Proteomic predictors of individualized nutrient-specific insulin secre... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… is the latest work from star fellow (and current faculty job hunter) Dr. Jelena Kolic Jelena Kolic.

Our lab's first manuscript just dropped on bioRxiv! The Neurolipid Atlas: a lipidomics resource for neurodegenerative diseases uncovers cholesterol as a regulator of astrocyte reactivity impaired by ApoE4 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Congratulations to all our 2024 Travel Award winners! 🥳 We gave 37 prizes worth $250 each to support trainees who are presenting or attending a conference on the topic of sex/gender differences or women's health research 🙌 Full list of awardees: womenshealthresearch.ubc.ca/news/congratul…

Spotlight on women’s health research ✨ Building off of the historic federal investment in the National Women’s Health Research Initiative, IGH’s Research Priority Plan for 2024-29 identifies women’s health as a health equity area of focus. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3WF1Fiz

New article: this study "aimed to investigate the combined effects of high-fat diet (HFD) induced obesity and repeated stress on fear-related behaviors, metabolic, immune, and hypothalamic outcomes in male and female mice." ow.ly/UMux50SCiFf

Check out our latest paper on mistranslating tRNAs now out in Genetics Society of America G3! It’s been so fun working with Moehring lab Dr Amanda Moehring to study mistranslation in flies. Keep an eye out for our upcoming work diving into sex specific differences of mistranslating tRNAs 👀

Season 2 of #WomensHealthInterrupted covered many important #womenhealth topics 🌟 From unique health challenges to systemic barriers faced by women & gender-diverse people, there's so much to learn 🏥💡 Listen on any podcast streaming platform: womenshealthresearch.ubc.ca/womens-health-…

Excited to share our new work now published in @elife identifying the neurons sensing male sex peptide in the female brain thanks to Karthik PN and Deepanshu

Feel incredibly grateful to have spent the past few days with wonderful friends and colleagues at the FASEB Lipid Droplet Meeting #LDSRC24 James Olzmann See everyone in 2026!

Couldn’t agree more - what a wonderful meeting and welcoming community! Many many thanks to Henne_Lab and James Olzmann who organized a fun and rewarding celebration of all things lipid droplet.

We’re looking for postdocs! If you’re interested in joining us at Alberta Diabetes Institute in Edmonton to drive projects aimed at understanding the role of the islet microenvironment on islet function and diabetes development, pls see link: apps.ualberta.ca/careers/postin…

Tenure-track assistant professor search in my department! Broad search regarding model systems and scientific topic. Vancouver is beautiful, salary is 100%! ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfacul…

🚨PREPRINT ALERT 🚨 Check out our latest manuscript on the role of the type 2 diabetes-associated gene RREB1. Grace Yu Anna Gloyn Roger Cox Melina Claussnitzer, Ph.D. SvenssonLab Josh Knowles Joy Wu, MD, PhD Susanne Mandrup Some highlights below 🧵 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Honored that UBC has opportunity to present this award. Improving health equity means that we need more research on Women’s health. This award will recognize students engaged in research relevant to this critical topic - apply today! UBC Medicine UBC Cellular & Physiological Sciences UBC Life Sciences Institute

If you need some advice handling adult #Drosophila fat tissue, check out our work spearheaded by former USC College of Arts and Sciences undergrad Rachael Ott and published in Biology Open

Big congratulations to our stellar team on this new publication in Mary Ann Liebert Inc! Dr. Liisa Galea carmen logie 🌈 Amanda Namchuk Tallinn Splinter & Katherine Moore! Reminder that moving the needle towards health equity for 2S/LGBTQ+ people involves examining health funding! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

What's the buzz? A small fly may have a big impact on #Parkinson’s disease research. Researchers at Simon Fraser University's Verheyen lab (Dr. Esther Verheyen) have discovered a gene that appears to reverse Parkinson’s disease symptoms in fruit flies. 🪰: bit.ly/3ytC56j

✨More pictures from the onboarding event for the second cohort of interns in partnership with Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi, Ph.D and Scholarships Cafe Capacity building is at the core of our mission at DRTC and we are glad to equip budding scientists with hands-on biomedical research skills. #lab

Tuesday! - 9 am PT//12 pm ET 📢: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… nPOD Diabetes ULB Center for Diabetes Research Common Metabolic Diseases Knowledge Portal UF Diabetes Institute Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases @T1D_researcher Penn IDOM Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Stanford Diabetes Research BC Diabetes Research Network Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet Joslin Diabetes Center Todd M. Brusko Jelena Kolic

Congratulations to WHRC lead, Dr. Dr. Liisa Galea, on being elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences! The CAHS/ACSS brings together top-ranked health scientists to make a positive impact on the urgent health concerns of Canadians.