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UBC SCIENCE CONNECT
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News and Events for
UBC Science Alumni | Issue 4, 2018
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Sign up for the UBC Chemistry reunion
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September 22, join us to celebrate 102 years of Chemistry at UBC. Reconnect with old friends and recognize the accomplishments of our alumni, students, faculty and staff. A research symposium, BBQ and tours round out the day.
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Could a deadly mushroom help battle cancer?
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UBC chemists have produced the first synthetic version of a toxin found in the infamous death cap mushroom. The toxin can kill cancer cells, but extracting it from wild mushrooms is time consuming, so a synthetic version could save lives.
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Gut enzymes could yield universal blood
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Since the 1980s chemists have tried to use enzymes to create universal blood, which could ease blood shortages. Now, UBC researchers have found a new group of enzymes in the human gut that can accomplish the task 30 times better than previous candidates.
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Zooming in on viruses
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UBC chemists analyzing the deadly Nipah virus have discovered they assemble themselves in a much more haphazard manner than previously thought. A UBC-patented microscope made the discovery possible.
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Out of the blue
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Botanist Patrick Keeling details the evolutionary thread connecting malaria and coral reefs. Corals provide an “unexpected glimpse into the transition from symbiont to parasite.”
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Biochem alumnus looking to harness power of yeast
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Biochemist and molecular biologist Matthew Dahabieh (BSc 06’, MSc 08’, PhD 13’) explains why yeast research is a big deal. “Since the 1800s, industry has focused on a very small set of strains that are useful, and now there’s a bottleneck in yeast biodiversity.”
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Award-winning science prof talks wonder of biology
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"Biology isn’t a bunch of facts. It’s a process of discovery and understanding,” says two-time UBC Science Killam Prize for Excellence in Teaching winner Angie O’Neill.
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Kudos
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UBC researcher David Boyd has taken on the role of special rapporteur on human rights and the environment for the UN Human Rights Council.
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Vanessa Auld has begun a five-year term as head of UBC’s Department of Zoology.
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The Canadian Association of Physicists has awarded medals to Andrea Damascelli, Alison Lister and Ariel Zhitnitsky.
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Brett Finlay has received a $5.8M Foundation Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to support his research on host-microbe interactions.
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Lab manager and biologist Winnie Cheung is a recipient of the UBC President’s Staff Awards.
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Laser breakthrough has researchers close to cooling down antimatter
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Researchers at CERN have used a laser system developed by UBC chemist Takamasa Momose to observe a benchmark atomic energy transition in antihydrogen.
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