Mark Cembrowski
Research Interests Anxiety, Big data, Bioinformatics, Cell types, Computation, CRISPR-Cas9, Fear, Genetics, Modeling, Neural circuits, Neuroscience, Neuroscience of memory, PTSD, RNAseq Research Focus Teams Departments Cellular and Physiological Sciences Contact Email: mark.cembrowski@ubc.ca Office Phone: 604–822–1787 Office number: 3353 Publications Google Scholar Lab Website Cembrowski lab
Yossef Av-Gay
Research Interests Host-Pathogen interactions, Microbial signal transduction, Tuberculosis Research Focus Teams COVID-19, Tuberculosis, Lung Disease Departments Infectious diseases, Microbiology & Immunology Contact Email: yossi[at]mail.ubc.ca Office Phone: 604–822–3432 Office number: 2503 Publications Google Scholar Lab Website Av-Gay lab
Dr. Carolina Tropini on microbiota, gut health and precision medicine and implications for human health
At the invitation of Canada School of Public Service, Dr. Carolina Tropini, CIFAR fellow and assistant professor in UBC’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology presented a segment of “Canada at the Cutting Edge of Innovation” on November 23, 2021. “We can’t understand the microbiota without putting it into the context of our broader human ecosystem,” […]
Dr. Pieter Cullis and colleagues receive the “Nobel of Thailand” – the Prince Mahidol Award
Canadian scientist Dr. Pieter Cullis, together with his peers Drs Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, have been honoured with the 2021 Prince Mahidol Award for their contributions to the development of COVID-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines. Through over 40 years of work in his University of British Columbia (UBC) laboratory, Dr. Cullis and UBC colleagues […]
UBC team wins gold medal at iGEM international competition with tumor biosensor project
Congratulations to Team British Columbia for their winning diagnostics project, detecTME, at the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition. Their entry, a bacteria-based biosensor, relies on engineered salmonella bacteria to enter and profile immune activity within tumors in real time. This non-invasive, cost effective platform aims to improve targeting of immunotherapy in individual patients. Read about […]
Heatwaves like ‘the Blob’ could decrease role of ocean as carbon sink
Researchers have found the two-year heatwave known as ‘the Blob’ may have temporarily dampened the Pacific’s ‘biological pump,’ which shuttles carbon from the surface ocean to the deep sea where it can be stored for millennia. Canadian and European researchers, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, conducted a large-scale study […]
Two LSI PIs named 2021 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award recipients
Each year, the Faculty of Medicine recognizes faculty members who exemplify exceptional contributions in the areas of education, research and/or service, and who are dedicated to advancing both the Faculty’s values and vision of transforming health for everyone. Congratulations to our 2021 recipients! Dr. Mark Cembrowski Cellular and Physiological Sciences Excellence in Foundational Science […]
UBC’s Beyond features Dr. Pieter Cullis and UBC-grown biotech companies
Change starts locally. Here’s how people working right in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley are helping the region—and the world—recover from the pandemic. Millions of Canadians, including British Columbians, have received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Many may not realize that a key component of the injection was developed right here at the UBC Vancouver […]
Ginny Pichler receives a 2021 Friedman Award for Scholars in Health
Virginia (Ginny) Pichler, a doctoral student in Microbiology and Immunology, is one of 16 graduate students and medical residents doing research in the field of health to receive this year’s Friedman Award for Scholars in Health. Winners range from a variety of programs, including Electrical and Computer Engineering, Experimental Medicine and Kinesiology. The Friedman Award […]
Invitation to LSI members to participate in COVID-19 Rapid Testing at UBC
Exciting news! LSI members are eligible to get free, fast and easy COVID-19 tests at Orchard Commons Residence on the UBC Vancouver Campus (see detailed map here). Do you want to contribute to COVID-19 research and help keep the UBC campus safer by identifying asymptomatic COVID positive cases? Health Canada has asked UBC to do […]