With a focus on innovation, many academics are turning to entrepreneurship to bring their ideas to market. Speakers from Nat4Bio, SeraGene, and Tempus will discuss the challenges, opportunities, and steps for launching successful ventures based on research tinyurl.com/iubmbstartup

Honored to receive the 2024 University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine Award for Advancement of Equity, Diversity and Inclusiveness. I have led UBC Biochemistry & Molecular Biology's EDI committee for the last 4 years and am so proud of the work we have done: biochem.ubc.ca/equity-diversi… med.ubc.ca/news/2024-facu…

Congratulations to BMB Faculty Dr. Eric Jan, Dr. Lindsay Rogers, and Dr. Annie Ciernia on receiving the 2024 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award! 👏 med.ubc.ca/news/2024-facu…

Heart disease and brain health conditions are among the top causes of death and disability in Canada. Meet the Indigenous trainees studying these health issues: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53940.html?h… #NIHM2024

This has been a long time in the making! A great collaboration with the Kulik Group as part of MONET-CCI at Michigan Chemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of British Columbia - overcoming inherent challenges in the photochemical excitation of acyclic imines! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

📢 BMB Faculty Promotion! Congratulations to Dr. Calvin Yip on his promotion to Professor with tenure! 👏 biochem.ubc.ca/faculty-2/calv…

🚨 New Teves Lab Publication Alert! 🚨 Excited to share our latest research published in RNA Biology: "TBP facilitates RNA Polymerase I transcription following mitosis". Read the full article here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Tweetorial below!

Congratulations to our brilliant graduate student Hazel Cui for being awarded a prestigious 4-year fellowship! 🌟 This achievement is a testament to her hard work and dedication to advancing research in eukaryotic transcription. So proud of you! Teveslab.com

📢Next Monday! The Department of BMB would like to invite you to our Discussion Group Seminar Series featuring Dr. Roger Castells-Graells from the University of California. 📍Monday, July 22 at 2:30 pm in LSC 1312 Host: Dr. Nathanael Caveney Hope to see you there! 🌟

⭐: Dr. Emilia Lim Emilia Lim, University of British Columbia University of British Columbia 📝: Investigating the associations between ambient air pollution exposure and genomics, epigenomics and metabolomics 🔗: ow.ly/sVct50SzAip

Congratulations to Dr. Kizhakkedathu, Dr. McNagny & Dr. Foster! UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers are leading 38 projects awarded more than $25 million in combined funding through the CIHR Project Grant. Read more: cbr.ubc.ca/three-cbr-scie… #science #research #CIHR

Dr. Pieter Cullis began his laureate lecture with a remark on science & #Serendipity. His groundbreaking work on lipid nanoparticles revolutionized mRNA vaccine technology, paving the way for rapid COVID-19 vaccine development! 📺Watch the full lecture: youtu.be/258sWtEZBoU?si…

Check out "The 60-year evolution of #LNPs for nucleic acid delivery" by NMIN Founding Scientific Director Dr. Pieter Cullis UBC Pharm Sci in nature Reviews #drug discovery UBC Life Sciences Institute UBC Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UBC Medicine PrecisionNanoSystems Life Sciences BC nature.com/articles/s4157…

Congratulations to Marie Johns, a member of the #JefferiesLab, and Karol Buda, a member of the #TokurikiLab, for receiving the 2023-2024 William and Dorothy Gilbert Scholarship in Biomedical Sciences! 🥳 Learn more about the award and the recipients at: bit.ly/23-24-Gilbert-…

Our new microglia morphology pipeline tool is officially published in eneuro! eneuro.org/content/11/7/E…

Featured #paper: "An alternative broad-specificity pathway for glycan breakdown in bacteria." University of British Columbia UBC Chemistry Michael Smith Labs UBC Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UBC Centre for Blood Research Beamline: CMCF doi.org/10.1038/s41586…

Join us in welcoming our newest staff member, Charlotte Juras!🌟 Charlotte has joined the team as an HR Coordinator for the CPS and UBC Biochemistry & Molecular Biology departments! Learn more: cps.med.ubc.ca/new-staff-anno… Staff roles: cps.med.ubc.ca/staff-roles/

📢The Departments of BMB UBC Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and CHBE CHBE at UBC invite applications for an Associate Professor (tenure) or Professor (tenure) position! Apply by October 14, 2024 ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs…

🚀 Join us on Sept 24th for our next webinar: "Next Generation #LNP Technologies for Enabling Extra-hepatic Nucleic Acid Delivery," hosted by ETPN & Nanovation Therapeutics Inc! Learn from top experts in #Nanomedicine & #GeneTherapy. Interactive Q&A. Register now 👉 events.zoom.us/ev/AqqRJKuEiyr…

📢We are excited to invite you to the annual Michael Smith Distinguished Lecture, co-hosted by the Department of BMB and the MSL Michael Smith Labs , featuring special guest Dr. Sue Biggins Sue Biggins ! 📍October 18, 2024 at 3 pm in LSC 1 and Zoom We hope to see you there!🌟