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Researchers using DNA to track spread of CWD...

The appearance of chronic wasting disease in the Okanagan is raising concerns and curiosity among wildlife researchers. The disease had previously been confined to the Kootenay r...

December 04, 2025
$11.5M Study Aims to Bring Precision Heart Care to Every Corner of BC...

The MOSAIC study (Multi-Omics and Sonography to Advance Integrated Cardiac Care) was launched with $11.5 million in funding from Genome Canada and Genome BC, part of the Canadian P...

December 04, 2025
Genome BC-Funded Project to Use Genomics, AI to Elucidate HIV Transmis...

A new research project involving investigators from various British Columbia-based institutions aims to use genomic and computational approaches to better map HIV transmission patt...

December 02, 2025
Researchers Analyze Local Marine Life to Learn More About Climate Adap...

Changes in climate could impact food sources for marine life, affecting natural ecosystems. This problem is under the microscope at Genome British Columbia, which announced rece...

December 01, 2025
Genome BC funds 4 projects on fish resilience, immunity and food syste...

Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) is backing four research projects that aim to understand how ecosystem changes affect fish health and how we can improve conservation and fisher...

November 28, 2025
Researchers create living heart tissue with a 3D printer for testing n...

Scientists at the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI) at St. Paul’s Hospital have created living human heart tissue using a 3D printer they built in-house....

November 27, 2025
Initiative offers ‘Yellow Pages’ for agricultural research...

Collaborators behind a newly launched agriculture database project hope to make research more accessible, accurate and less isolated....

November 21, 2025
Ep. 583: Re-engineering the human body for space travel...

We invited Dr. Christopher E. Mason, the Genome BC 2025 Don Rix Distinguished Keynote Speaker, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the human body and its ability to ad...

November 21, 2025
Gut Check: A Genomics Breakthrough for Healthier Salmon...

Fish are like us… they get stomach aches, too! One cause of this pain in fish is gut enteritis. This is an inflammation of the intestines. For fish that are bred, raised or harve...

November 19, 2025
New research aims to help bed sores...

New research from UBC is looking to create a topical gel for chronic wounds, better known as bed sores. Dr. David Granville joins Daybreak South to talk about a possible new topica...

November 18, 2025
Ag leaders partner with genome scientists to expand access to research...

Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) is joining forces with Genome Alberta and Genome British Columbia (Genome B.C.) for the development and launch of the Agriculture Metadat...

November 06, 2025
Researchers create heart tissue with 3D printer...

A team of researchers at St. Paul’s Hospital has developed ground-breaking technology to treat patients with heart disease....

October 27, 2025
B.C. startup tackles food insecurity with fungi-based nutrition...

Maia Farms, a Vancouver-based food tech company, recently launched a partnership with the Greater Vancouver Food Bank to provide co-branded mushroom-based protein products to vulne...

October 18, 2025
Genome BC invests $1M in KPU’s ‘agri-tech’ research...

Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) has received a $1 million funding boost from Genome British Columbia....

October 04, 2025
Mystery solved: How genomics saved B.C.’s $236M blueberry indust...

Genomic sequencing uncovers why sick plants kept testing negative for viruses  ...

September 27, 2025
Genome BC backs agritech with $3.25M in funding for Maia Farms and Ver...

Two British Columbia agritech companies are receiving a combined $3.25 million from Genome BC’s Industry Innovation (I²) Fund, marking a significant boost to the province’s gr...

September 21, 2025
New projects at Canada’s Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Hub...

Genome BC has announced funding for four new UBC research projects associated with Canada’s Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Hub (CIEBH), a UBC-led national initiative aim...

September 19, 2025
Genome BC Provides Growth Capital to Two Local Startups Innovating Agt...

Two startups based in the Vancouver area have garnered funding from Genome British Columbia. Genome BC is a not-for-profit organization that has advanced genomics research and i...

September 18, 2025
New testing helps B.C. blueberry farmers fight crop virus...

B.C. is home to around 600 blueberry farms, but crop viruses have become rampant in recent years, making it difficult for farmers to profit. As Cecilia Hua reports, new research ou...

September 11, 2025
B.C. scientists crack blueberry virus mystery...

A new genetic discovery explains why B.C.'s sick blueberry plants evaded diagnosis. The 'scorch' and 'shock' pathogens threaten an industry worth hundreds of millions of dollars....

September 09, 2025
Les vignes et la chaleur extrême font-elles bon ménage?...

Les températures extrêmes peuvent-elles nuire à la qualité des raisins du vignoble ?...

August 27, 2025
Can Okanagan wine vines beat the heat?...

Research conducted by UBC is exploring the effects of extreme heat on grape vines and how biostimulants could be used to protect them from weather events. Dr. Simone Castellarin ap...

August 11, 2025
New research projects study respiratory conditions on unborn babies an...

Dr. Emilia Lim and Dr. Michael Kobor appear on the CBC's On the Coast with Gloria Macarenko to talk about their individual projects on wildfires and respiratory health. Listen to...

August 07, 2025
Newly-funded research examines health impacts of wildfire smoke...

Three new projects being led by UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers will examine the profound and lasting toll that wildfire smoke takes on human health. Read the article....

August 07, 2025
How will wildfire smoke affect certain people more than others in the ...

Dr. Emilia Lim from UBC appears on Mornings with Simi to talk about research on how wildfires have an impact on our lung health. Listen to the episode....

August 07, 2025
Genome BC Funds Research as UBC and SFU Study Impacts of Wildfire Smok...

As another wildfire season grips communities across B.C. and Canada, three new projects being led by UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers will examine the profound and lasting toll ...

August 07, 2025
Okanagan wineries laud ‘banner season’ amid climate risks...

Researchers aim to learn more about heat impacts on vines and how soil additives could help. Read the article. ...

July 30, 2025
Genome BC Launches Collaborative Research Project to Boost Resilience ...

A new collaboration between Genome BC and regional wine industry organizations aims to explore the impacts of weather effects such as heat stress—with a goal to find solutions. ...

July 30, 2025
Friend or foe: how genomics can tell if there’s trouble in your fiel...

Wireworms are a notorious pest in British Columbia that pose a big risk to sweet corn, potato and cereal crops, industries that are worth multimillions annually....

July 23, 2025
Biomedical printing for heart health...

Just as the invention of the movable-type printing press in the fifteenth century drove knowledge transfer to warp speed, three-dimensional printing of human and animal tissues is ...

July 21, 2025
Environmental monitoring: Seeing the unseen through eDNA...

Environmental DNA—eDNA—is genetic material shed by living creatures, from creeping water-primrose to fishing spiders, bats and humans. It’s everywhere and scientists easily f...

June 06, 2025
SFU researchers awarded $2.88 million to strengthen Canadian water mon...

When humans, animals, plants and viruses interact with or live in water, they shed their genetic material, or environmental DNA or RNA (collectively eDNA). Monitoring and sharing e...

May 30, 2025
Teens can take in science-filled summer with Geneskool in Chilliwack...

Students will learn about molecular biology, biochemistry, and genomics at a week-long summer camp at the University of the Fraser Valley....

May 28, 2025
Cutting-edge genomic technology to help improve medication safety for ...

“The human genome is a window into the biology of why we suffer side effects from drugs or experience diseases differently,” says Dr. Bruce Carleton, founder and lead of CPNDS ...

May 26, 2025
New genomics projects to improve disease testing and treatment...

UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers have received new funding from the Government of British Columbia, in partnership with Genome BC and Genome Alberta, to accelerate the future o...

April 30, 2025
Lending a kelping hand: how genetics research is innovating seaweed re...

Researchers are taking a new approach to kelp conservation by studying how their genes could be key in protecting B.C. kelp forests from climate change...

April 07, 2025
Groundbreaking Studies Expand Genetic Associations With Depression and...

As many as two-thirds of people with depression don’t respond to the first antidepressant they try, and roughly 30% don’t respond to typical medications at all....

April 04, 2025
Bird flu outbreaks: 4 things to watch as birds migrate back north...

With bird flu at a dangerous point and its epicentre in the U.S., CBC’s Jennifer Yoon breaks down four things to keep an eye on as birds migrate back north to Canada....

March 28, 2025
Genome BC Secures $49M for Personalized Health Research in BC...

Genome BC has helped secure more than $49 million to support five cutting-edge genomics projects aimed at advancing personalized healthcare in British Columbia....

March 27, 2025
Researchers announce development of powdery mildew resistance for cann...

Aurora Cannabis Inc. says it has discovered a novel source of genetic resistance against a common fungal disease that affects cannabis plants....

March 20, 2025
La Colombie-Britannique s’outille pour contrer la grippe aviaire...

La lutte contre la grippe aviaire H5N1 sera plus efficace si la province se dote de nouveaux outils pour détecter le virus, estiment des chercheurs de l'Université de la Colombie...

March 11, 2025
Biotech breakthroughs: How microbes could be the key to copper recover...

Managing mine tailings presents challenges and opportunities. The latter includes improving management practices to mitigate environmental impacts and recovering valuable materials...

March 03, 2025
Two new genomics research projects in B.C. aim to stay ahead of bird f...

As avian influenza continues to devastate poultry farmers in B.C., and raises the risk of cross infection to cows and humans, two new genomics research projects aim to help the pro...

February 21, 2025
How the study of genes can be used to help control the spread of Chron...

Nice Genes! podcast host, Dr. Kaylee Byers appears on CBC Radio West to talk about the podcast and Chronic Wasting Disease in BC....

December 05, 2024
UFV’s Food and Agriculture Institute launching four-year study of ag...

As climate change increasingly affects traditional agriculture, new methods are being explored to make sure our food security stays intact....

November 27, 2024
How genomics could help protect B.C.’s redcedars...

University of British Columbia geneticists — partnered with British Columbia’s Ministry of Forests — have decoded a quicker method of breeding western redcedar, perhaps B.C....

November 20, 2024
B.C.’s deer population under threat from ‘zombie’ di...

Researchers at Simon Fraser University are working with hunters, Indigenous stewards and Genome B.C. to track the illness, gather information and build a unified response....

October 16, 2024
Genome BC supporting research into fatal wildlife disease...

A non-profit B.C. genomics organization is stepping up to fund a two-year research project into a fatal wildlife disease that was recently discovered in the province this year....

October 07, 2024
Doing the Climate Change Shuffle: On Climate-based Approaches for Seed...

(Page 30) Near the end of the second Lord of the Rings film, The Two Towers, there is a stirring scene called The Last March of the Ents. In the scene, the ents — large, tree-lik...

October 01, 2024
New genetic counsellor trial aims to provide personalized genetic care...

This innovative project seeks to meet the growing demands on BC’s healthcare system by providing personalized genetic care directly within communities across BC....

September 25, 2024
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