News
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Celebrating Dr. Julia Levy (1934-2024)
February 13, 2025
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the greater UBC community honor the life of Dr. Julia Levy, who passed away on December 5, 2024.
-
Decoding sepsis with systems immunology
January 30, 2025
Dr. Bob Hancock and coauthors describe how a bioinformatic systems immunology approach can transform the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis.
-
Dane Sands and Xianya Qu awarded the 2024-2025 Zymeworks Fellowships
January 29, 2025
We are excited to extend our congratulations to Dane Sands and Xianya Qu, the 2024-25 recipients of the Zymeworks Fellowship in Advanced Protein Therapeutics.
-
Welcoming new assistant professor Dr. Phillip Domeier
January 15, 2025
Dr. Domeier will explore immune regulation strategies to treat autoimmune diseases and enhance the potency of vaccines.
-
New compound shows promise for treating tuberculosis
July 11, 2024
Researchers at UBC and the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica joined forces to synthesize a novel compound that shows promise in treating tuberculosis.