Published! Biallelic OSMR deficiency is a new Primary Atopic Disorder. A rare disease that provides new insights into the mechanisms of human allergic disease. A wonderful international team effort.

Rockefeller University Press@rupress.org · 4mo ago

New human primary atopic disorder defined: In @jhumimmunity.org, Samra and Sharma et al. show OSMR deficiency disrupts OSM-STAT signaling, driving severe early-onset #eczema, #eosinophilia, and elevated IgE. rupress.org/jhi/article/... #Immunology #Genetics #Atopy #IEIs @turveylab.bsky.social

New research published in Cell Press by @bcchresearch.bsky.social investigator Dr. Megan Levings and her team shows how using a standard approach to tracking immune cells is needed for both scientific research and the clinic. Abstract: https://bit.ly/43jAyfb News: https://bit.ly/4v88jvv

BCCHR's Dr. Charisse Petersen from the @turveylab.bsky.social was interviewed by @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social on their latest study on how breastfeeding may lessen socioeconomic disparities in child health. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vi...

Study finds breastfeeding benefits last into childhood

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute’s Dr. Charisse Petersen discusses how breastfeeding may help protect infants with Your Morning Vancouver.

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"We're starting not from zero, but a bit ahead of the game this time," says AH scientist Dr. Srinivas Murphy on CBC news, explaining why the context for #hantavirus is so different to #COVID19.  Watch the full segment to learn more:

Infectious diseases physician Dr. Srinivas Murthy on the latest hantavirus news

Get the latest on CBCNews.ca, the CBC News App, and CBC News Network for breaking news and analysis

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FAS-controlled #Tcells drive #lymphoproliferation through #glycolysis without effector differentiation. New study from Maria Elena Maccari, Ramon I. Klein Geltink @bcchresearch.bsky.social, Anne Rensing-Ehl @uni-freiburg.de and colleagues: rupress.org/jhi/article/... #InbornErrorsOfImmunity

Our latest article features Dr. Stuart Turvey and Dr. Elie Haddad on how collaboration, clinical trials, precision health, and gene editing are helping transform pediatric rare disease research and access to treatment. www.rarekidscan.com/news/rewriti...

Rewriting Rare Disease Care: How Collaboration and Clinical Trials Are Transforming Pediatric Research and Access to Treatment — RareKids-CAN

Canada is entering a new era in pediatric rare disease research, driven by advances in precision medicine and novel, innovative clinical trial approaches, including gene editing and gene therapies.

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I’m excited to present at #ESID2026 this October in #Maastricht. Submit your abstract by May 5th to showcase your work on #immunodeficiencies and all aspects of #IEI. Join me and don’t miss out on the chance to get your research published in JHI! 👉 invt.io/1bxbfp4qr7t

I'm speaking at ESID 2026, join me

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A new interdisciplinary initiative co-led by Drs. Govind Kaigala, Sarah Hedtrich, & Megan Levings will transform how researchers model human disease and develop therapies. Read about Collaborative #OrganOnChip Network for Next-Generation Engineering and Cellular Technology: https://bit.ly/48ActDK

📅 Webinar alert: Engage Award Learn more about this new exciting funding opportunity on Wednesday May 6 at 10 a.m. Find out how the Engage Award can support your engagement activities to strengthen partnerships and explore future knowledge mobilization opportunities. Register now: bit.ly/4eQPbxe

Congratulations to @bcchresearch.bsky.social investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fall 2025 Project Grant competition. 📝 Check out the full list: https://bit.ly/4t791YL

Kicking off CSI day 2 strong with the vaccine symposium. Great opening session by Dr. Charu Kaushic and keynote speaker Dr. Natasha Crowcroft. We also heard amazing talks from Dr. Devon Greyson, Dr. Matthew Miller, Dr. Manish Sadarangani, and Dr. Rae Yeung for Session 2.

It's National Immunization Awareness Week! Learn about the importance of vaccinations to protect against sepsis and the work being done by the Vaccine Evaluation Centre in BC ➡️ bcchr.ca/vec%F0%9F%94... #NIAW2026

We were excited to see this great TED-Ed Animation, which included Dr. Mariana Brussoni as the Expert Consultant: WHY KIDS NEED TO TAKE MORE RISKS www.ted.com/talks/ted_ed...

Why kids need to take more risks

The best play environments offer freedom and novelty that kids can explore as much or as little as they like. But traditional playgrounds don’t offer much flexibility— swings, slides, and climbing fra...

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🍁📣Don’t miss the fist session in the Patient Voices in Research Initiative Seminar Series!🍁📣 This 4-part series features projects funded through our Patient Voices in Research Initiative, a funding program fully governed by cancer patients for cancer patients. 🔗 Register now! tinyurl.com/52f9nw7a

New research from BCCHR, uses longitudinal data from the CHILD Cohort Study, to show that breastfeeding acts as a shield, protecting the infant microbiota from many different exposures well into early childhood. The impact is especially clear among children from lower socioeconomic status.

Cell Reports Medicine@cp-cellrepmed.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Online now: Breastfeeding may lessen socioeconomic disparities in child health through differences in the infant gut microbiome

⏰ GAPP deadline at 11:59 pm 🧬 BC researchers — don’t miss your chance to partner with industry and turn genomics into real-world impact. 📝LOI due: April 13 at 11:59pm 🔗 https://www.genomebc.ca/funding-opportunity/genomic-applications-partnership-program-gapp/

Vancouver is March-ing towards success! 🥳 From coast-to-coast funding success to prestigious national awards, March was a standout month for the local science community. Meet the researchers behind the breakthroughs, and check out our monthly award summary: https://bit.ly/47HjlPm

I am giving a free webinar on menopause hormone therapy, sponsored by BC Women's Hospital, on Tuesday, March 31. Hope you can join me! zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The Health Metadata Commons, a Genome BC initiative, is a free hub for health research metadata. Find omics data or biobank samples faster, share your own data, boost impact and spark collaborations. 👉 metadatacommons.ca #MetadataCommons #HealthData #OpenScience #HealthResearch #Biobanking

Celebrate Research Day with Dr. Niranjan 'Tex' Kissoon with a Pediatric Grand Round session on making sepsis a global health success. 📅April 10 11:00 AM PDT📍Chan Centre or Zoom: shorturl.at/iB4xT

A new paper from @bcchresearch.bsky.social details how an 18-year-old patient with chronic granulomatous disease became the first person ever to receive and be cured by a gene modification treatment known as “Prime Editing.” 🧬 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4def752

Congratulations to Dr. Samantha Pollard and all the winners of the Terry Fox New Investigator Awardees!

Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI)@terryfoxresearch.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Congratulations to the 2026 Terry Fox New Investigator Awardees! With $3.5M in support, they’ll launch labs, build research teams and advance bold ideas, from AI to next-gen mRNA tech, to transform how cancer is understood, prevented and treated. Learn more: www.tfri.ca/updates/news...

BC researchers are receiving $8M in federal funding to fast-track genomic solutions 🧬 8 teams will advance real-world projects, from pathogen detection to improved care for cancer, Type 1 diabetes and endometriosis. Part of a $20M Genome Canada GAPP investment. 📖: https://tinyurl.com/29kchrhs

Construction is well underway on the new centre for health complexity at BC Children's Hospital, a first-of-its-kind facility in Canada. 🏗️ This new centre will help connect families across BC with the services, & care they need. The project is on budget & on track to open in early 2028.

🥳 @terryfoxresearch.bsky.social has joined forces with CIHR and partners to advance cancer prevention through a groundbreaking new funding initiative. Congratulations to the awardees from BC: Drs. Gina Ogilvie, Inna Sekirov, Isabella Tai, and Citlali Marquez: https://bit.ly/3P87Nhp

On #CMAJPodcasts, Drs. Megan Cooney and Matthew Carwana discuss how the TEN‑4‑FACESp rule helps identify bruising patterns concerning for physical abuse, and what pandemic-era hospitalization trends reveal about the severity of maltreatment in infants and toddlers. ➡️ www.cmaj.ca/transcript-251219

Fantastic interview with Ty Sperle and BCCHR's Dr Stuart Turvey (@turveylab.bsky.social) on a successful gene treatment for a rare immune disorder on The Current with Matt Galloway this morning. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Great to talk with Matt Galloway on CBC The Current this morning about successful gene therapy for a human immune defect. The Current with Matt Galloway - March 9, 2026: How a gene edit gave a B.C teen his life back. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... @mattgalloway.bsky.social @bcchresearch.bsky.social

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Congratulations!

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute@vchresearch.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Congrats to VCHRI researchers Drs. David Huntsman, Gillian Hanley & Wendy Norman on receiving $2M from CIHR’s Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention Team Grants to integrate cancer prevention into precision contraception: buff.ly/ueByijm

Luo Ting Huang, Yaser Tahamtani, @nictitate.bsky.social & co explored the possibility of magnetic selection of insulin-expressing stem cell‑derived β‑cells using a CRISPR/Cas9 technology and transmembrane glycoprotein CD19 as a marker. @bcchresearch.bsky.social Read: doi.org/10.1242/dmm....