Spotlight

With populations aging and mental health disorders on the rise, the human brain is the focus of more research attention than ever. Advancing technologies such as machine learning are driving new methods for modelling and studying this highly complex organ, and strategies for keeping us healthy, long into old age.

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Illustration of the upper half of the human body, with colourful diagrams showing brain and the stomach

The human gut contains more nerve cells than the spinal cord and exerts influence on the brain.

Tanya Bennet, a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, uses a pipet while working on the development of an in vitro model of the injured spinal cord

Serious disorders affecting the brain and nervous system can be complex to treat. UBC

Professor Guangyu Wang standing in a forest, looking up at the trees

Connecting with nature, particularly in forests, can benefit our mental and physical health.

Illustration of a baby crawling, with symbols representing DNA and genes by the baby's brain

Unravelling the mysteries of gene expression in early brain development.

Dr. Mohammad Arjmand in a lab

A UBCO prof and his team are exploring solutions to the world’s obsession with plastics.

Two scientists in lab coats look at machine with large tubes

“Think Brita filter, but a thousand times better.”

Illustration of plants and animals on land and underwater

A survey of body sizes of all Earth’s living organisms uncovered an unexpected pattern.

Woman holding her hand up to a holographic brain

Research from the UBC Faculty of Medicine could stop the disease in its tracks.

One large whale, with one small whale, swimming in ocean

Propeller noise accounts for much of the underwater acoustic barrage from ships.

Dr. Jimena Perez-Vargas working in a lab

This discovery paves the way for new medicines for COVID-19 variants.