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🔎 New research from @heartlunginnov.bsky.social shows that cholesterol plays a key role in #MuscularDystrophy.
These findings, presented by Zeren Sun in the Bernatchez lab, could lead to better understanding and potential treatment strategies for muscle degeneration: https://bit.ly/46MX7e7
These findings, presented by Zeren Sun in the Bernatchez lab, could lead to better understanding and potential treatment strategies for muscle degeneration: https://bit.ly/46MX7e7
February 17, 2026 at 7:50 PM
🔎 New research from @heartlunginnov.bsky.social shows that cholesterol plays a key role in #MuscularDystrophy.
These findings, presented by Zeren Sun in the Bernatchez lab, could lead to better understanding and potential treatment strategies for muscle degeneration: https://bit.ly/46MX7e7
These findings, presented by Zeren Sun in the Bernatchez lab, could lead to better understanding and potential treatment strategies for muscle degeneration: https://bit.ly/46MX7e7
🌬️ How does air pollution affect our immune system?
Researchers from across Canada, including UBC, found that people exposed to high levels of fine particulate matter were more likely to test positive for early signs of autoimmune disorders: https://bit.ly/4kyZ0ko
Researchers from across Canada, including UBC, found that people exposed to high levels of fine particulate matter were more likely to test positive for early signs of autoimmune disorders: https://bit.ly/4kyZ0ko
There's Something in the Air... and That's Not Good - Research2Reality
While many detrimental effects of air pollution are well known, researchers are now probing a link to the development of autoimmune conditions.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:14 PM
🌬️ How does air pollution affect our immune system?
Researchers from across Canada, including UBC, found that people exposed to high levels of fine particulate matter were more likely to test positive for early signs of autoimmune disorders: https://bit.ly/4kyZ0ko
Researchers from across Canada, including UBC, found that people exposed to high levels of fine particulate matter were more likely to test positive for early signs of autoimmune disorders: https://bit.ly/4kyZ0ko
Canada’s first-ever pan-Canadian clinical trial—DECRYPT-BABYBRAIN—is pioneering a radiation-free approach to treat rare and aggressive brain tumours in infants and young children.
Dr. Sylvia Cheng is one of the lead investigator at @bcchresearch.bsky.social for the trial.
🖇️ https://bit.ly/4rdcu7K
Dr. Sylvia Cheng is one of the lead investigator at @bcchresearch.bsky.social for the trial.
🖇️ https://bit.ly/4rdcu7K
February 12, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Canada’s first-ever pan-Canadian clinical trial—DECRYPT-BABYBRAIN—is pioneering a radiation-free approach to treat rare and aggressive brain tumours in infants and young children.
Dr. Sylvia Cheng is one of the lead investigator at @bcchresearch.bsky.social for the trial.
🖇️ https://bit.ly/4rdcu7K
Dr. Sylvia Cheng is one of the lead investigator at @bcchresearch.bsky.social for the trial.
🖇️ https://bit.ly/4rdcu7K
A new study led by BC Cancer researchers shows that classic Hodgkin lymphoma (#CHL) is not one disease, but several biologically distinct subtypes.
Abstract from the Steidl lab: https://bit.ly/4quVzws
Press release: https://bit.ly/4aqvNTT
Abstract from the Steidl lab: https://bit.ly/4quVzws
Press release: https://bit.ly/4aqvNTT
February 11, 2026 at 10:56 PM
A new study led by BC Cancer researchers shows that classic Hodgkin lymphoma (#CHL) is not one disease, but several biologically distinct subtypes.
Abstract from the Steidl lab: https://bit.ly/4quVzws
Press release: https://bit.ly/4aqvNTT
Abstract from the Steidl lab: https://bit.ly/4quVzws
Press release: https://bit.ly/4aqvNTT
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Today, February 11, is the #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience, a day to recognize the critical role that women and girls play in science and technology.
Below, we highlight stories from the past year that have featured some of the exceptional women scientists at Providence Research.
Below, we highlight stories from the past year that have featured some of the exceptional women scientists at Providence Research.
February 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Today, February 11, is the #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience, a day to recognize the critical role that women and girls play in science and technology.
Below, we highlight stories from the past year that have featured some of the exceptional women scientists at Providence Research.
Below, we highlight stories from the past year that have featured some of the exceptional women scientists at Providence Research.
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Grateful for the mentors, collaborators, and friends who make science stronger every day.
#WomeninSTEM
@rachhson.bsky.social
@sfubiosciences.bsky.social
@sfuscience.bsky.social
Grateful for the mentors, collaborators, and friends who make science stronger every day.
#WomeninSTEM
@rachhson.bsky.social
@sfubiosciences.bsky.social
@sfuscience.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Grateful for the mentors, collaborators, and friends who make science stronger every day.
#WomeninSTEM
@rachhson.bsky.social
@sfubiosciences.bsky.social
@sfuscience.bsky.social
Grateful for the mentors, collaborators, and friends who make science stronger every day.
#WomeninSTEM
@rachhson.bsky.social
@sfubiosciences.bsky.social
@sfuscience.bsky.social
A new study led by @vchresearch.bsky.social's Drs. Daljeet Chahal, Peter Kwan, and Eric Yoshida shows that a significant portion of the Greater Vancouver population is living with undiagnosed metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic #LiverDisease.
Learn more about #MASLD: https://bit.ly/4rdTIgL
Learn more about #MASLD: https://bit.ly/4rdTIgL
February 10, 2026 at 11:19 PM
A new study led by @vchresearch.bsky.social's Drs. Daljeet Chahal, Peter Kwan, and Eric Yoshida shows that a significant portion of the Greater Vancouver population is living with undiagnosed metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic #LiverDisease.
Learn more about #MASLD: https://bit.ly/4rdTIgL
Learn more about #MASLD: https://bit.ly/4rdTIgL
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For our first Genomic Repeat of the season, we’re revisiting a fan favourite 🧊🦠
As Arctic permafrost thaws, ancient viruses could re-emerge. This ep explores the risks + how genomics helps scientists stay ahead.
🎧 https://link.cohostpodcasting.com/b87cc2cc-6ed3-4c20-8a02-c626378af1bb?d=sZH2CQc6C
As Arctic permafrost thaws, ancient viruses could re-emerge. This ep explores the risks + how genomics helps scientists stay ahead.
🎧 https://link.cohostpodcasting.com/b87cc2cc-6ed3-4c20-8a02-c626378af1bb?d=sZH2CQc6C
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
For our first Genomic Repeat of the season, we’re revisiting a fan favourite 🧊🦠
As Arctic permafrost thaws, ancient viruses could re-emerge. This ep explores the risks + how genomics helps scientists stay ahead.
🎧 https://link.cohostpodcasting.com/b87cc2cc-6ed3-4c20-8a02-c626378af1bb?d=sZH2CQc6C
As Arctic permafrost thaws, ancient viruses could re-emerge. This ep explores the risks + how genomics helps scientists stay ahead.
🎧 https://link.cohostpodcasting.com/b87cc2cc-6ed3-4c20-8a02-c626378af1bb?d=sZH2CQc6C
A team led by @bcchresearch.bsky.social 's Dr. Matthew Wiens has been awarded €5 million in Horizon Europe funding to improve community-based care for children after hospital discharge in Uganda and Kenya.
The goal of reducing deaths from severe infections like #sepsis: https://bit.ly/4r1T31L
The goal of reducing deaths from severe infections like #sepsis: https://bit.ly/4r1T31L
February 10, 2026 at 12:37 AM
A team led by @bcchresearch.bsky.social 's Dr. Matthew Wiens has been awarded €5 million in Horizon Europe funding to improve community-based care for children after hospital discharge in Uganda and Kenya.
The goal of reducing deaths from severe infections like #sepsis: https://bit.ly/4r1T31L
The goal of reducing deaths from severe infections like #sepsis: https://bit.ly/4r1T31L
Congratulations to all Vancouver researchers who received funding through the Fall 2025 CIHR Project Grant competition!
🎉 Check out the UBC LSI awardees: https://bit.ly/4rzQVhs
🎊 See which @vchresearch.bsky.social researchers won grants: https://bit.ly/45U9u7T
🎉 Check out the UBC LSI awardees: https://bit.ly/4rzQVhs
🎊 See which @vchresearch.bsky.social researchers won grants: https://bit.ly/45U9u7T
February 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Congratulations to all Vancouver researchers who received funding through the Fall 2025 CIHR Project Grant competition!
🎉 Check out the UBC LSI awardees: https://bit.ly/4rzQVhs
🎊 See which @vchresearch.bsky.social researchers won grants: https://bit.ly/45U9u7T
🎉 Check out the UBC LSI awardees: https://bit.ly/4rzQVhs
🎊 See which @vchresearch.bsky.social researchers won grants: https://bit.ly/45U9u7T
🚨 Dr. Carolina Tropini, Dr. Giselle McCallum, and Juan Camilo Burckhardt at UBC have engineered gut bacteria that dim their fluorescent glow in the presence of illness.
Their findings could improve how we diagnose problems in the gut by using bacteria that already live there: https://bit.ly/3LWIuxP
Their findings could improve how we diagnose problems in the gut by using bacteria that already live there: https://bit.ly/3LWIuxP
February 5, 2026 at 8:22 PM
🚨 Dr. Carolina Tropini, Dr. Giselle McCallum, and Juan Camilo Burckhardt at UBC have engineered gut bacteria that dim their fluorescent glow in the presence of illness.
Their findings could improve how we diagnose problems in the gut by using bacteria that already live there: https://bit.ly/3LWIuxP
Their findings could improve how we diagnose problems in the gut by using bacteria that already live there: https://bit.ly/3LWIuxP
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The deadline to submit your proposal for the Undergraduate Research Symposium has been extended to Feb 11.
Apply today at the link below! 🔬
Apply today at the link below! 🔬
Undergraduate Research Symposium
www.sfu.ca
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
The deadline to submit your proposal for the Undergraduate Research Symposium has been extended to Feb 11.
Apply today at the link below! 🔬
Apply today at the link below! 🔬
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Explore the role of RNA in the origin of life with SFU Chemistry professor Peter Unrau this weekend at Saturday Morning Lectures in Surrey! triumf.ca/about/public...
February 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Explore the role of RNA in the origin of life with SFU Chemistry professor Peter Unrau this weekend at Saturday Morning Lectures in Surrey! triumf.ca/about/public...
A new strategy developed by UBC, BC Cancer, and @vchresearch.bsky.social researchers reduces the risk of the most common and deadly form of #OvarianCancer by nearly 80%.
Learn more about the impact of opportunistic salpingectomy from Drs. Gillian Hanley and Dianne Miller: https://bit.ly/45OOJKH
Learn more about the impact of opportunistic salpingectomy from Drs. Gillian Hanley and Dianne Miller: https://bit.ly/45OOJKH
February 4, 2026 at 9:45 PM
A new strategy developed by UBC, BC Cancer, and @vchresearch.bsky.social researchers reduces the risk of the most common and deadly form of #OvarianCancer by nearly 80%.
Learn more about the impact of opportunistic salpingectomy from Drs. Gillian Hanley and Dianne Miller: https://bit.ly/45OOJKH
Learn more about the impact of opportunistic salpingectomy from Drs. Gillian Hanley and Dianne Miller: https://bit.ly/45OOJKH
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Join us on Mar. 11 to explore evidence-informed strategies for designing accessible health research that drives improvements in health care quality. Register today for a session with Dr. Virginie Cobigo: www.vchri.ca/events/... @opencanada.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Join us on Mar. 11 to explore evidence-informed strategies for designing accessible health research that drives improvements in health care quality. Register today for a session with Dr. Virginie Cobigo: www.vchri.ca/events/... @opencanada.bsky.social
🌞 It's not too early to plan your summer research schedule! Check out these Summer Studentship Programs open for applications in Vancouver.
🩸 The Centre for Blood Research: https://bit.ly/3ZNWFIE
🧪 BC Cancer Research: https://bit.ly/4ko9Jhy
🩸 The Centre for Blood Research: https://bit.ly/3ZNWFIE
🧪 BC Cancer Research: https://bit.ly/4ko9Jhy
February 3, 2026 at 11:22 PM
🌞 It's not too early to plan your summer research schedule! Check out these Summer Studentship Programs open for applications in Vancouver.
🩸 The Centre for Blood Research: https://bit.ly/3ZNWFIE
🧪 BC Cancer Research: https://bit.ly/4ko9Jhy
🩸 The Centre for Blood Research: https://bit.ly/3ZNWFIE
🧪 BC Cancer Research: https://bit.ly/4ko9Jhy
🥼 UBC Medicine researchers have created a topical #CRISPR-based therapy that could offer a lasting cure for a range of skin disorders.
Abstract from the @hedtrichlab.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/45EKLo0
Press release: https://bit.ly/4qVX7AI
Abstract from the @hedtrichlab.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/45EKLo0
Press release: https://bit.ly/4qVX7AI
February 3, 2026 at 12:54 AM
🥼 UBC Medicine researchers have created a topical #CRISPR-based therapy that could offer a lasting cure for a range of skin disorders.
Abstract from the @hedtrichlab.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/45EKLo0
Press release: https://bit.ly/4qVX7AI
Abstract from the @hedtrichlab.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/45EKLo0
Press release: https://bit.ly/4qVX7AI
The Dong lab at the Vancouver Prostate Centre have identified a previously unrecognized mechanism that enables #ProstateCancer to resist androgen deprivation therapy, one of the disease's most common treatments.
🥼 Abstract: https://bit.ly/4reWPV8
📰 News: https://bit.ly/4t4WPbY
🥼 Abstract: https://bit.ly/4reWPV8
📰 News: https://bit.ly/4t4WPbY
January 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The Dong lab at the Vancouver Prostate Centre have identified a previously unrecognized mechanism that enables #ProstateCancer to resist androgen deprivation therapy, one of the disease's most common treatments.
🥼 Abstract: https://bit.ly/4reWPV8
📰 News: https://bit.ly/4t4WPbY
🥼 Abstract: https://bit.ly/4reWPV8
📰 News: https://bit.ly/4t4WPbY
🐮 When Dr. Leluo Guan from UBC peers inside a cow’s stomach, she sees more than microbes, she sees an opportunity to cut methane emissions from cattle. And her new $7.9M, federally-funded initiative plans to do just that using innovative biotech solutions.
🐄 Read moooo-re: https://bit.ly/4rloy6I
🐄 Read moooo-re: https://bit.ly/4rloy6I
January 29, 2026 at 11:23 PM
🐮 When Dr. Leluo Guan from UBC peers inside a cow’s stomach, she sees more than microbes, she sees an opportunity to cut methane emissions from cattle. And her new $7.9M, federally-funded initiative plans to do just that using innovative biotech solutions.
🐄 Read moooo-re: https://bit.ly/4rloy6I
🐄 Read moooo-re: https://bit.ly/4rloy6I
🔬 Join the global ILC research community this summer! 🌞
The 6th International Conference on Innate Lymphoid Cells (#ILC6) is on June 2–4 at UBC. Don't miss out on cutting-edge talks, poster sessions, and workshops, as well as the chance to expand your network.
Register: https://bit.ly/3ZCg7YH
The 6th International Conference on Innate Lymphoid Cells (#ILC6) is on June 2–4 at UBC. Don't miss out on cutting-edge talks, poster sessions, and workshops, as well as the chance to expand your network.
Register: https://bit.ly/3ZCg7YH
January 28, 2026 at 7:56 PM
🔬 Join the global ILC research community this summer! 🌞
The 6th International Conference on Innate Lymphoid Cells (#ILC6) is on June 2–4 at UBC. Don't miss out on cutting-edge talks, poster sessions, and workshops, as well as the chance to expand your network.
Register: https://bit.ly/3ZCg7YH
The 6th International Conference on Innate Lymphoid Cells (#ILC6) is on June 2–4 at UBC. Don't miss out on cutting-edge talks, poster sessions, and workshops, as well as the chance to expand your network.
Register: https://bit.ly/3ZCg7YH
In their groundbreaking study, @vchresearch.bsky.social researchers Dr. Mypinder Sekhon and Jordan Bird have reframed the moments before death as a biological transition, rather than a single moment.
Their work helps understand the final stages of life: https://bit.ly/4qRUsIk
Their work helps understand the final stages of life: https://bit.ly/4qRUsIk
January 28, 2026 at 1:30 AM
In their groundbreaking study, @vchresearch.bsky.social researchers Dr. Mypinder Sekhon and Jordan Bird have reframed the moments before death as a biological transition, rather than a single moment.
Their work helps understand the final stages of life: https://bit.ly/4qRUsIk
Their work helps understand the final stages of life: https://bit.ly/4qRUsIk
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Ann Marie Craig from @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social on receiving the CLEAR Foundation’s 2025 Operating Grant!
Dr. Craig’s research focuses on synapses in #Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body #dementia: https://bit.ly/4rgNzjr
Dr. Craig’s research focuses on synapses in #Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body #dementia: https://bit.ly/4rgNzjr
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Ann Marie Craig from @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social on receiving the CLEAR Foundation’s 2025 Operating Grant!
Dr. Craig’s research focuses on synapses in #Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body #dementia: https://bit.ly/4rgNzjr
Dr. Craig’s research focuses on synapses in #Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body #dementia: https://bit.ly/4rgNzjr
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January 23, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Dr. @stirlingbryan.bsky.social has been appointed as the Interim Executive Director of @vchresearch.bsky.social and the Associate Dean Research of the Faculty of Medicine at UBC.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LZevVP
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LZevVP
January 22, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Dr. @stirlingbryan.bsky.social has been appointed as the Interim Executive Director of @vchresearch.bsky.social and the Associate Dean Research of the Faculty of Medicine at UBC.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LZevVP
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LZevVP
Researchers led by Dr. Wilfred Jefferies at the Vancouver Prostate Centre have developed Gemini, a novel self-amplifying nucleic acid platform designed to address key limitations of current mRNA technologies.
📰 : https://bit.ly/4pJEdeJ
⚗️ @natcomms.nature.com: https://go.nature.com/4pQOA0r
📰 : https://bit.ly/4pJEdeJ
⚗️ @natcomms.nature.com: https://go.nature.com/4pQOA0r
January 21, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Researchers led by Dr. Wilfred Jefferies at the Vancouver Prostate Centre have developed Gemini, a novel self-amplifying nucleic acid platform designed to address key limitations of current mRNA technologies.
📰 : https://bit.ly/4pJEdeJ
⚗️ @natcomms.nature.com: https://go.nature.com/4pQOA0r
📰 : https://bit.ly/4pJEdeJ
⚗️ @natcomms.nature.com: https://go.nature.com/4pQOA0r