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A new heart monitoring system combining 3D printing and AI could transform the way doctors measure and diagnose patients' #HeartHealth.
Learn more about the dry electrodes from @sfuscience.bsky.social postdoctoral fellow Dr. Yiting Chen and her team: https://bit.ly/49ATSZy
Learn more about the dry electrodes from @sfuscience.bsky.social postdoctoral fellow Dr. Yiting Chen and her team: https://bit.ly/49ATSZy
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A new heart monitoring system combining 3D printing and AI could transform the way doctors measure and diagnose patients' #HeartHealth.
Learn more about the dry electrodes from @sfuscience.bsky.social postdoctoral fellow Dr. Yiting Chen and her team: https://bit.ly/49ATSZy
Learn more about the dry electrodes from @sfuscience.bsky.social postdoctoral fellow Dr. Yiting Chen and her team: https://bit.ly/49ATSZy
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Explore how lessons from the last pandemic could inform the response to the next one & understand why cultural & societal context matters for effective response. Join the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation on Dec. 8 for a session with Dr. David Patrick: https://ow.ly/sX3350XuSSr
What Have We Learned About Effective Pandemic Response? | Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation
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November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Explore how lessons from the last pandemic could inform the response to the next one & understand why cultural & societal context matters for effective response. Join the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation on Dec. 8 for a session with Dr. David Patrick: https://ow.ly/sX3350XuSSr
The @mitacscanada.bsky.social Innovation Awards have been announced! This year, Dr. Tae-Ho Kim, a postdoctoral fellow at SFU, is among the winners for his groundbreaking work to design a first-of-its-kind self-powered continuous blood pressure monitor.
Congratulations! https://bit.ly/48wx0cx
Congratulations! https://bit.ly/48wx0cx
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The @mitacscanada.bsky.social Innovation Awards have been announced! This year, Dr. Tae-Ho Kim, a postdoctoral fellow at SFU, is among the winners for his groundbreaking work to design a first-of-its-kind self-powered continuous blood pressure monitor.
Congratulations! https://bit.ly/48wx0cx
Congratulations! https://bit.ly/48wx0cx
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Today is the last week of World #AMR Awareness Week! Learn more about antimicrobial resistance here ➡️
who.int/news-room/fa... #WAAW2025
who.int/news-room/fa... #WAAW2025
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Today is the last week of World #AMR Awareness Week! Learn more about antimicrobial resistance here ➡️
who.int/news-room/fa... #WAAW2025
who.int/news-room/fa... #WAAW2025
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4 new Genome BC–supported projects focused on preserving and understanding BC’s marine ecosystems. From salmon genomics to fish immunity and climate impacts on zooplankton, researchers across BC are driving critical marine science forward. 🌊🧬
#MarineConservation #BCMarineLife
#MarineConservation #BCMarineLife
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
4 new Genome BC–supported projects focused on preserving and understanding BC’s marine ecosystems. From salmon genomics to fish immunity and climate impacts on zooplankton, researchers across BC are driving critical marine science forward. 🌊🧬
#MarineConservation #BCMarineLife
#MarineConservation #BCMarineLife
To study molecules in cell-like conditions Dr. Sabrina Leslie at UBC invented a high-resolution imaging platform called Convex Lens-induced Confinement (CLiC).
CLiC lets drug designers actually see how cells respond to nanomedicines’ drug cargoes: https://bit.ly/3K8I8TC
CLiC lets drug designers actually see how cells respond to nanomedicines’ drug cargoes: https://bit.ly/3K8I8TC
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
To study molecules in cell-like conditions Dr. Sabrina Leslie at UBC invented a high-resolution imaging platform called Convex Lens-induced Confinement (CLiC).
CLiC lets drug designers actually see how cells respond to nanomedicines’ drug cargoes: https://bit.ly/3K8I8TC
CLiC lets drug designers actually see how cells respond to nanomedicines’ drug cargoes: https://bit.ly/3K8I8TC
Researchers at UBC & @vchresearch.bsky.social developed a plant-based therapeutic gel to help heal chronic pressure ulcers (bed sores).
Led by Dr. David Granville and Heather Mak, the team's approach blocks the enzyme Granzyme B, which interferes with proper #SkinRepair: https://bit.ly/4iedKnt
Led by Dr. David Granville and Heather Mak, the team's approach blocks the enzyme Granzyme B, which interferes with proper #SkinRepair: https://bit.ly/4iedKnt
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Researchers at UBC & @vchresearch.bsky.social developed a plant-based therapeutic gel to help heal chronic pressure ulcers (bed sores).
Led by Dr. David Granville and Heather Mak, the team's approach blocks the enzyme Granzyme B, which interferes with proper #SkinRepair: https://bit.ly/4iedKnt
Led by Dr. David Granville and Heather Mak, the team's approach blocks the enzyme Granzyme B, which interferes with proper #SkinRepair: https://bit.ly/4iedKnt
Dr. Zachary Hudson has been awarded an Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship. 🎈 Dr. Hudson is a UBC chemist developing advanced materials that are transforming how we diagnose disease and more.
Congratulations Dr. Hudson! https://bit.ly/4rat34D
Congratulations Dr. Hudson! https://bit.ly/4rat34D
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Dr. Zachary Hudson has been awarded an Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship. 🎈 Dr. Hudson is a UBC chemist developing advanced materials that are transforming how we diagnose disease and more.
Congratulations Dr. Hudson! https://bit.ly/4rat34D
Congratulations Dr. Hudson! https://bit.ly/4rat34D
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🔊 Career opportunity: Professor / Associate Professor (Tenure) – Dr. Connie Eaves Chair in Cancer Stem Cell Research!
This position offers a unique opportunity to drive transformative research integrating cutting-edge technologies to improve patient outcomes. 🔬
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This position offers a unique opportunity to drive transformative research integrating cutting-edge technologies to improve patient outcomes. 🔬
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November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🔊 Career opportunity: Professor / Associate Professor (Tenure) – Dr. Connie Eaves Chair in Cancer Stem Cell Research!
This position offers a unique opportunity to drive transformative research integrating cutting-edge technologies to improve patient outcomes. 🔬
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This position offers a unique opportunity to drive transformative research integrating cutting-edge technologies to improve patient outcomes. 🔬
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A new study has uncovered biomarkers to help select the most effective precision treatments for patients with late-stage #ProstateCancer.
Led by Dr. Alexander Wyatt at @vchresearch.bsky.social, a key advantage of the approach is that it can be performed with a blood test: https://bit.ly/3M7yXDy
Led by Dr. Alexander Wyatt at @vchresearch.bsky.social, a key advantage of the approach is that it can be performed with a blood test: https://bit.ly/3M7yXDy
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A new study has uncovered biomarkers to help select the most effective precision treatments for patients with late-stage #ProstateCancer.
Led by Dr. Alexander Wyatt at @vchresearch.bsky.social, a key advantage of the approach is that it can be performed with a blood test: https://bit.ly/3M7yXDy
Led by Dr. Alexander Wyatt at @vchresearch.bsky.social, a key advantage of the approach is that it can be performed with a blood test: https://bit.ly/3M7yXDy
The awardees for the Huntington Society of Canada's 2025 Navigator Research Program has been announced.
🎉 Congratulations to Drs. Blair Leavitt and Lynn Raymond from UBC! https://bit.ly/4815KRZ
🎉 Congratulations to Drs. Blair Leavitt and Lynn Raymond from UBC! https://bit.ly/4815KRZ
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The awardees for the Huntington Society of Canada's 2025 Navigator Research Program has been announced.
🎉 Congratulations to Drs. Blair Leavitt and Lynn Raymond from UBC! https://bit.ly/4815KRZ
🎉 Congratulations to Drs. Blair Leavitt and Lynn Raymond from UBC! https://bit.ly/4815KRZ
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Tuesday, November 18th is the International Day of 2SLGBTQIA+ People in STEM!
For more information on this commemoration, visit prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
For more information on this commemoration, visit prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Tuesday, November 18th is the International Day of 2SLGBTQIA+ People in STEM!
For more information on this commemoration, visit prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
For more information on this commemoration, visit prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
Until recently, doctors had few tools to predict relapse for #LymphoidCancer. That’s changing, thanks to work led by Drs. Christian Steidl, Marco Marra, and David Scott at BC Cancer.
By sequencing relapsed tumours, the team has uncovered new #biomarkers: https://bit.ly/43wCAZT
By sequencing relapsed tumours, the team has uncovered new #biomarkers: https://bit.ly/43wCAZT
November 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Until recently, doctors had few tools to predict relapse for #LymphoidCancer. That’s changing, thanks to work led by Drs. Christian Steidl, Marco Marra, and David Scott at BC Cancer.
By sequencing relapsed tumours, the team has uncovered new #biomarkers: https://bit.ly/43wCAZT
By sequencing relapsed tumours, the team has uncovered new #biomarkers: https://bit.ly/43wCAZT
🏆 Dr. Christian Steidl, Senior Scientist and Executive Director, Research at BC Cancer, is the recipient of a 2025 Operating Grant in Blood Cancer, co-funded by AstraZeneca Canada and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada.
Congratulations Dr. Steidl! https://bit.ly/43QlF4H
#BloodCancerResearch
Congratulations Dr. Steidl! https://bit.ly/43QlF4H
#BloodCancerResearch
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
🏆 Dr. Christian Steidl, Senior Scientist and Executive Director, Research at BC Cancer, is the recipient of a 2025 Operating Grant in Blood Cancer, co-funded by AstraZeneca Canada and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada.
Congratulations Dr. Steidl! https://bit.ly/43QlF4H
#BloodCancerResearch
Congratulations Dr. Steidl! https://bit.ly/43QlF4H
#BloodCancerResearch
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📢BMBDG Seminar!
Join us November 27, 2025 for an in-person presentation by Dr. El Bachir Affar.
📷 November 27, 2025, 2:30 PM, LSC 3
Hope to see you there!
Join us November 27, 2025 for an in-person presentation by Dr. El Bachir Affar.
📷 November 27, 2025, 2:30 PM, LSC 3
Hope to see you there!
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
📢BMBDG Seminar!
Join us November 27, 2025 for an in-person presentation by Dr. El Bachir Affar.
📷 November 27, 2025, 2:30 PM, LSC 3
Hope to see you there!
Join us November 27, 2025 for an in-person presentation by Dr. El Bachir Affar.
📷 November 27, 2025, 2:30 PM, LSC 3
Hope to see you there!
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Save the date! @isscr.org, @alleninstitute.org & @socdevbio.bsky.social are collaborating to present a 3-day scientific symposium led by early-career scientists. The Stem Cell & Developmental Biology Early Career Symposium will be held September 23-25, 2026 in Seattle, WA. Learn more: bit.ly/4p98dkv
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Save the date! @isscr.org, @alleninstitute.org & @socdevbio.bsky.social are collaborating to present a 3-day scientific symposium led by early-career scientists. The Stem Cell & Developmental Biology Early Career Symposium will be held September 23-25, 2026 in Seattle, WA. Learn more: bit.ly/4p98dkv
🎃 This October, researchers from across the Vancouver scientific community won awards, grants, and scholarships.
From PIs to postdocs to students and more, our researchers and their work are getting recognized nationally and internationally! Check out the full list: https://bit.ly/4ozz6ht
From PIs to postdocs to students and more, our researchers and their work are getting recognized nationally and internationally! Check out the full list: https://bit.ly/4ozz6ht
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
🎃 This October, researchers from across the Vancouver scientific community won awards, grants, and scholarships.
From PIs to postdocs to students and more, our researchers and their work are getting recognized nationally and internationally! Check out the full list: https://bit.ly/4ozz6ht
From PIs to postdocs to students and more, our researchers and their work are getting recognized nationally and internationally! Check out the full list: https://bit.ly/4ozz6ht
This year's Innovation Week at @sfuscience.bsky.social commemorates ten years of the Invention to Innovation (i2I) Graduate Certificate, a national program mobilizing scientists into entrepreneurs.
This year's first place winner of the i2I Pitch event was Dr. Shubha De! https://bit.ly/4os0dek
This year's first place winner of the i2I Pitch event was Dr. Shubha De! https://bit.ly/4os0dek
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This year's Innovation Week at @sfuscience.bsky.social commemorates ten years of the Invention to Innovation (i2I) Graduate Certificate, a national program mobilizing scientists into entrepreneurs.
This year's first place winner of the i2I Pitch event was Dr. Shubha De! https://bit.ly/4os0dek
This year's first place winner of the i2I Pitch event was Dr. Shubha De! https://bit.ly/4os0dek
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Dr. Zabrina Brumme, Laboratory Director of @bccfe.bsky.social, leads one of only two laboratories in Canada that perform specialized precision medicine tests to guide HIV treatments. Read our full profile: buff.ly/qbDZqPi #researcg #hiv #hivresearch #healthcare #healthresearch
Providence Research Profiles: Dr. Zabrina Brumme | Providence Research
Dr. Zabrina Brumme, Laboratory Director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), leads one of only two laboratories in Canada that perform specialized precision medicine tests to guide…
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November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Dr. Zabrina Brumme, Laboratory Director of @bccfe.bsky.social, leads one of only two laboratories in Canada that perform specialized precision medicine tests to guide HIV treatments. Read our full profile: buff.ly/qbDZqPi #researcg #hiv #hivresearch #healthcare #healthresearch
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Last week Dr. Julio Montaner was honoured to join a panel of medical experts in Buenos Aires at the Universidad del Salvador to present "Treatment as Prevention to Optimize the Control of HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases" as part of their program on the public health impacts of STIs.
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Last week Dr. Julio Montaner was honoured to join a panel of medical experts in Buenos Aires at the Universidad del Salvador to present "Treatment as Prevention to Optimize the Control of HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases" as part of their program on the public health impacts of STIs.
Seven start-up ventures founded by UBC Faculty of Medicine community members have joined the 50th cohort of UBC’s Venture Founder program to help address global challenges in areas including biotechnology and health care.
See the 7 teams: https://bit.ly/43UJ0Ss
#VancouverBiotech
See the 7 teams: https://bit.ly/43UJ0Ss
#VancouverBiotech
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Seven start-up ventures founded by UBC Faculty of Medicine community members have joined the 50th cohort of UBC’s Venture Founder program to help address global challenges in areas including biotechnology and health care.
See the 7 teams: https://bit.ly/43UJ0Ss
#VancouverBiotech
See the 7 teams: https://bit.ly/43UJ0Ss
#VancouverBiotech
Led by Dr. Bruce Carleton, the GO-PGx project at @bcchresearch.bsky.social has established a national precision medicine network.
By integrating pharmacogenomic testing into routine care, the project enabled clinicians to tailor drug therapies to a child’s genetic profile: https://bit.ly/493yxrA
By integrating pharmacogenomic testing into routine care, the project enabled clinicians to tailor drug therapies to a child’s genetic profile: https://bit.ly/493yxrA
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Led by Dr. Bruce Carleton, the GO-PGx project at @bcchresearch.bsky.social has established a national precision medicine network.
By integrating pharmacogenomic testing into routine care, the project enabled clinicians to tailor drug therapies to a child’s genetic profile: https://bit.ly/493yxrA
By integrating pharmacogenomic testing into routine care, the project enabled clinicians to tailor drug therapies to a child’s genetic profile: https://bit.ly/493yxrA
Four research teams across Canada have received a total of $14.5 million though the 2025 @terryfoxresearch.bsky.social New Frontiers Program Project Grants.
Congratulations to the Vancouver awardees: Drs. David Huntsman, Torsten Nielsen, and Peter Black! https://bit.ly/3XcnWDi
Congratulations to the Vancouver awardees: Drs. David Huntsman, Torsten Nielsen, and Peter Black! https://bit.ly/3XcnWDi
November 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Four research teams across Canada have received a total of $14.5 million though the 2025 @terryfoxresearch.bsky.social New Frontiers Program Project Grants.
Congratulations to the Vancouver awardees: Drs. David Huntsman, Torsten Nielsen, and Peter Black! https://bit.ly/3XcnWDi
Congratulations to the Vancouver awardees: Drs. David Huntsman, Torsten Nielsen, and Peter Black! https://bit.ly/3XcnWDi
Congratulations to Drs. Nozomu Yachie and Xin Tang from UBC on their appointments as Canada Research Chairs!
Dr. Yachie has been renewed as s Tier 2 Chair in Synthetic Biology: https://bit.ly/4hClsaE
Dr. Tang has been awarded a Tier 2 Chair in Computational Cell Biology: https://bit.ly/47EQNoQ
Dr. Yachie has been renewed as s Tier 2 Chair in Synthetic Biology: https://bit.ly/4hClsaE
Dr. Tang has been awarded a Tier 2 Chair in Computational Cell Biology: https://bit.ly/47EQNoQ
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Congratulations to Drs. Nozomu Yachie and Xin Tang from UBC on their appointments as Canada Research Chairs!
Dr. Yachie has been renewed as s Tier 2 Chair in Synthetic Biology: https://bit.ly/4hClsaE
Dr. Tang has been awarded a Tier 2 Chair in Computational Cell Biology: https://bit.ly/47EQNoQ
Dr. Yachie has been renewed as s Tier 2 Chair in Synthetic Biology: https://bit.ly/4hClsaE
Dr. Tang has been awarded a Tier 2 Chair in Computational Cell Biology: https://bit.ly/47EQNoQ
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(Cell)ebrating Halloween! 🎃 #HappyHalloween
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
(Cell)ebrating Halloween! 🎃 #HappyHalloween