JDRF-CIHR partnership supports UBC diabetes research teams with transformative type 1 diabetes (T1D) precision medicine research awards.The JDRF-CIHR Partnership to Defeat Diabetes is a collaboration between the Government of Canada,...
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The Alberta-BC Islet Workshop 2023 was held at Silver Star Mountain from February 14 -16. This was the first time the meeting has been held since February 2020. Delegates from across...
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UBCO Diabetes Research Day 2022 was designed to gather and connect the diabetes research community in BC. After two years of only virtual meetings the academic diabetes research community reconnected...
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The BC Diabetes Research Network (BCDRN) is building cross-discipline diabetes research excellence in British Columbia and enhancing its translation and communication with the public. Thanks to a recent grant of...
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The BC Diabetes Research Network (BCDRN) has secured funding from the University of British Columbia to continue operating for two more years, The BCDRN is grateful for UBC's continued support...
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“The JDRF Centre of Excellence at UBC will transform Type 1 diabetes research in Canada, sparking new collaborations, removing barriers and accelerating progress toward a cure.” Dr. Bruce VerchereThe UBC Faculty...
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Congratulations to the following BC Children’s Hospital investigators who received team grants through the 100 Years of Insulin: Accelerating Canadian Discoveries to Defeat Diabetes initiative from the Canadian Institutes of Health...
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Congratulations Dr Francis Lynn on receiving the national award from Diabetes Canada Early Career Partnership Prize 2021.Dr. Lynn is a University of British Columbia investigator with the Childhood Diseases Research...
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Canada is home to amazing and collaborative diabetes scientists. We congratulate all recipients of the Government of Canada's Team Grants: Diabetes Mechanisms and Translational Solutions.Follow this link to read more...
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VDRD 2021 Best Poster PresentationsDaniel Gamu, PhD, Gibson Lab, Medical Genetics, UBCEnrichment of global histone 3 lysine 27 trimethylation within oxidative skeletal musclesHoward Cen, PhD, Johnson Lab, Cellular and Physiological...
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Congratulations to Canadian researchers, and Gairdner Awardees Dr. Daniel Drucker , Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto and Senior Scientist at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto and Dr....
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‘The impact of TRUSTSPHERE on the care experience and health outcomes of children and youth living with diabetes, and their caregivers will be transformational." ~Dr Shazhan AmedDigital Technology Supercluster project approved...
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The Government of Canada's national health research funding agency CIHR and the United Kingdom's National Health Service announced six international UK-Canada diabetes research team grants. Congratulations to UBCO's Dr Alison McManus...
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To wrap up Diabetes Awareness Month, JDRF Canada and the Government of Canada announced an investment in two Canadian research teams that will accelerate the development of stem cell-based therapies for...
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