View the agenda for the Julian Davies Memorial Symposium!: tinyurl.com/yvhf37vy Please complete this form by September 15 to register to attend: tinyurl.com/4zvpu6t2

🌫️ #DYK Vancouver currently has the world's worst air quality due to #wildfire smoke? This highlights the urgency of 3 new projects launched to better understand how wildfire smoke impacts: 🔹 People w/ COPD 🔹 Allergy sufferers 🔹 Unborn children ➡️ statics.teams.cdn.office.net/evergreen-asse…

📅 September 5th is World Spinal Cord Injury Day! This year’s theme from the The International Spinal Cord Society - ISCOS is “Fall Prevention, Spinal Cord Protection.” Falls continue to be one of the leading causes of spinal cord injury. Learn more: iscos.org.uk/page/SciDay

☀️🔬 Another summer of science is in the books! From hands-on experiments to real-world #Genomics, Geneskool’s #SummerScience Programs sparked curiosity and inspired the next generation of researchers. 🌱🧬 Here’s to a future full of discovery! 💡✨ #GenomicsEducation

The vaccine revolution is being powered by RNA technology and Canada is uniquely positioned to lead it. 🍁 💉 Check out the work on self-amplifying #RNA by the Anna Blakney Lab and on #LNPs by the Cullis lab to learn how University of British Columbia is staying at the forefront of vaccine research:

🔬 Curious about advanced imaging? Join Dr. Miki Fujita for an intro to the UBC BioImaging Facility (BIF) — from confocal to cryo-EM, discover how BIF supports #research across biology & materials science. 📅 Sep 10, 2025 | 🕒1-2 PM | 📍 2355 East Mall (UBC AMPEL RM 311) or

Looking for the best life science events in Vancouver to fill your calendar this fall? From BC Cancer Research Day to Crafting Visual Explanations of Complex Science, we've got you covered. 📆 View the full calendar and never miss an event: bit.ly/4giTCQf

🚽💡 Sewage holds secrets. In our new Nice Genes! episode, Dr. Kaylee Byers & guests reveal how wastewater surveillance tracks outbreaks—from early warnings to chasing polio in Nigeria. 💩 Genomics solves “poo dunnit.” 🎧 Listen: link.cohostpodcasting.com/b87cc2cc-6ed3-…

👤 Meet Dr. Samuel Aparicio from University of British Columbia BC Cancer — speaking at #GSCForum2025 on 'The origins and consequences of gene dosage mutations in cancer.' 📅 Oct 24 | 📍 Vancouver 🔗 eventbrite.com/e/gsc-collabor…

#FundingAnnouncement 📢 Are you a health care professional conducting innovative research at Vancouver Coastal Health or Providence Health Care? Apply for our Innovation & Translational Research Awards today! Register by Nov. 3: vchri.ca/services/start… VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation University of British Columbia Providence Research

This past August, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research announced their Fall 2025 project grants and the Vancouver community cleaned up! Check out our August Award Summary to see which researchers have shiny, new grants, accolades, and more. 📋 bit.ly/4m447rP

UBC chemist Dr. Corey Stephenson leads a research program focused on creating more efficient and sustainable processes for manufacturing life-saving medicines using light and electricity. UBC Chemistry Stephenson Group

Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer from BC Cancer is the recipient of a #PediatricBloodCancer Research Innovation Grant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada (The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada). 👏 Congratulations Dr. Kuchenbauer: bit.ly/41Mqo6k

The recipients of the 2025 BC Cancer Emerging Multidisciplinary Research Programs have been announced! 👏 Congratulations to Drs. Jessica Chan, Cathie Garnis, Jonathan Loree (Jonathan Loree), Daniel Renouf, and Ren Yuan. bit.ly/3V9FtLB

💥 Happening next Thursday, September 18th at 11am - don't forget to register! psychiatry.ubc.ca/partnering-for…

Congrats to Dewey on this well-deserved award! It’s students like Dewey who inspire us and give hope for the future of healthcare in BC and beyond.

🎉 Congratulations to the winner of our Science Prize Pack Giveaway: Rebecca Grey! Please enjoy your prize pack, we hope the umbrella will keep you dry this autumn! ☔ We're so grateful to everyone who entered and joined our amazing community of Vancouver researchers.

In Canada, $19,000 is the lifetime price tag on birth control. For women in British Columbia, that cost was slashed in 2023. Thanks to Dr. Wendy Norman’s research, B.C. is the first province in Canada to make prescription contraception completely free. cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54468.html?h…

Join us tomorrow at 12:30 in LSC 3! mbim.ubc.ca/events/seminar…

The Northern Centre for Clinical Research (NCCR) launched its first clinical trial, giving people in rural and Indigenous communities the chance to participate in chronic #KidneyDisease research. Learn more from University of British Columbia's Dr. Anurag Singh, Director of NCCR: bit.ly/4mt9hhu