Faculty, students and postdocs from the MBB department make waves in the media. The links below provide a collection of newsworthy articles.
2016
- Finding better preventative and treatment options for TB - Dr. Brinkman
- Dr. Kovalyova's "Specimen" shortlisted for 2016 BC Book Prizes
- Outstanding Alumni Award - Dr. Jennifer Gardy
- Monsters and Mutants: A Breadth course uses science fiction to teach science
2015
- MBB Student among those selected to Great Northwest Athletic Conference 2015 All-Academic Men’s and Women’s Soccer teams
- SFU co-leads national project to revive Coho salmon - Dr. Davidson
- Science lecturer Irina Kovalyova to speak at the 2015 Vancouver Writers Festival
- Kwangjin Park receives Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
- Postdoc Profile: Tiffany-Anne Timbers, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow
- New cancer-fighting funds to help patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma - Morin Lab
- Mutants and Monsters—new course explores science behind science fiction - Dr. Kovalyova
- MBB student honoured for Academic Excellence
- Dean's Convocation Medal - Dr. Vilaiwan Fernandes (MBB PhD)
- Terry Fox New Investigator Award recepient - Dr. Morin
- Interview - Dr. Kovalyova, author of Specimen
- Mentorship helps high school student land international award - Dr. Brockman and Gursev Anmole, MBB Grad Student
- Brinkman Lab wins Green Lab Challenge
- Sugar key to cellular proteins’ protection and viability - Vocadlo Lab
- Dr. Morin's Human Genomics class gets up close and personal
- Researchers' maps describe epigenome's role in human health and disease
- SFU plays key role in new national hub for glycomics research
- Getting an edge in your job hunt - Dr. Jacque-Lynne Johnson, MBB Postdoc
- Scientists identify rare liver cancer’s genetic pathways - Chen Lab
- SFU plays key role in new national hub for glycomics research
- Getting an edge in your job hunt - Dr. Jacque-Lynne Johnson, MBB Postdoc
2014
- MBB Adjunct Dr. Granville in news on anti-aging secret
- Steven Jones named 2014 Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow
- SFU scientists awarded $3M for Alzheimer’s research
- How a gene-patent test case will help both patients and inventors - Dr. Sam Abraham, MBB Adjunct Professor
- SFU-led project yields new directions for allergy research - Brinkman Lab
- Success after SFU MBB/Business Joint Major Program
- The Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists - Dr. Vocadlo
- The Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists - Dr. Granville, MBB Adjunct and SFU alumnus
- Drs. Brinkman, Jones and Marra among "The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds: 2014" by Thompson Reuters
- Harvard bound for stem-cell research internship
- MBB mentored high school student creates new HIV test - Brockman Lab
- MBB joint major student lands NYC internship opportunity
- MBB grad students among SFU researchers tracing HIV evolution in North America
- Rethinking the origin of life - Dr. Sen
- The molecular architect - Dr. Vocadlo
- MBB undergrad heads to prestigeous Harvard Stem Cell Institute for summer internship
- Molecular aberration signals cancer - Dr. S. Jones
2013
- Paul Cernak and Dr. Sen in New York Times - Vitamin and RNA
- Drs. Baillie, Brinkman, Chen, Morin and Unrau among researchers awarded CREATE grant led by MBB Associate Dr. Sahinalp
- Cellular tail length tells human disease tale - Quarmby Lab
- F. Brinkman appointed as Genome Canada Board of Director
- SFU Green Labs program awarded Environmental Star
- MBB research and associate faculty members Drs. Vocadlo and Pinto win CSC award
- Baillie Lab Alumnus appointed as Governing Council of CIHR
- Advancing research on life’s origins, language translation
- New genomic maps to revolutionize forest management
- SFU hopes to put 'lab on a chip' medical tests onto smartphones
- New tools to improve disease management, analysis - Drs. F. Brinkman, C. Sahinalp (MBB Associate Faculty) and S. Jones
- Scientists find antibody genes not universal
- Scientists find ethnicity linked to antibodies - Dr. F. Breden, MBB Associate Faculty
- SFU researchers help unlock pine beetle's Pandora's box
- MBB alumnus Jennifer Gardy, PhD, BC Centre for Disease Control, in Globe and Mail
- Three Minute Thesis - MBB PhD Student Mike Peabody wins 1st place & people's choice award, proceeds to finals
- Discovering cell surface proteins' behaviour - Dr. B. Sun, MBB Associate Faculty
- Dining In: Investigating cellular self-digestion for cancer therapy - Jan. 16 Cafe Scientifique Speaker Sharon Gorski
2012
- Poets and scientists fuse creative horns
- Tapping into the immune system - Nov. 21 Cafe Scientifique Speaker Jonathan Choy
- Bringing the power of computing to biology
- Bigger human genome pool uncovers more rare variants - Sahinalp Lab, MBB Associate Faculty
- Scientists deepen genetic understanding of MS - Dr. F, Breden, MBB Associate Faculty
- Tracking environmental causes of good and bad health - Dr. M. Hirst, MBB Adjunct Faculty
- Cholera discovery could revolutionize antibiotic delivery - Craig Lab
- Tying our fate to molecular markings - Dr. E. Emberly, MBB Associate Faculty
- Four distinct subgroups of medulloblastoma identified - Drs. M. Marra, R. Holt and S. Jones
- SFU duo's protein discovery could aid cancer research
- Winners of Origin of Life Challenge Announced
- SFU mentors winning high school science researchers
- SFU researchers contribute to study on HIV control
- Researchers find new malaria treatment
- Study finds cancer-fighting goodness in cholesterol
- SFU scientists help to improve water-quality testing
- Scientists uncover multiple faces of deadly breast cancer
- SFU HIV/AIDS vaccine research gets financial boost
- Researchers testing sugary Alzheimer's solution
- Lynne Quarmby to speak at AAAS
2011
- Tackling malaria:Christian Frech and Jack Chen isolate genes unique to the parasite
- MBB Adjunct Gregg Morin's study discovers link between single gene mutation and cancer
- SFU HIV research team tracks South African teens
- Findings led by Rob Holt one of TIME's Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs
- Deep Space, Worms and Humans - Bob Johnsen, Baillie Lab
- Finding E. coli's Achilles heel: Paetzel lab - Kelly Kim (first author) and Suraaj Aulakh
- Mark Brockman one of the three SFU researchers to receive CRC award
- Rob Holt's findings may shed a light to colon cancer
- Honors MBB grad eyes humanitarian career
- Steven Jones named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- People-centred science will attract more women to field
- Scientists strike genetic gold in lymphoma study
- Renowned biologist shares 'the beauty of cells' and discusses using green algae (Chlamydomonas) for research in the online journal Numéro Cinq.
- MBB student wins SFU biz award
- Alberni TB outbreak linked to crack cocaine use
2010
- MBB researcher Mark Brockman and SFU colleagues heads $1.8M African HIV project
- Lynne Quarmby amongst 100 most influential women in British Columbia (Vancouver Sun)
- Vancouver cancer breakthrough will see remedy targeted to tumour (Vancouver Sun)
- Study aims to reorient lost cells
- Raising cervical cancer awareness among South Asians
- Another piece found in disease puzzle
2009
- New technology revolutionizes cancer research
- Origins of Life in an RNA World
- Fiona Brinkman among Canada's 100 most powerful women
- New technology revolutionizes cancer research
- SFU prof helps combat deadly flu viruses
- Genome sequencing furthers pine beetle and cancer research
- Science undergrad Canada's top co-op student
- River research among projects to receive CFI funds
2008
- Sharon Gorski and colleagues win $2.5M CIHR Grant to study autophagy proteins as targets for cancer treatment
- SFU Alumnus Honours Mentor with Endowment
- Scientists push for fresh embryos in stem cell research
2007
2006
- Sequencing sea urchins
- Biochemist takes on technology
- PhD Graduate Applies High-Tech to Immune Studies
- SFU Research Takes Aim at Kidney Disease
- Fighting bio-terrorism with its own kind
2005
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2004
2002
- Molecular studies net health research grants
- New breed of scientists trained in BC
- SFU researcher studies infectious diseases
2001
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