CBR/LSI Summer Studentship Program 2024
The LSI is joining up with the CBR Summer Studentship program to provide students with an opportunity to get hands-on research experience this summer and to present their research at […]
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. 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
B.C. sea sponge has COVID-blocking powers
UBC researchers have identified three compounds that prevent COVID-19 infection in human cells, derived from natural sources including a B.C. sea sponge. The discovery paves the way for the development […]
Av-Gay Lab identifies infection-halting compound, broadly effective from COVID-19 to the common cold
Researchers at UBC’s Life Sciences Institute have identified a compound that shows early promise at halting infections from a range of coronaviruses, including all variants of SARS-CoV-2 and the common […]
Seeing the impacts of cleft palate on children and families leads dentist to pursue orofacial research
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies profiles PhD student Isra Ibrahim During her general practice residency at Khartoum Dental Teaching Hospital, Isra Ibrahim, a doctoral student from Sudan, saw the negative effects […]
Stem cells help Type-1 diabetes patients produce insulin
It has been 100 years since Canadian scientists discovered insulin as a treatment for Type-1 diabetes. For millions of patients around the world, regular insulin injections remain the only treatment. […]
HUSHing repetitive-like elements contributes to normal brain development and function
The gene-silencing complex HUSH might be involved in complex disorders affecting the brain and neurons. However, its mechanism of action remains unclear. Researchers from the Penninger lab at the Institute […]