Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu to lead new NSERC CREATE program
The LSI’s Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu (Professor, Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine) has been awarded $1.65 million over 6 years to lead one of five new Collaborative Research and Training […]
Dr. Cara Haney awarded a 2022 Killam Faculty Research Fellowship
Dr. Cara Haney (Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Science) has been awarded a 2022 UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowship, which supports promising faculty members engaged in research projects […]
Dr. Pieter Cullis awarded a 2023 Killam Prize
Dr. Pieter Cullis (Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine) is one of two UBC faculty awarded a 2023 Killam Prize, administered by the National Research Council of […]
Muscle health depends on lipid synthesis
Muscle degeneration, the most prevalent cause of frailty in hereditary diseases and aging, could be caused by a deficiency in one key enzyme in a lipid biosynthesis pathway. Research led […]
Dr. Michel Roberge on researching treatment of genetic diseases: to us, every day is Rare Disease Day
This story was originally published in Feb 2020 A specialist in chemical biology and drug discovery, Dr. Michel Roberge (now retired) co-founded the Centre for Drug Research and Development in […]
Six Faculty Positions at UBC in Biological Resilience
Multi Career-stage, Diversity Cluster Hire The Life Sciences Institute’s (LSI) recent designation as a Global Research Excellence Institute at the University of British Columbia (UBC), prompted the launch of the […]
Sex Differences in Islet Stress Responses Support Female β Cell Resilience
This week Science in Vancouver profiled a recent publication in Molecular Metabolism from the labs of Drs. Elizabeth Rideout and James Johnson at UBC, with first author George Brownrigg. This article […]
Eight LSI researchers awarded funding through Fall 2022 CIHR project grant competition
Congratulations to the successful applicants in the CIHR Fall 2022 Project Grant competition! Listed below are the LSI-based PIs on the six funded projects. These include one bridge grant and one […]
Osteoporosis drug shows promise as life-saving breast cancer treatment
Research by Dr. Josef Penninger lays groundwork for treatment that promotes disease-free survival in breast cancer patients and markedly improves quality of life A drug originally designed to prevent osteoporosis […]
Dr. Christopher Overall receives 2022 John McNeill Excellence in Health Research Mentorship Award
Dr. Christopher Overall has been awarded the 2022 John McNeill Excellence in Health Research Mentorship Award, recognizing outstanding mentorship and “a deep commitment to fostering the professional and personal development […]