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• Genome Canada: Canadian Scientists Play Key Role in Analyzing Poplar's DNA Blueprint: Findings Published in Science; Analysis of First Complete Tree Genome Could Pave the Way for Poplar's Use as an Alternative Energy Source.

  - 2006-09-14

  OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Sep 14, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- In a cover article published today in Science magazine, an international consortium of scientists representing 34 organizations, including the U.S. Department of Energy DOE, the University of British Columbia, Genome Canada, Genome British Columbia, and the Umea...

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• Annick Gauthier.(wins Howard Alper Post-Doctoral Prize)(Brief article)

  - 2006-02-01

  The University of British Columbia's Annick Gauthier, MCIC, has been awarded the Howard Alper Post-Doctoral Prize. The prize is awarded to a post-doctoral Canadian student in one of the natural sciences or engineering disciplines. Gauthier's post-doctoral research, now in its second year, is ...

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• University of British Columbia obtains United States patent.(Brief Article)

  - 2004-08-01

  University of British Columbia (Vancouver, CA) has patented a single point mutation in the human lipoprotein lipase gene which results in an A.fwdarw.G nucleotide change at codon 291 (nucleotide 1127) of the lipoprotein lipase gene, and a substitution of serine for the normal asparagine in the...

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• First Venture Reports Achievement of Another Critical Milestone in Urea-Degrading Wine Yeast Development.

  - 2004-06-04

  VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Jun 4, 2004 CCNMatthews via COMTEX First Venture Technologies Corporation (TSX-V: FEB) reports that scientists at the University of British Columbia ("UBC") have confirmed the achievement of another critical milestone in the genetic construction of a wide variety of yeasts that...

  Tags: beverage, Biotechnology, gene, Manufacturing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

• Announcing the 2004 CIC Fellowships.(CIC Bulletin ICC)(The Chemical Institute of Canada)

  - 2004-04-01

  The nine members of The Chemical Institute of Canada profiled below were elected to the Fellowship in 2004 by the CIC Board of Directors. They will receive their Fellowship certificates either at the CIC Annual General Meeting AGM in London, ON, on May 31, 2004, or at...

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• Primagen and University of British Columbia enter mitochondrial DNA licensing agreement detection.

  - 2003-09-01

  Primagen Holding B.V. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), a provider of molecular diagnostic tests for infectious diseases, AIDS and cancer, has entered into an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement to commercialize the mitochondrial DNA detection and toxicity technology developed by the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada). ...

  Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, RNA, University of British Columbia

• Forbes Opens $3 Million Biotechnology Research Laboratories on University of British Columbia Campus

  - 2000-11-21

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• Nobel laureate and UBC professor Michael Smith lost to cancer at 68.

  - 2000-10-06

  M2 PRESSWIRE-6 October 2000-UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA: Nobel laureate and UBC professor Michael Smith lost to cancer at 68 C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05102000 Nobel prizewinner and University of British Columbia Prof. Emeritus Michael Smith died yesterday of cancer....

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• New UBC biotech building named for Nobel laureate Michael Smith.

  - 2000-06-13

  M2 PRESSWIRE-13 June 2000-UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA: New UBC biotech building named for Nobel laureate Michael Smith C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06122000 Nobel prizewinner and University of British Columbia Prof. Emeritus Michael Smith will be honoured with a new...

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• GeneMax Technology in May Issue of Nature Biotechnology

  - 2000-05-08

  Health & Medical Editors VANCOUVER, B.C.--BW HealthWire--May 8, 2000 University of British Columbia Scientists Report Successful Stimulation of Immune Response Against Small Cell Lung Cancer with Addition of TAP1 Gene in Laboratory Mice Scientists from the University of British Columbia led by Dr. Wilfred Jefferies,...

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