SFU research
Research Roundup: SFU joins ARTIC-2 and Dr. Amy Parent named UNESCO co-chair for Indigenous rights
July 15, 2025By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer SFU researchers collaborate with international group to better track infectious diseases In May, an SFU team joined the ARTIC-2 project, a collaboration between the University of Birmingham, UK, and researchers in Kenya, Ghana, and the Republic of Congo, to develop low-cost genome sequencing procedures and equipment, and expand their use. Dr. Caroline Colijn, professor in the department of mathematics and Canada 150 research chair, is co-leading part of the project. Colijn told SFU News, “Genome sequencing was with us from the start of the pandemic, and it helped to inform public health policies and decisions…
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National Institute of Health funding cuts impact research across North America
April 3, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer and Hannah Fraser, News Editor In February, the Trump administration undertook a number of “drastic” steps to reduce government spending on healthcare and medical research, according to PBS. On February 7, the National Institutes…
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Two SFU professors receive $300,000 grants from Innovate BC
July 15, 2020Written by: Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor Two SFU professors have been awarded $300,000 each in grant money through Innovate BC’s Ignite Program, out of four total winners. Dr. Martin Ester, a computing science professor, won the award for his collaboration…
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SFU researcher co-leads international team that examines the impact of COVID-19 on gender
May 26, 2020Written by: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer SFU researcher and department of Health Sciences faculty member, Dr. Julia Smith, is co-leading an international research project that analyzes the gendered impacts of infectious disease outbreaks like COVID-19. Dr. Smith spoke with The…
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How BC’s residents affect its coastal ecosystems
March 17, 2020By: Harvin Bhathal, News Writer A talk, entitled Navigating towards ecologically safe and socially just fisheries, was held at SFU Harbour Centre on Thursday March 12. It was the final lecture of the semester in the Dean’s lecture series from…
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Fish tales: the collapse of BC’s wild salmon
October 23, 2017“Shocking,” “contentious,” and “controversial” aren’t ordinarily words you hear associated with wild salmon but the truth is the salmon runs of 2016 and 2017 have been anything but ordinary. BC salmon have been shattering records, and not in a sense…
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The cutting edge of technology
September 28, 2017By: Aaron Richardson Simon Fraser University is at the cutting edge of research in advanced organic materials. The Williams Group, headed by Dr. Vance Williams in the chemistry department, is working on the development of organic materials with functions as semiconductors,…
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