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[UBC Centre for Blood Research @CBR_UBC]

Dr. Tanya Bennet, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Karen Cheung’s Lab, was awarded the 2026 Michael Joh Page Award!
Congratulations Dr. Bennet on this well-deserved recognition of your outstanding research, mentorship, and contributions to the CBR community!🎉🎉🎉

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Let's talk teeth! 🦷

Drs. He Liu & Ya Shen from @UBC found that IDR-1002 attenuates bacterial challenge, inflammation, and oxidative stress while promoting mineralization-related responses. This work could support #PulpRepair: https://t.co/aFQ6f1NyV2

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Dr. Kayla King from @UBC was awarded the 2026 Francis Crick Medal and Lecture for her contributions to the fields of evolutionary biology and genetics of infectious disease.

🎤 Listen to the lecture now: https://t.co/oBQfq68hIB

[University of British Columbia @UBC]

Meet Dr. Brian Kuhlman, UBC's new Eddie Goldenberg Distinguished Research Chair of Canada in Computational Protein Design.

Dr. Kuhlman is a leading authority in computational protein design — the use of computer modelling to create proteins with specific properties and functions. His work has been instrumental in transforming the field from a largely theoretical idea into an established scientific discipline capable of designing proteins with new sequences, structures and functions. He will be joining the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia in spring 2027.

Learn more about Dr. Kuhlman and the research he's bringing to UBC: https://t.co/eZPebUGVVI

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👏 @ClinTrialsBC has announced Dr. Barbara McGillivray and Cindy Trytten as recipients of the 2026 #ClinicalTrials British Columbia Awards.

Congratulations to both awardees! https://t.co/VJFr2uOoNo

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A team of scientists found that a lactation drug could reduce the risk of #BreastCancer in mothers after childbirth.

“Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among younger women,” said study co-lead Dr. Christopher Maxwell at @UBC & @BCCHresearch.

🤱 https://t.co/oS4dhoJSgx

[Gairdner Foundation @GairdnerAwards]

How can measuring thousands of proteins help us better understand disease?

Join Matthias Mann on Oct. 22 to explore how mass spectrometry-based proteomics is transforming biomedical research & advancing clinical diagnostics.

🎟️Free: https://t.co/Berihu4H0a

#GairdnerScienceWeek

[GenomeBC @GenomeBC]

It’s great to see Dr. Lara Boyd, our feature guest from last year’s live episode of “Nice Genes” featured on the @melrobbins podcast!

Lara is a neuroscientist who shares fascinating insights into music and its incredible effects on our brains.

🎧 Give the episode a listen: https://t.co/gzb4oY4kZl

#Neuroscience #BrainHealth #MusicAndBrain #PodcastEpisode #MelRobbins

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Dr. Miles Mannas at @VanProstateCtr & @UBC has received a prestigious 2026 Young Investigator Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

Dr. Mannas’ work uses AI and advanced molecular technologies to better profile prostate cancer biopsies.

Congrats! https://t.co/EwEM8wYe8t

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What if we thought of the gut microbiome as a "virtual organ"? 🦠

@UBC alum Dr. Paula Littlejohn explores how this perspective could reshape our understanding of malnutrition and lead to better patient care.

Read the Q&A: https://t.co/BAuCwrW4Kx

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Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman from @UBC has been awarded funding from the Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of Canada!

Dr. Abdelrahman’s research aims to understand how cerebral blood flow is regulated and why this process becomes disrupted in Alzheimer’s disease: https://t.co/D8JPf0aorE

[GenomeBC @GenomeBC]

🧬 In this clip, Kaylee asks Dr. Quinn how prime editing could change the outlook for people who inherit retinal diseases.
Listen to the full episode of It’s Prime Time: Can New Gene Editing Technologies Rewrite the Future of Health? 🎧
https://t.co/nkdDWFzwz6

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Dr. Poul Sorensen and his team at @BCCHresearch are focused on uncovering cellular vulnerabilities and investigating novel #immunotherapy avenues for pediatric cancers.

Check out this Q&A to learn more about the two recent studies from their lab: https://t.co/RCYm7CWTyt

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Dr. Kelley Lee at @SFU_FHS is among an international team of leading experts launching a new blueprint for pandemic readiness for the United Nations General Assembly.

😷 Learn more about the PRIME (Pandemic Readiness through Institutions, Mobilizing Communities, and Equity) Commission: https://t.co/j2VIYRFthf

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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is an umbrella term for a group of conditions characterized by chronic joint inflammation.

Dr. Jaime Guzman (@BCCHresearch) is uncovering the trajectory of physical function of JIA patients to improve treatment plans: https://t.co/UFdtyTduO7

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A new study identified biomarkers that predict which patients with advanced #ProstateCancer are likely to benefit from a combination of radioligand therapy and immunotherapy.

🤔 See the work from Drs. Sofie Tolmeijer & Alex Wyatt at the @VanProstateCtr: https://t.co/orApGyT6P3

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🧠 Drs. Zachary Pennington, Jessica Rosin, and Alexander Wiesman have been awarded funding through Brain Canada’s 2025 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Program!

Congratulations to all three @DMCBrainHealth researchers: https://t.co/OGDvNznJan

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🧬 Vancouver-based biotech @ZymeworksInc has completed its acquisition of Theravance Biopharma for approximately US$929 million in equity value.

Zymeworks said in a release that the acquisition expands its portfolio beyond its cancer-focused business: https://t.co/a0VMNCdxjM

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Dr. Sriram Subramaniam's lab at @UBC analyzed Canada’s first human bird flu case and found two mutations that, surprisingly, weakened the virus’s ability to bind to human cells. 🪶

Learn how they're using #GeneticSurveillance for pandemic preparedness: https://t.co/n2xhVBj5ED

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🎉 Congratulations to Vancouver’s September award winners!

This month, we highlighted Dr. Peter Caravan, a world leader in molecular imaging who is returning to Vancouver as one of nine new Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs.

See the full list for Sept. 👇
https://t.co/Tcbv1AuEhs