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Marie Johns and Abishek Wadhwa awarded the 2025-26 Zymeworks Fellowships
December 18, 2025
We extend our congratulations to Marie Johns and Abishek Wadhwa, who have been awarded the 2025-26 Zymeworks Fellowships in Advanced Protein Therapeutics.
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How to hack your microbiome for lifelong health
October 20, 2025
Brett Finlay shares tips from his new book, The Microbiome Master Key, on how to leverage the microorganisms in your body to promote healthy living and aging.
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Marine heatwaves could interfere with the ocean's ability to lock away carbon
October 16, 2025
Steven Hallam and coauthors find that spurts of intense ocean warming impact microbial community structure and carbon cycling dynamics in underwater ecosystems.
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UBC launches world’s first mushroom-powered waterless toilet
September 29, 2025
Steven Hallam and other UBC researchers launched the world’s first mushroom-powered waterless toilet, the MycoToilet.
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Welcoming new assistant professor Chadi Saad-Roy
September 18, 2025
Joint with the Department of Mathematics, Saad-Roy will study infectious disease dynamics using computational modelling.
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Warding off allergies and asthma with breastmilk
August 28, 2025
Brett Finlay's team investigates how antibodies in breastmilk influence the bacteria in the infant gut and how these bacteria train the maturing immune system.
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Kayla King awarded the Royal Society’s Francis Crick Medal
August 27, 2025
Kayla King’s research promises to bolster global preparedness against infectious diseases amidst environmental upheaval.
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Pathogens are evolving, but research is, too
August 26, 2025
Researchers in UBC’s Prepare for Pandemics through Advanced Research in Evolution cluster bring together complementary expertise to outwit infectious diseases.
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A different kind of magic bullet: Host-directed antibody therapies as antivirals
August 20, 2025
Read graduate student Connor Thompson's winning entry of The Antibody Society's 2025 Science Writing Competition.
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Welcoming new assistant professor Thea Whitman
August 20, 2025
Whitman will explore how fires affect microbe-driven carbon cycling in soil.