Winning Image: Fighting the Fire of Inflammation – NSERC Image Contest 2024 James Sousa, our new PhD student, has won the 2024 NSERC Image Contest with his captivating microscope image, titled “Fighting the Fire of Inflammation.” This image showcases oxidative stress (in red) in the colon of a mouse with IBD. Check out his winning…

Exploring the Health Benefit of Dietary Fibres We are excited to announce our upcoming Clinical Trial, lead by Dr Heather Armstrong which will explore the benefits of personalized dietary fibre recommendations for patients with ulcerative colitis. As we prepare for recruitment to begin in March 2025, we invite you to learn more about the impact of dietary…

OPTIMIST Study: Recruitment Now Underway! We are excited to announce that recruitment for the OPTIMIST study has begun in July 2024! Through this research, we aim to discover whether microbiome signatures (detected in stool samples, mucosal wash, or biopsy) can predict how Crohn’s disease patients in Vancouver, BC, respond to therapies. Gaining insights into these…