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Extreme specificity: How to turn on a gene in only six brain cells Thu Mar 10 2016, 12:30 – 1:30 PM Life Sciences Centre Anthony Brandt’s PhD exit seminar from […]
Mar 10, 2016
On The Coast highlighted concerns that the new site for St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver could liquefy during an earthquake. Carlos Ventura, director of UBC’s earthquake engineering research facility, told […]
A new city-led report released this week found that there are about 11,000 vacant homes in Vancouver, mostly condos. UBC economics professor Josh Gottlieb told CBC Early Edition that by raising Vancouver’s […]
Werner Antweiler, an economist at the UBC Sauder School of Business, has investigated the pros and cons of daylight saving time and says there are plenty of good reasons not to do it.
A new UBC study shows brain damage from concussions lasts longer than clinical symptoms suggest, reports CBC On The Coast. Researcher Alex Rauscher performed MRI scans on 11 athletes who had […]
UBC linguistics professor Gunnar Hansson was interviewed on Global BC about the peculiarities in Canadian pronunciation, such as data being pronounced in two different ways. According to Hansson, many of […]
UBC real estate economist Tom Davidoff as quoted in a Vancouver Sun story on empty condos. Davidoff said that while vacant homes may not be the main factor driving home […]
News 1130 reported on the plight of a Burnaby family who was outbid on 16 homes in two years. UBC real estate expert Tsur Sommerville commented that outbidding is getting […]
Kerry Jang, a Vancouver councilor and a UBC psychiatry professor, says the story of two homeless men sent to B.C. by the Saskatchewan government reflects the challenge of homelessness across […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is getting a particularly warm welcome in Washington because his politics align closely with Barack Obama’s, reports CNN. “The new prime minister would fit almost perfectly […]
The Atlantic featured the recent discovery by U.S. scientists that the human body has evolved to use remnants of ancient viruses to coordinate the immune system’s reaction against other pathogens. […]
UBC developmental psychologist Janet Werker talked about her research on how babies learn language in an interview with KOSU public radio. How strongly a baby sucks is a well-known indicator […]
The Globe and Mail highlighted research by UBC policy professor Paul Kershaw as part of a series on the challenges different age groups face when trying to buy a home. […]
Vancouver-based diamond pioneer and philanthropist Stewart Blusson and his wife, Marilyn, have donated $11 million to quantum materials research at UBC
Peter Suedfeld, a professor emeritus of psychology at UBC spoke to Roundhouse Radio about his research on isolation in the Antarctic. According to Suedfeld, the impact of isolation and confinement […]
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