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It's National Postdoc Appreciation Week! Check out @SFU's profile on some of the amazing postdocs that walk their campus. Their work advances scholarship across all faculties and disciplines, helping shape the future of research at SFU and beyond: bit.ly/4hiw4Me

🫀 A new project is developing a more accurate way to study heart disease. Led by Dr. Zachary Laksman at @UBC and Dr. Stephanie Willerth of @Axolotl_Biosci, the project uses genomics informed bio-inks to 3D-print living models of human heart tissue: bit.ly/4hpVCHq

The @VanProstateCtr's co-founder and longtime leader Dr. S. Larry Goldenberg is the recipient of the 2026 UBC Medicine Bill and Marilyn Webber Lifetime Achievement Award. 🌟 Congratulations to Dr. Goldenberg on this well-deserved recognition! bit.ly/4xEfAEm

Two @UBC faculty members, Drs. Patrick Keeling and Rachel Scholes, have been awarded $1-million Wall Fellowships, the university’s highest-value internal research award. 🥳 Congratulations to both researchers! bit.ly/4y9staq

🍄🦀 From #MyceliumComposites to #ChitinBiomaterials — join the next #BPI Lunch & Learn featuring two back-to-back talks. Dr. Christopher Moraes, a recently joined BPI Principal Investigator, will explore microengineering strategies to control the properties of #mycelium-based composites. Dr. Athanasios Kritharis, BPI postdoctoral fellow and Co-Founder & CEO of Tydra Labs, will share the journey of #chitin-based #biomaterials from lab research to industrial-scale #commercialization. 📅 October 27 | 12–1 PM 📍 CHBE 202, UBC Vancouver 👉Learn more & register: bpi.ubc.ca/events/MoraesKrit… #Biomaterials #Bioproducts #Bioeconomy #UBC @ubcappscience @UBCForestry @ubcLFS @CHBEUBC @ubcscience @ubcengineering @UBC @ubcchem

🫀 What if we could 3D-print heart tissue to test treatments? For Global Biotech Week, we’re highlighting a BC-based project led by Dr. Zachary Laksman at @UBC and Dr. Stephanie Willerth of Axolotl Biosciences. genomebc.ca/blog/3d-printing…

Researchers led by Dr. Michael Hayden at @BCCHresearch uncover why #HuntingtonDisease progresses faster in some patients and points to a promising treatment target. 🔬 Abstract: bit.ly/4y1ES0d 📰 News: bit.ly/4AcggDz

⏰ @VCHResearch researchers Drs. Aline Talhouk and Andrea Neilson are exploring whether it is possible to identify people at increased risk for #EndometrialCancer long before cancer symptoms are present. Learn more about their work: bit.ly/4xyG36n

A recent multi-omics study led by Dr. Abhinav Checkervarty at @PHCResearch is challenging a long held assumption: that #SickleCell is benign in infancy. Researchers found measurable differences within days of birth. Learn more: bit.ly/4hw8ugg

Researchers at @SFU are working on advancing new AI tools that could transform the way new drugs to treat diseases like cancer are discovered. 💻 The research is led by Dr. Martin Ester. Learn more: bit.ly/4j7Fz3l #DrugDiscovery

Dr. Mary De Vera (@maryadevera), an internationally recognized epidemiologist from @UBC, has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists as part of the academy’s 2026 class. 🍾 Congratulations: bit.ly/3SOyCJX

Kudos to our 2026 Life Sciences BC Awards Companies to Watch: Evolved Therapeutics, Incisive Genetics, Integrated Nanotherapeutics, Sustained Therapeutics, and ViewsML. Award sponsor: Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine. piped.video/N2TSoq8UMPM?si=fN17…

🩸 @BCCHresearch researchers led by Drs. Souvik Mitra and Kia Anarna are helping clinicians reevaluate early use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents to increase red blood cell production in preterm infants. Learn more: bit.ly/3SJGfBn

The Royal Society of Canada, Canada’s national academy, has announced its 2026 Class of Fellows and College Members. Congratulations to @UBC researchers... 🥁 Dr. Xin Li: bit.ly/4iX0LsL Dr. Megan Levings: bit.ly/3SFanxP

🦣 Can we really bring back the mammoth? The honest answer is more complicated, and more fascinating, than you might think. 📅 Monday, November 2, 2026 🕓 4:00–4:30 PM | Registration 🎤 Keynote to follow 🎟️ Registration is required in advance. Reserve your spot today: events.genomebc.ca/drdk2026?… #DRDK2026

Terry Fox-funded researchers at the Wyatt lab at @UBC have identified a new form of hereditary #ProstateCancer that, while rare, can cause aggressive disease at a young age. The discovery paves the way for genetic testing programs. 🧪 bit.ly/4A5PEUo

🧠 Astrocytes are mechanosensitive cells that play essential roles in maintaining brain homeostasis. The MacVicar lab at @UBC investigated how the expression of Piezo1, a mechanosensitive ion channel in astrocytes, is modulated by inflammatory triggers: bit.ly/4ieweX9

💻 You can now submit your application to the #NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grants program. Deadline 🗓️ October 26, 2026 at 8 pm (ET). Instructions ▶️ tinyurl.com/mryabk42 #NSERCsupport #DiscoveryGrants #Funding

For animals living in a human-altered world, survival isn't a game. It's adapt or struggle to survive. The Season 6 premiere of Nice Genes! explores wildlife adapting after wildfires and wolves living in the radioactive environment around Chernobyl. 🎧 Listen to Survivor: Animal Edition: link.cohostpodcasting.com/b8…

Nine world-leading researchers are joining @UBC in the inaugural cohort of the Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of Canada program. 🍁 This includes life scientists Drs. Peter Caravan, Curtis Huttenhower, Brian Kuhlman, & Kathryn Whitehead. Welcome all! bit.ly/4yiTaZQ