Clostridioides difficile is one of the most common causes of infectious diarrhea in hospitals. 🧬 Drs. Will Hsiao, Amy Lee, Kevin Afra, & Michael Trimble at @fraserhealth.ca & @sfu-fhs.bsky.social are analyzing #Cdifficile's genetic makeup to better understand the infection: https://bit.ly/4os2sxy

Missed last week's Café Scientifique talk with Anaïs Remili? Learn how blubber biopsies can give us a window into the health of entire ecosystems. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz76...

Wild sockeye populations are in decline, yet some continue to adapt and find new habitats. A team led by @sfubiosciences.bsky.social prof @jon-moore.bsky.social is hoping to find genetic markers that contribute to salmon resilience. www.genomebc.ca/blog/genomic...

Therapies targeting mutant huntingtin (mHTT) reduction in the brain hold promise as disease-modifying treatments for #HuntingtonDisease. 🔎 Dr. Nicholas Caron and the Hayden lab at UBC evaluated candidate molecular and imaging biomarkers after mHTT reduction in mice: https://bit.ly/48cILVx

UBC seeks a CRC Tier 2 Chair in cognitive resilience for dementia prevention within Psychiatry and DMCBH supporting research teaching and inclusive leadership. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/assistan...

🧠 A new lab-grown model reveals how genetic mutations disrupt early brain formation, offering fresh insight into developmental disorders. Check out the work from Dr. Lisa Julian ( @lisaj456.bsky.social ) at @sfuscience.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/3XiTh7y #Bioprinting

💡 @ubcmedicine.bsky.social scientists have founded six new spinoff companies that build on their research to turn discoveries into real-world impact. From next-generation cell analysis to tumor-specific antibody-drug conjugates, check out what UBC researchers are pioneering: https://bit.ly/4aeL2kq

Looking to launch or grow your career in biotech or biomanufacturing? Build Your BioFuture: National Career & Info Fair for Biotechnology & Biomanufacturing Talent (co-hosted by SCN and CASTL) is happening January 27, 2026! Learn more and register today. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/training/wor...

Biological Sciences shines at this year's Faculty of Science Awards! We're proud to celebrate three incredible winners across various categories, recognizing their outstanding contributions to research, teaching and outreach. Congrats all!!

Welcome back to our Research Training Workshop series! The next workshop will be Neuro Grad School 101, a panel discussion where undergraduates will hear from current INN grad students on everything from finding a lab to writing a thesis. To learn more, visit: www.sfu.ca/neuro-instit...

Dr. David Huntsman from the BC Cancer Research Institute and UBC is the recipient of this year's Doctors of BC Terry Fox Medal. Dr. Huntsman is internationally recognized for transforming the understanding and management of #GynecologicCancers. Congratulations! https://bit.ly/4pAcyNW

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#HeartHealthpostdoctoral fellow Dr. Yiting Chen and her team: https://bit.ly/49ATSZy

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

Today is the last week of World #AMR Awareness Week! Learn more about antimicrobial resistance here ➡️ who.int/news-room/fa... #WAAW2025

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

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

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

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

🔊 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. 🔬 🔗 stemcellnetwork.ca/wp-content/u...

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#ProstateCancer 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

Tuesday, November 18th is the International Day of 2SLGBTQIA+ People in STEM! 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

🏆 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

📢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!

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

(Cell)ebrating Halloween! 🎃 #HappyHalloween

👏 Congrats to Dr. Alex Wyatt, a leading cancer genomics researcher at VCHRI, on his appointment as the UBC President’s Excellence Chair in Precision Oncology! This prestigious recognition celebrates his pioneering research at the Vancouver Prostate Centre: ow.ly/wXGk50XkC0N

🎃 This Halloween, we’re celebrating the mad scientists, curious minds, and researchers who turn imagination into innovation every day. Whether you’re running gels or running from ghosts, we wish everyone a frightfully fun and scientifically sound Halloween! 👩‍🔬🧛‍♀️

Drs. David Perrin and Larry Goldenberg from UBC and the Vancouver Prostate Centre have developed a new DNA-guided platform that paves the way for more precise cancer treatments. Learn more about baited-SELEX: https://bit.ly/43IRP1C

Stay ahead of Vancouver's science scene! Subscribe to the Science in Vancouver newsletter for and never miss out on: 📰 The latest research news & publications 🎟️ Upcoming science events 💼 Local job listings Be part of the community driving science forward: https://bit.ly/4hxX0HC

New data from Christine Wardell and the Levings lab at UBC and @bcchresearch.bsky.social has demonstrated that A2-CAR Treg cells have potential therapeutic use to simultaneously control both allo- and #autoimmunity in islet transplantation. Check it the paper: https://bit.ly/4nq3SIg

Hormonal contraception—from brain to policy. Join us Nov 14 | 1 PM EST for “Hormonal Contraceptives: Insights from Across the Field” featuring emerging researchers on access, mental health & more. 💻 Free | Register: ow.ly/JX9L50XfOpW #WomensHealthResearch #Contraception

New PI on the block! Dr. Jennifer Ritonja joined BC Cancer in July 2025. Her research focuses on identifying early indicators of cancer in women, particularly for breast and ovarian cancers. Learn more: https://bit.ly/47cX2RM #BreastCancer #OvarianCancer

Research by NGDI UBC in collaboration with computer scientists at LSU using #AI have identified novel compounds to treat Emerging Infectious Diseases including long-hauling #COVIDー19 in children @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social @isntd.org @yalesph.bsky.social

This week, we profile a publication by Dr. @annablakney.bsky.social ’s lab that demonstrates the relative expression kinetics of three different types of RNA. This profile honors the late Dr. Credo Casmil, first author of the study and beloved lab member of the Blakney lab: https://bit.ly/42VJlUD

Scientists have come to appreciate that the trillions of #microbes that live in you have a huge impact on the body as a whole. 💬 In this Q&A, Dr. Brett Finlay from @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social#microbesdiscusses the human microbiome and his new book, The Microbiome Master Key: https://bit.ly/4hrJ5mn

Learning. Exercise. Nutrition. Understand how simple daily habits can rewire your brain and change your life. Join us on Nov 3 at UBC Robson Square and hear from UBC experts Drs. Lara Boyd, Teresa Liu-Ambrose & Silke Appel-Cresswell. Register: communityengagement.ubc.ca/events/rewir...

A new exhibition at the @museumofvan.bsky.social , co-produced by @sfu-fhs.bsky.social , invites visitors into the often-invisible world of those living with the life-altering effects of COVID-19. Learn more about this amazing #SciComm exhibition: https://bit.ly/4qlzeCC #LongCOVID

💧 Can our tears give us early insights into #Alzheimer’s disease development? Dr. Printha Wijesinghe from @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social#Alzheimerstudied miRNA levels in brain, eye, and tear tissues in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s and found that tear miRNA profiles mirrored the brain’s: https://bit.ly/47gCOoV

Thinking about a career in academia? 🤔 Join us for Preparing for a Career as a #PrincipalInvestigator, a webinar and panel discussion on navigating the path to an academic position with insights from Drs. Marian Hettiaratchi, Michael Kallos, and Ian Tobias. 🔗 stemcellnetwork.ca/training/wor...