News
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Dr. Brett Finlay awarded for dedication to mentorship
June 26, 2025
Dr. Brett Finlay has been awarded the 2024 John McNeill Excellence in Health Research Mentorship Award, recognizing his outstanding mentorship of his trainees.
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Trainees present at PacTB 2025
June 2, 2025
Dr. Julia Kleetz and Leah Rankine-Wilson share how their research advances therapeutic discovery for tuberculosis.
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Rapid bedside test predicts sepsis with over 90 percent accuracy
May 27, 2025
Dr. Bob Hancock and a team of Canadian scientists developed a blood test and portable device that can more rapidly and accurately detect the onset of sepsis.
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Celebrating the career and retirement of Dr. Pauline Johnson
May 14, 2025
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the greater UBC community celebrate the career and retirement of Dr. Pauline Johnson.
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Climate change and the Pacific oyster microbiome and mortality
April 30, 2025
Shifting ocean conditions can influence the species forming both the oyster’s external ecosystem and internal community of microorganisms.
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François Jean reflects on five years of COVID-19
April 10, 2025
François Jean reflects on his team’s progress, the state of COVID-19 research, and lessons learned that can improve pandemic preparedness and response.
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The Last of Us: Fungal infections and climate change
April 7, 2025
Dr. Jim Kronstad discusses the science behind fungi, accuracies and inaccuracies of the science of the TV show, and how fungi respond to a warming climate.
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Epstein-Barr infection promotes autoimmunity in multiple sclerosis
March 5, 2025
Dr. Marc Hortwitz's team provides evidence that latent infection with Epstein-Barr virus can prime the immune system for susceptibility to multiple sclerosis.
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Early life gut inflammation has widespread effects
February 27, 2025
Dr. Carolina Tropini's team reports how gut microbiome disruption in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease influences the brain, behaviour, and sex hormones.
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Celebrating Dr. Julian Davies (1932-2025)
February 20, 2025
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the greater UBC community honour the life of Dr. Julian Davies, who passed away on February 2, 2025.