- 0September 2019Like a Marvel character’s super power, summer intern Yutian Zhang has been learning how to see through tissue. However, unlike a comic-book hero, Yutian is working with a research team to develop a laser-based optical system and a special camera to see through tissue. The desired result would be improved medical technology for tissue imaging.
- 0August 2019Canada’s law enforcement agencies can soon be on the lookout for ‘lone wolf’ terrorists at public events using an unexpectedly useful tool: computers.
- 0July 2019The learning opportunities and outcomes that will transpire through EMBED will greatly benefit Canada’s ever-evolving demography and health policies.
- 0April 2019Celebrating 1,500 interns in 2018 and 20 years together— UBC-Mitacs partnership continues to drive innovation and improve lives
- 0January 2019EMBC turned to Mitacs’s Canadian Science Policy Fellowship to find expertise for the project. The fellowship provides access to highly qualified PhDs from across the country, and it enabled EMBC to build a catalogue of recommended earthquake early warning response actions.
- 0September 2018Many of us use phone apps to manage daily habits such as meal planning, budgeting, and even tracking symptoms of chronic conditions. So what if a web-based app could help people struggling with addiction manage their condition and reduce their risk of overdose?
- 0August 2018This summer, Zikun Yang, a Mitacs intern from China, is helping researchers in Canada to develop a unique app that allows family and friends living geographically apart to share experiences in real time, despite the distance.
- 0April 2018The summer of 2017 brought unprecedented wildfires to BC’s Cariboo region. Hundreds of ground and aerial firefighters were brought in to battle the blazes.
- 0December 2017“I live near a protected Garry oak ecosystem, and I bring my daughters there, so I know how important these areas are,” says Alina.
- 0November 2017Sana Maqsood, a PhD student at Carleton University, wants to educate young internet users on how to stay safe in the online world.
- 0October 2017Mitacs intern Oldooz Pooyanfar, a graduate student from Simon Fraser University’s School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering, is working on a ‘smart’ system that monitors the health of honey bees and their hives.
- 0August 2017This summer, Ina Werninghaus has travelled from Bonn, Germany to Edmonton, Alberta, where she’s using her background in molecular biology to take part in a research project on pregnant women’s immune responses to malaria.