👏 Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the @vchresearch.bsky.social Investigator Awards: Drs. Michael Bond, Shari Li, Aresh Sepehri, and Marie-Pier St-Laurent. Learn about their studies: https://bit.ly/4dha1Ul

A recent study from the Overall Lab at UBC in Cell Reports shows that effective antiviral defense relies on the coordinated activity of interferon-stimulated genes (#ISGs). 📰 News: https://bit.ly/3RfTuID 🥼 Abstract: https://bit.ly/4t6ckz9

Good morning to all genomics fans! Today’s @genomebc.bsky.social #GenomicsForum2026 has already kicked off with incredible talks from Dr. Harris Lewin and Dr. Mark Blaxter. 📽️ Tune in to the rest of the day with their livestream: https://bit.ly/4tf6Sdr

A minimally invasive heart procedure may be a better first-line treatment than medication for people living with advanced forms of atrial fibrillation, according to a major international clinical trial led by Dr. Jason Andrade at the UBC Faculty of Medicine. 🫀 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Pj3iB7

A new interdisciplinary initiative co-led by Drs. Govind Kaigala, Sarah Hedtrich, & Megan Levings will transform how researchers model human disease and develop therapies. Read about Collaborative #OrganOnChip Network for Next-Generation Engineering and Cellular Technology: https://bit.ly/48ActDK

Researchers at UBC and BC Cancer have developed a new way to target proteins long considered “undruggable,” opening the door to new treatments for #ProstateCancer and other serious diseases. Learn more from Drs. Marianne Sadar, Natalie Strynadka, and Raymond Andersen: https://bit.ly/4n2wFnM

Dr. Cheryl Wellington's lab is harnessing new tech to detect protein biomarkers in blood. These #biomarkers offer a window into the brain, reflecting biological and pathological changes in real time. Learn about their cutting-edge work at the @vchresearch.bsky.social#biomarkers https://bit.ly/4vWIlMQ

Scientists from the UBC Faculty of Medicine have created the most detailed map to date, comprised of over 3 million cells, showing how breast tissue changes as women age. Learn more about the work from the Aparicio lab: https://bit.ly/4enYZih Abstract: https://go.nature.com/49cJXrV

Congratulations to @bcchresearch.bsky.social investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fall 2025 Project Grant competition. 📝 Check out the full list: https://bit.ly/4t791YL

Scientists have discovered additional functions of a protein involved in the underlying mechanisms of metastatic #ProstateCancer, expanding the understanding of potential treatment pathways for the disease. See the work from the @vchresearch.bsky.social#ProstateCancer https://bit.ly/4vPSMBH

The @admarebio.bsky.social M4 Innovation Centre is officially open! New laboratory facilities opened to support BC’s life sciences sector, offering move-in-ready spaces for early-stage companies that are tackling challenges in medicine and more: https://bit.ly/3OLCtVQ #VancouverBiotech

🩸 The Centre for Blood Research's 19th Annual Earl W. Davie Symposium brought together researchers, clinicians, and trainees to share cutting-edge advances in hemostasis, thrombosis, and vascular biology. 👉 Read the full recap: https://bit.ly/4tuhXs9 #BloodResearch

🧠 Meet Dr. Milan Valyear (@milanium.bsky.social), the new Assistant Professor in @psych.ubc.ca and a researcher at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health! Learn more about his career journey and his research into brain circuitry: https://bit.ly/4szI4fT

Dr. Nienke van Houten, a Lecturer and the Director of Undergraduate Education at @sfu-fhs.bsky.social, is being recognized with an Excellence in Teaching Award for 2025. 🎊 Congratulations Dr. van Houten! https://bit.ly/4sDjqeo

Dr. Peter Lansdorp's lab at BC Cancer has helped develop Strand‑seq, a powerful new method to aid in #DNASequencing. 🧬 Strand-seq allows for the study of DNA one chromosome at a time, showing how genetic information from both parents is arranged across the entire genome: https://bit.ly/3O2XBa4

Calling all podcast enthusiasts! Dr. Lyana Patrick (@lyanap.bsky.social) from @sfu-fhs.bsky.social has released a new podcast, From Ceremony Up, that dives into conversations surrounding health, justice, and Indigeneity. 🎧: https://bit.ly/4mxg9vV

In this next Learning Series session from @bccfe.bsky.social, learn about the methodology, key findings, and legacy of the Positive Brain Health Now Study, ten years later. Learn more and register here: buff.ly/P8jFCy3 #research #healthcare #healthresearch

💼 Looking for your next role in Vancouver life sciences? Our feed features opportunities across biotech, academia, healthcare, and beyond. 👉 Subscribe and get jobs delivered to your inbox every Monday: https://bit.ly/4vrNlZH

A total of 43 Research Excellence Clusters led by UBC researchers are being supported in 2026/27 through the Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters. Check out the UBC Medicine research clusters launching this year: https://bit.ly/4c2b4bf

🌱🧬 Genomics is helping reduce emissions in cannabis production. A Genome BC-funded project with Dr. Marco Todesco UBC Science + Aurora Cannabis identified genes controlling flowering 🌸—key to enabling outdoor growing in Canada. #Genomics #ClimateAction #GenomeBC

📢 Applications for CDL-Vancouver 2026 are open! If you’re a founder developing a science- or technology-based venture with the potential for massive scale, this is your chance to work with world-class mentors, entrepreneurs, investors, scientists, and more. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4mdv3ai

Is the "relocation rule" real? 🧳 If you’re weighing a postdoc move, considering a faculty position, or thinking strategically about long-term independence, the latest episode of Lab Coats & Life™ Podcast offers a grounded and practical perspective. #GradLife

Drs. Sabrina Leslie and @xintang.bsky.social have been awarded funding through the 2026/27 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters competition at UBC to launch a new research cluster that brings together advanced imaging and AI technologies. Congratulations! https://bit.ly/4c0TUL2

It's #LongCOVID awareness month! Proud to announce a new project by FHS researchers to help improve education about Long Covid for patients and healthcare providers in #emergent and #UrgentCare settings in British Columbia. www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve... #SFU #SFUFHS #BC #QI #KM

Vancouver is March-ing towards success! 🥳 From coast-to-coast funding success to prestigious national awards, March was a standout month for the local science community. Meet the researchers behind the breakthroughs, and check out our monthly award summary: https://bit.ly/47HjlPm

🎂 Happy 10th birthday to the Creative Destruction Lab-Vancouver! Over the last decade they have been transforming groundbreaking research into ventures that improve lives and growing the BC economy in fields like biomedical engineering: https://bit.ly/4sLPYUs

🌟 Dr. David Huntsman from the BC Cancer Research Institute has been awarded the 2025 Rosalind Franklin Prize for Excellence in Ovarian Cancer Research by the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance! Congratulations on this well deserved recognition: https://bit.ly/3Qe9meb

To help make postpartum hemorrhage surgical training accessible, Dr. @estherchinmd.bsky.social and UBC’s Engineers in Scrubs created STITCH. 🏥 The device mimics the look and feel of a postpartum uterus and surrounding tissues, and can be used repeatedly to practice surgeries: https://bit.ly/3QbUHQH

Genome British Columbia The Health Metadata Commons is a free hub that helps researchers discover existing human biological samples and omics data, making it easier to find resources and spark new collaborations. 👉 Explore the data: metadatacommons.ca #HealthResearch #OpenScience

📣 Nice Genes! is in 3rd place and so close to joining the #Webbys Winners Circle. RT + VOTE: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

Three cheers for Dr. Clarus Leung and Dr. Natasha Lane from Providence Research! They are the winners of the 2026 Carraresi Foundation Early Career Clinician Investigator Award. Learn more about their projects: https://bit.ly/4bHZZfo

Celebrate Research Day with Dr. Niranjan 'Tex' Kissoon with a Pediatric Grand Round session on making sepsis a global health success. 📅April 10 11:00 AM PDT📍Chan Centre or Zoom: shorturl.at/iB4xT

🤔 What happens when you remove microbes from the equation? Researchers at the UBC GnotoCore are unlocking powerful insights into how the microbiome shapes immunity and disease. 🥳 Celebrate their first year with us and learn about their milestones in #gnotobiotic research: https://bit.ly/47tcIA5

Scientists from @sfuscience.bsky.social are embarking upon a new study to discover what makes some people more resilient to brain conditions such as #dementia. 🧠 Learn more about the 10-year Brain Resilience Study: https://bit.ly/3O0F9P6

Samuel Oguntimehin, Dr. Lars Kruse and the Bohlmann lab at UBC has successfully created a bioengineered version of the plant Nicotiana benthamiana to produce MbA, a potential new avenue for #diabetes treatment! 🪴Learn more: https://bit.ly/47lyZQc

Eight BC research teams have received a combined $8 million in federal + @genomebc.bsky.social funding towards academia-industry collaborations on research solutions that are implementation and market ready. Congratulations to all researchers! https://bit.ly/47e3RCc

A new paper from @bcchresearch.bsky.social details how an 18-year-old patient with chronic granulomatous disease became the first person ever to receive and be cured by a gene modification treatment known as “Prime Editing.” 🧬 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4def752

Just a few days in simulated microgravity can subtly change the way women’s blood clots. 🌌 🚀 This research from @sfuscience.bsky.social has sparked bigger questions about health monitoring protocols for astronauts who can spend six months or more in orbit: https://bit.ly/4ruTUYd

In a ground breaking advancement, researchers have developed a novel binary self-amplifying expression platform capable of producing vaccines and nanomedicines without the need for LNPs. Learn about the work of the Jefferies lab at UBC: https://bit.ly/47EHINk

A new study from Dr. Ewan Gibb and colleagues at the Vancouver Prostate Centre introduced a molecular classifier that leverages long non-coding RNA signatures to identify hidden biological risk within tumors that are clinically classified as low-grade. 📰 https://bit.ly/4cH0VS8

How do we grow the next generation of life science talent? In the latest episode of Lab Coats & Life, Drs. Nicole Quinn and Jason Goldsmith talk with Dr. Rob Henderson about creating meaningful career pathways and supporting early-career scientists. 🎧 https://bit.ly/4unktkN

Despite major scientific progress, critical gaps in women’s health research remain. A new @genomebc.bsky.social initiative aims to change that with a $1.8M funding opportunity focused on using #genomics to improve women’s health and wellbeing. Learn more: https://bit.ly/47ux6jZ

Seven startup ventures founded by UBC Medicine community members have joined the 51st cohort of UBC’s Venture Founder program to help address global challenges in areas including cancer and diabetes treatment. Learn about the new ventures: https://bit.ly/4bidHUK

🥳 @terryfoxresearch.bsky.social has joined forces with CIHR and partners to advance cancer prevention through a groundbreaking new funding initiative. Congratulations to the awardees from BC: Drs. Gina Ogilvie, Inna Sekirov, Isabella Tai, and Citlali Marquez: https://bit.ly/3P87Nhp

🧑‍🦽 VCHRI researcher Dr. Bill Miller & rehabilitation expert Dr. Emma Smith are investigating a novel CoPILOT wheelchair training protocol to make powered wheelchairs safer for both users & therapists: www.vchri.ca/stories/2026...

Congratulations to Dr. Samantha Dawson, Dr. Paul Hewitt, and Dr. Connor Kerns!

🥼 The @vchresearch.bsky.social is launching the Phase 1 Clinical Trials Research Unit, a purpose-built facility that integrates early-phase #ClinicalResearch directly into patient care. This will accelerate the safe evaluation of novel therapies across neurological diseases: https://bit.ly/40mMoDC

📢Join us this Wednesday, March 11th at 12pm for the next BC-CfE Learning Series on Pharmacovigilance presented by Sandra Chang. Visit bccfe.ca/events/pharm... for more information and to register for in-person or virtual attendance.

Viruses exist at the boundary between living and non-living matter, making them ideal experimental probes for quantum biology. 🏆 Learn more about the topic through Connor Thompson's (@ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social) first prize winning essay: https://bit.ly/4rkIUwg

Instead of studying asthma only after children get sick, Dr. Stuart Turvey and his team at UBC have taken a different approach. 💩 By analyzing infant stool samples, researchers found differences in gut bacteria that were associated with later development of #asthma: https://bit.ly/4rqPbHa