“Because the lake has characteristics from the oceans of the past … it is a cool peek into what microbial life could have looked like," said Céline Michiels, lead author of the study and PhD student in the department of microbiology and immunology.
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Although the primary symptom of Alzheimer’s Disease — dementia — typically does not develop until late adulthood, mouse studies led by Dr. Weihong Song suggest a connection between vitamin A deficiency in the womb to Alzheimer's later in life.
Scientists around the world have been late to lab meetings, classes and social events because we’re reacting with horror to Trump’s first six weeks. Crucially, we should all remember that a shocked reaction is the first step towards resistance.
The series of interactive workshops discussed various topics such as development, the right to pollute, qualities of a transformational company and fostering sustainable development through technology.
One month into school and you’ve re-marathoned the Lord of the Rings and helped your brother move into his new apartment. But that 10-page paper you were assigned on the second day of class that's due in two days? Word count: 12.
Having a credible source for the general population to get information about skin products is the goal of UBC medical residents Dr. Yi Ariel Liu and Dr. Danny Guo, and the motivation behind their website.
In BC, syphilis rates among men who have sex with men have seen a fourfold increase between 2010 to 2014. Researchers have also noticed that the number of people contracting HIV and syphilis simultaneously has increased by 50 per cent to 75 per cent.
The scientific community often operates under the assumption that it is destined to succeed simply because it is committed in principle to noble aims. But noble aims mean nothing if scientists do not perform the actions to support them.
Can we recycle LEDs? That’s the question posed to Dr. Maria Holuszko and her PhD student Amit Kumar at the Urban Mining Innovation Centre (UMIC) at UBC. “Processing LEDs was something [a] recycling company didn’t know how to do," but UBC did.
Taken together, UBC’s Aquatic Centre is the first to incorporate all of these sustainability features available. Its innovative design works to meet a high level of sustainability while still maintaining a world-class facility.
“Divers become carbonated beverage.” That's how Dr. David Harrison, the medical manager of the Hyperbaric Unit at VGH, explained the effects of scuba diving. “You don't have to be stupid to die scuba diving, but it does help.”
Can you imagine a world without your favorite fish? Dr. Rashid Sumaila, director of UBC’s fisheries economics research unit and professor of economics, would like to prevent that scenario from ever happening. But it's not so easy.
An anthropologist, a climate scientist and a geographer all walk in to NASA… While that may sound like the set-up to a bad joke, that kind of interdisciplinary work gave rise to a new NASA-funded research project involving two UBC researchers.
Although it is a world-renowned conference, some of our very own UBC students and professors have given their thoughts, research and personal experiences ranging related to mental health, environmental studies, LGBTQ+ issues and much more.
UBC is a diverse community — we are multinational, many-gendered and religiously varied. Sometimes we honour our differences and sometimes we fall short of doing so. Whether we want to be or not, we are all shaped by our shared environment.