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Science Guide to Celebrate Research Week
February 22, 2009
Each year in March, UBC units and partner institutions host discussion forums, lectures, seminars, open houses and symposia on topical and timely issues related to their research. Almost all of the events are free and open the pubic, students, faculty, staff and school groups. This page lists… read more
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Microfluidic Platform Enables Quicker, More Precise Cell Research
February 16, 2009
UBC researchers have used new fabrication techniques to develop a microfluidic platform able to monitor how individual cells respond to varying biochemical environments on an unprecedented scale. Applying techniques used to manufacture integrated electronic circuits, assistant professor Carl… read more
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Health Research Funding Targets E Coli, AIDs Related Infection, Cell Signalling
February 4, 2009
UBC Science researchers have been awarded $3 million in the latest round of operating grants announced by Canada's national health research funding agency, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The support will enable the researchers to investigate a range of health issues, including… read more
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Using Nature's Antibiotics to Coat Medical Devices
January 29, 2009
UBC researchers with the Department of Microbiology and Immunology have discovered a mimic of one of "nature's antibiotics" that can be used to coat medical devices to prevent infection and rejection. The study, released today in the journal Chemistry and Biology, found that a synthetic form,… read more
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Discovery of Land Plant Characteristic in Seaweed May be Evolutionary Curve Ball
January 27, 2009
A chemical vital to the self-supporting nature of land plants--and thought unique to them--has been found in marine algae by a team of researchers including scientists at UBC and Stanford University. Lignin, a substance that strengthens cell walls and enables land plants to sprout upward through… read more
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Physics, Computer Science Stand Out in Killams
January 26, 2009
Researchers in the departments of Physics and Astronomy and Computer Science stood out in this year's Killam research award series—one of UBC's most prestigious internal competitions. Fellowships are designed to assist promising faculty members who wish to devote full time to research, and… read more
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UBC Animation Research Breathes Reality into Inkheart Monster
January 23, 2009
The Shadow—the smoke and ash monster featured in the finale of the new adventure film Inkheart—has Robert Bridson to thank for its frighteningly realistic 'good' looks. Algorithms created by the assistant professor with Computer Science's Imager and Scientific Computing labs played a… read more
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Astronomy Students Act Out: Form Human Model of Solar System
January 22, 2009
An inventive update to an astronomy course at UBC is giving students a hands-on feel for the scale, structure and motion of the Solar System. The Human Orrey Project--supported by UBC's Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative--involves 40 students placing sticky notes on the floor of the Irving… read more
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Environmental, Computing Research Highlight New Science CFI Funding
January 16, 2009
Eight UBC Science researchers have recieved a total of $660,000 in support in the latest round of Canada Foundation for Innovation Leaders Opportunity funding. Newly funded projects look at a range of issues, including the impact of human activity on African savannas, global change, numerical… read more
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Bonn Named Head of Physics and Astronomy
January 6, 2009
Professor Doug Bonn has been named head of UBC's Department of Physics and Astronomy, effective January 1, 2009. Bonn's research into the electromagnetic properties of high-temperature superconductors has helped make UBC a world leader in the area, and his administrative contributions include… read more