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Newly Funded Health Research Targets Staph Bacteria, DNA Synthesis, Whooping Cough

CIHR has awarded five UBC Science projects $3.2 million in funding, including support that will enable researchers to investigate how S. aureus--the superbug--acquires a key nutrient.

Olympian Effort at International 'Battle of the Brains'

UBC Computer Science students take 14th spot--and Canadian bragging rights--at 2010 International Collegiate Programming Contest.

Newly Unearthed Mineral Named in Honour of UBC Science Professor

An unassuming mineral hidden away in rock samples collected almost 30 years ago has been named after professor Lee Groat of UBC's Earth and Ocean Sciences department.

How Zebrafish Could Help Develop New Psychiatric Drugs

UBC statisticians and Harvard researchers co-develop a system that monitors the behavioral response of zebrafish to chemicals on a large scale.

BBC News

Light Shed on Fish Gill Mystery

UBC zoologist Clarice Fu leads a study that casts doubt on the long-held theory that fish gills evolved primarily for the purpose of breathing.

Scientific American

The Art of Bacterial Warfare

UBC microbiologist Brett Finlay on the arms race between humans and bacterial pathogens--including his lab's recent work developing an E coli vaccine for cows.

CBC News

'Dead Zone' Microbe Measures Ocean Health

UBC researchers have mapped the genome of a microbe that lives in ocean 'dead zones,' areas of low-oxygen water that are expanding because of climate change.

Science News

Enter the Virosphere

UBC marine virologist Curtis Suttle on the increased appreciation of the viral influence on cellular life and the role viruses play in evolution.

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