Nature | November 3, 2017 For his 2012 PhD thesis, the sociologist Chris Platts surveyed and interviewed more than 300…sciencecityNovember 3, 2017 Read More
Local News New Research Demonstrates Complexity Underlying the ‘Simplest Form of Learning’ David Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | November 3, 2017 For Dr. Rankin (pictured, right), a leader in the field of habituation research, understanding the way that…sciencecityNovember 3, 2017 Read More
Local News Sierra Oncology Appoints Dr. Andrew Allen to Its Board of Directors Sierra Oncology | November 3, 2017 Sierra Oncology, Inc., a clinical stage drug development company focused on advancing next generation DNA…sciencecityNovember 3, 2017 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards National Gold Medal Honors Gerhard Gries’ Insect Expertise SFU Faculty of Science | November 2, 2017 Gerhard Gries has won the Entomological Society of Canada’s 2017 Gold Medal for his outstanding…sciencecityNovember 2, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Participant Selection for Lung Cancer Screening by Risk Modelling: a Single-Arm, Prospective Study Tammemagi, M.C. and Lam, S., et al. | November 2, 2017 Results from retrospective studies indicate that selecting individuals for low-dose CT lung cancer screening on the basis of a highly…sciencecityNovember 2, 2017 Read More
Local News New Genetic Research Sheds Light on Sudden Unexplained Death in the Young SFU News | November 2, 2017 Informing a grieving family that their child has suddenly died of unexplainable causes is a…sciencecityNovember 2, 2017 Read More
Publications of the Week Engineered In-Vitro Cell Line Mixtures and Robust Evaluation of Computational Methods for Clonal Decomposition and Longitudinal Dynamics in Cancer Farahani, H. and Shah, S., et al. | November 1, 2017 Characterization and quantification of tumour clonal populations over time via longitudinal sampling are essential components…sciencecityNovember 1, 2017 Read More
Local News InMed Announces Positive Pre-Clinical Data on an Ocular Hydrogel Formulation Using a Biosynthesized Cannabinoid InMed Pharmaceuticals | November 1, 2017 InMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the research and development of novel, cannabinoid-based…sciencecityNovember 1, 2017 Read More
Local News SFU-Brazilian Researchers Connect to Tackle Insect Transmitted Diseases SFU News | October 31, 2017 Researchers at SFU and Brazil’s Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) are collaborating to determine why…sciencecityOctober 31, 2017 Read More
Local News B.C. Lung Screen Trial Recruiting 2,000 People for Cancer Screening Study Terry Fox Research Institute | October 31, 2017 The B.C. Lung Screen Trial at Vancouver General Hospital is currently recruiting 2,000 individuals from…sciencecityOctober 31, 2017 Read More