BRIC News
CERC members won one of the three awards under Campus as a Living Lab ‘Grand Challenge’
March 5, 2024
March 5, 2024 The Campus as a Living Lab ‘Grand Challenge’ called for visionary approaches to how British Columbia and Canada can effectively respond and adapt to the climate emergency. This year’s competition, attracted faculty and staff from more than 22 academic departments and operational units across UBC Vancouver and Okanagan, resulting in three projects […]
Faculty of Applied Science News
- APSC-led projects awarded more than $4 million for health research through CIHR emma.fennell Tue, 02/03/2026 – 10:38 Engineering Nursing Research Excellence External This article originally appeared on UBC Research + Innovation. Mentioned in this Article: Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai School of Nursing Anna Blakney School of Biomedical Engineering Fabio Rossi School of Biomedical Engineering Lyndia Wu Department […]
- Scientists develop first gene-editing treatment for skin conditions emma.fennell Tue, 01/27/2026 – 11:15 Engineering Research Excellence Dr. Sarah Hedtrich (centre) and her team examine a skin-on-a-chip model used to test the new CRISPR-based therapy on living human skin samples. Photo credit: UBC Faculty of Medicine. This article originally appeared on UBC News. Gene-editing tools like […]
- Genome BC and BRIMM launch biomining innovation partnership to transform mining practices emma.fennell Tue, 01/27/2026 – 09:11 Engineering External This article originally appeared on the Bradshaw Research Institute for Minerals and Mining. Mentioned in this Article: John Steen Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering Strategic Priority Areas: Planetary HealthPlanetary Health UBC Mining Engineering
- Helping hands: UBCO research team develops brace to reduce tremors suhani.syal Thu, 01/22/2026 – 11:27 Engineering Research Excellence Dr. Dylan Goode demonstrates the science behind the device that can help inhibit involuntary hand movement. This article originally appeared on UBC Okanagan News. UBC Okanagan researchers have advanced their work on developing a non-invasive, accessible way […]
- UBC Applied Science leads $2.5M project to explore hydrogen heating for Vancouver campus suhani.syal Wed, 01/21/2026 – 08:15 Engineering Research Excellence View of the natural gas boilers inside the UBC Vancouver Campus Energy Centre. Photo: Don Erhardt / UBC Communications & Marketing This article originally appeared on The UBC Campus Energy Centre (CEC) is essential […]