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You're ready to work at the forefront of pharmaceutical sciences advancement. Take your education to the next level with a PhD at UBC Pharm Sci. It's where you'll work shoulder to shoulder with other leading experts in the field of pharmaceutical sciences, contributing knowledge, developing solutions, and shaping the future of health care. Come to work every day at one of the world's most inspiring campuses, where you will find exceptional mentors and supervisors, and state-of-the-art facilities.

For specific program requirements, please refer to the departmental program website

What makes the program unique?

At UBC Pharm Sci, our research has shaped our outstanding international reputation. This is the place to collaborate with some of the world's foremost pharmaceutical experts, generating relevant, evidence-based and industry-focused research that makes a positive impact on broader society.

As a PhD student, you will embark upon a journey of academic discovery by working alongside renowned researchers who are at the top of their fields. Right from the onset of the program, you will be welcomed by a vibrant collegial community, receive individualized guidance to shape your customized study plan, and receive mentorship from senior researchers. During the program, you will enrich your knowledge and build your skills set to prepare for careers in academia or industry, while exploring research frontiers in world-class facilities. Our graduates are often highly sought after by the pharmaceutical industry for their expertise in drug discovery and development.

Our PhD program attracts some of the brightest and most curious scientific minds, so you can expect to work alongside some of the best scholars to inspire you. Our student body is diverse both in terms of educational backgrounds and global talent. More than half of our graduate students join us from countries outside of Canada, bringing various perspectives to share. We offer orientation events to help new students integrate into life here in Vancouver, at UBC and within the Faculty. And our Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Student Society (PharGS) will help support you through your educational journey and make you feel right at home.

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences has perhaps the most diverse range of research topics at UBC. Each research group has a unique niche they fill and all of them are essential for successful drug discovery and development. This diversity creates a collaborative environment where the contributions of each group is invaluable.

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Quick Facts

Program Enquiries

Admission information & requirements, program instructions.

To be considered for admission to the Pharm Sci PhD program, a complete application must be submitted by January 15th. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

For International students: This includes the submission of a copy of the official IELTS or TOEFL transcript.

1) Check Eligibility

Minimum academic requirements.

The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies establishes the minimum admission requirements common to all applicants, usually a minimum overall average in the B+ range (76% at UBC). The graduate program that you are applying to may have additional requirements. Please review the specific requirements for applicants with credentials from institutions in:

• Canada or the United States
• International countries other than the United States

Each program may set higher academic minimum requirements. Please review the program website carefully to understand the program requirements. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission as it is a competitive process.

English Language Test

Applicants from a university outside Canada in which English is not the primary language of instruction must provide results of an English language proficiency examination as part of their application. Tests must have been taken within the last 24 months at the time of submission of your application.

Minimum requirements for the two most common English language proficiency tests to apply to this program are listed below:

TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language - internet-based

Overall score requirement : 100

IELTS: International English Language Testing System

Overall score requirement : 7.0

Other Test Scores

Some programs require additional test scores such as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Graduate Management Test (GMAT). The requirements for this program are:

The GRE is not required.

2) Meet Deadlines

3) prepare application, transcripts.

All applicants have to submit transcripts from all past post-secondary study. Document submission requirements depend on whether your institution of study is within Canada or outside of Canada.

Letters of Reference

A minimum of three references are required for application to graduate programs at UBC. References should be requested from individuals who are prepared to provide a report on your academic ability and qualifications.

Statement of Interest

Many programs require a statement of interest , sometimes called a "statement of intent", "description of research interests" or something similar.

Supervision

Students in research-based programs usually require a faculty member to function as their thesis supervisor. Please follow the instructions provided by each program whether applicants should contact faculty members.

Instructions regarding thesis supervisor contact for Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD)

Citizenship verification.

Permanent Residents of Canada must provide a clear photocopy of both sides of the Permanent Resident card.

4) Apply Online

All applicants must complete an online application form and pay the application fee to be considered for admission to UBC.

Research Information

Research highlights.

If you're passionate about health sciences research that makes a difference in patients' lives, then UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences is your place. Innovative, collaborative, impactful and widely recognized, our groundbreaking research is relevant to today's problems.

Some examples of our research include work in the following areas:

• Lipid- and polymer-based drug delivery systems using nanotechnology to enhance cancer therapy
• Developing small molecule inhibitors for disease-relevant targets, with a specific focus on anti-cancer drug discovery 
• Gene-delivery treatment of genetic diseases
• Predictive analytics in respiratory diseases
• Causes, risk factors, and biomarkers of neurological disease progression

Research Focus

A PhD in pharmaceutical sciences is the entry point to countless research opportunities in drug discovery and development. Whether it’s genomics and individualized therapy, nanomedicine, chemical biology, pharmacology, or epidemiology, we offer options for you to explore and collaborate. Our research themes include:

Molecular & Systems Pharmacology is comprised of areas such as drug metabolism, pharmacokinetic modeling, cancer biology/pharmacology, diabetes, cardiovascular pharmacology, neuroscience/neuropharmacology, receptor pharmacology, and pharmacogenomics. This highly interdisciplinary theme embodies research directed at the interactions of drugs with therapeutic targets, and covers fundamental questions of the molecular and cellular basis of individual variations in response to drugs, mechanisms of drug action and the pathogenesis of diseases. These studies are used to inform and optimize the development and delivery of drug intervention regimes for clinical practice.

Nanomedicine & Chemical Biology applies our expertise in the chemical biology of the fabrication and handling of nanoscopic materials to drug discovery and delivery. Sensing and screening technologies are also an important focus.

Epidemiology and Health Outcomes covers our activities in epidemiological analysis, health outcomes and health economics research seeking solutions for the predictive enhancement of intervention strategies for practical and preventive healthcare. The impact of this work is used to shape policy to optimize the allocation of health care resources as well as defining the efficacy of healthcare interventions and strategy.

Research Facilities

Opened in 2012, the award-winning Pharmaceutical Sciences building is a quarter-million-square-foot, state-of-the-art learning and research facility in the heart of the UBC campus. Functional, striking and always thrumming with activity, the building is home to cutting-edge equipment, laboratories and research spaces that we make available for use by the scientific public. Our building houses modern, modular labs designed specifically for the type of research intended for the space. Among an array of state-of-the-art scientific equipment, the Faculty houses a modern mass spectrometer facility for pharmacokinetic and drug metabolism studies, and a Sequenom Mass-ARRAY system for genetic studies.

Tuition & Financial Support

Financial support.

Applicants to UBC have access to a variety of funding options, including merit-based (i.e. based on your academic performance) and need-based (i.e. based on your financial situation) opportunities.

Program Funding Packages

Thesis-based PhD students in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences are eligible to receive a stipend, provided they are in good standing and maintain their eligibility as a UBC graduate student. The stipend package normally includes a graduate teaching assistantship, a graduate research assistantship, and/or a scholarship.

The minimum stipend starting in the 2023-2024 academic year will be:

Domestic PhD student: $30,555 to $31,215 per annum, which includes a President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award  (Years 1-3: $1,215 per year; Year 4 and later: $555 per year)

International PhD student: $34,625 per annum, which includes an International Tuition Award ($3,200) and a President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award ($1,425 to each student whose tuition is not paid by an external sponsor).

Please be aware that due to the higher cost of living in Vancouver, students should plan to draw on their personal funds in addition to the stipend.

Average Funding

• 13 students received Teaching Assistantships. Average TA funding based on 13 students was $11,734.
• 23 students received Research Assistantships. Average RA funding based on 23 students was $15,578.
• 1 student received Academic Assistantships valued at $2,003.
• 27 students received internal awards. Average internal award funding based on 27 students was $11,552.
• 9 students received external awards. Average external award funding based on 9 students was $25,685.

Scholarships & awards (merit-based funding)

All applicants are encouraged to review the awards listing to identify potential opportunities to fund their graduate education. The database lists merit-based scholarships and awards and allows for filtering by various criteria, such as domestic vs. international or degree level.

Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA)

Many professors are able to provide Research Assistantships (GRA) from their research grants to support full-time graduate students studying under their supervision. The duties constitute part of the student's graduate degree requirements. A Graduate Research Assistantship is considered a form of fellowship for a period of graduate study and is therefore not covered by a collective agreement. Stipends vary widely, and are dependent on the field of study and the type of research grant from which the assistantship is being funded.

Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA)

Graduate programs may have Teaching Assistantships available for registered full-time graduate students. Full teaching assistantships involve 12 hours work per week in preparation, lecturing, or laboratory instruction although many graduate programs offer partial TA appointments at less than 12 hours per week. Teaching assistantship rates are set by collective bargaining between the University and the Teaching Assistants' Union .

Graduate Academic Assistantships (GAA)

Academic Assistantships are employment opportunities to perform work that is relevant to the university or to an individual faculty member, but not to support the student’s graduate research and thesis. Wages are considered regular earnings and when paid monthly, include vacation pay.

Financial aid (need-based funding)

Canadian and US applicants may qualify for governmental loans to finance their studies. Please review eligibility and types of loans .

All students may be able to access private sector or bank loans.

Foreign government scholarships

Many foreign governments provide support to their citizens in pursuing education abroad. International applicants should check the various governmental resources in their home country, such as the Department of Education, for available scholarships.

Working while studying

The possibility to pursue work to supplement income may depend on the demands the program has on students. It should be carefully weighed if work leads to prolonged program durations or whether work placements can be meaningfully embedded into a program.

International students enrolled as full-time students with a valid study permit can work on campus for unlimited hours and work off-campus for no more than 20 hours a week.

A good starting point to explore student jobs is the UBC Work Learn program or a Co-Op placement .

Tax credits and RRSP withdrawals

Students with taxable income in Canada may be able to claim federal or provincial tax credits.

Canadian residents with RRSP accounts may be able to use the Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP) which allows students to withdraw amounts from their registered retirement savings plan (RRSPs) to finance full-time training or education for themselves or their partner.

Please review Filing taxes in Canada on the student services website for more information.

Cost Estimator

Applicants have access to the cost estimator to develop a financial plan that takes into account various income sources and expenses.

Career Outcomes

48 students graduated between 2005 and 2013. Of these, career information was obtained for 42 alumni (based on research conducted between Feb-May 2016):

Sample Employers in Higher Education

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With a tailored PhD in pharmaceutical sciences, the door is open to numerous research career options in drug discovery and development. Our graduates have gone on to create R&D companies in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, and developed and commercialized therapeutic products in the treatment of various diseases. While a number of our PhD graduates opt for careers in academia or government, the majority of our alumni thrive in industry.

Alumni on Success

Swamy Yeleswaram

Job Title VP

Employer Incyte Corporation

Gary Lopaschuk

Job Title Professor

Employer University of Alberta

Enrolment, Duration & Other Stats

These statistics show data for the Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD). Data are separated for each degree program combination. You may view data for other degree options in the respective program profile.

ENROLMENT DATA

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• Research Supervisors

Advice and insights from UBC Faculty on reaching out to supervisors

These videos contain some general advice from faculty across UBC on finding and reaching out to a supervisor. They are not program specific.

This list shows faculty members with full supervisory privileges who are affiliated with this program. It is not a comprehensive list of all potential supervisors as faculty from other programs or faculty members without full supervisory privileges can request approvals to supervise graduate students in this program.

• Cairns, Brian (Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences (except clinical aspects); electrophysiology; headache; Neuropharmacology; Oro-Facial Pain; pain; pain mechanisms; peripheral analgesics; sex-related differences; temporomandibular disorders)
• Chang, Thomas (Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences (except clinical aspects))
• Collier, Abby (Drugs in children, Drugs in pregnancy, Developmental pharmacology, Drug metabolism, Pharmacokinetics, Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, primarily of the phase II (conjugation) enzymes, focused on pregnancy and pediatrics)
• Conklin, Annalijn (Public health nutrition policy; Other basic medicine and life sciences; Chronic Diseases in Elderly; Community Health / Public Health; disease management evaluation; food and nutrition policy; Gender Epidemiology; gender and health equity; Health Policies; healthcare quality improvement; healthy ageing; Indigenous health; Obesity; obesity & CVD risk factors; Professional Practices; Social Determinants of Dietary and Metabolic Disorders; social nutritional epidemiology; ethics of research and public health)
• Coughtrie, Michael (Drug metabolizing enzymes)
• Cragg, Jacquelyn (Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); data science; open science; Causal inference; Drug Effectiveness; Drug Safety; Epidemiology; neuro-epidemiology; Neurological diseases; Spinal cord injury; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS); multiple sclerosis; Parkinson’s disease)
• De Vera, Mary (examining how eHealth technologies can support new and existing models of care to improve care delivery and patient outcomes; exploring patients' perspectives and experiences with medication taking and adherence; and evaluating the use and impacts of medications among pregnant women, particularly with inflammatory conditions.)
• Finbloom, Joel (Drug discovery, design and delivery; Biologically active molecules; Nanochemistry; Antimicrobial resistance; Nanomedicine; nanomedicine; Chemical Biology; drug delivery; Pharmaceutical Sciences; Infectious disease; Bacterial Biofilms; Microbiome; Probiotics; Antibiotic resistance)
• Frankel, Adam (Other basic medicine and life sciences; Enzymes (including kinetics and mechanisms, and biocatalyst); Protein Biochemistry; arginine methylation; Histones; Nucleosomes; post-translational modifications; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Organic Molecules and Biomolecules; Bioactive Molecules; Proteins; Chemical Biology; drug discovery; Target Engagement; yeast; Amino acids)
• Giaever, Guri (Model organisms, human therapeutics, high-throughput cell biology, drug synergy, technologies for understanding relationship between chromatic structure and transcriptional regulation)
• Hafeli, Urs (Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences, n.e.c.)
• Harrison, Mark (measurement and valuation of health, health technology and policy assessment, and preferences for healthcare interventions; evaluation/re-evaluation of the type of health care that is provided, the point in the treatment pathway, and the way in which it is delivered)
• Jarvis-Selinger, Sandra (Education, human learning, development, and instruction, education innovation, konwledge translation, teaching excellence, curriculum design, technology)
• Johnson, Kate (Health Outcomes)
• Krentz, Nicole (Human development and organogenesis; Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences, n.e.c.; Human physiology, n.e.c.; Diabetes; Developmental biology; Genetics)
• Kumar, Ujendra (Somatostatin hormone, molecular pharmacology, Somatostatin, , Hormones, somatostatin, locomotor and cognitive function, neurodegenerative diseases, drugs)
• Lalji, Fawziah (Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); Pharmacoepidemiology; Infectious diseases; Immunization; Antibiotics and Resistance; Vaccine preventable diseases)
• Li, Shyh-Dar (Drug discovery, design and delivery; Nano-technology; biopharmaceutics; drug delivery; nanomedicine; pharmaceutics; Gene delivery and therapy)
• Loewen, Peter (Cardiology and circulatory sciences (including cardiovascular disease); Clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice; Knowledge translation and implementation science in health; atrial fibrillation; Pharmacoepidemiology; Thrombosis and Embolism; adherence to medication; Cardiovascular diseases; Arrhythmia; Heart Failure; stroke; Health Care Technologies; Professional Practices; Hematology; decision making; clinical prediction rules; healthcare communication technologies; hospital pharmacy practice; knowledge translation of evidence to patient care; patient complexiometry; patient decision aids; patient education; pharmacy practice; prediction of stroke and bleeding in atrial fibrillation patients; quality of care, quality drug therapy; Shared decision-making; stroke prevention therapy; use of mobile technology for clinical decision-making)
• Lynd, Larry (health economics, orphan drugs, pharmaceutical policy, respiratory medicine, epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, rare diseases )
• Maharaj, Anil (Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences, n.e.c.; Pharmacometrics; Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics; Obstetric and Pediatric Pharmacology)
• McCormack, James (Knowledge translation and evidence-based practice)
• Nislow, Corey (genomics and develops biotechnology tools to address both fundamental and applied biological questions; Parallel genome-wide chemical genomic screens; High throughput cell-based screens; Next Generation Sequencing)
• Page, Brent (Drug discovery, design and delivery; Cell Signaling and Cancer; Cancer; Cell signaling; Chemical Biology; Drug development; Drug Discovery, Design and Delivery; Medicinal Chemistry; Target Engagement)
• Rodrigues, Brian (Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences (except clinical aspects); Diabetes; Cardiomyopathy; Heart Failure; Energy Metabolism; Cardiovascular metabolism; Endothelial cell - cardiomyocyte crosstalk; Vascular Endothelial Growth factors)

Doctoral Citations

Sample thesis submissions.

• Macroaggregated albumin particles as intravenous drug formulation for lung delivery
• Transmucosal delivery of protein and peptide drugs by using cell penetrating peptides
• Exploring health care encounters and treatments for mental disorders in individuals with inflammatory arthritis : epidemiologic and health services research studies
• Pharmacokinetics of cationic host-defense peptides and innate defense regulators in native and formulated states
• Examining the quantity and quality of antibiotic use : a population-based analysis of British Columbia and Ontario
• Investigation of excipients to improve oral delivery of peptides
• Bioorthogonal click chemistry – synthesis of aptamer-conjugated polymeric nanoparticles for cancer targeting and pretargeted imaging of ⁹⁹ᵐTc-labeled tetrazines
• Developing models to study breast cancer progression and investigating the role of invadopodia in tumor cell metastasis
• Development and evaluation of radiolabeled macromolecular conjugates for targeted delivery of anti-arthritic drugs
• An oral physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model to predict drug absorption and disposition of vismodegib
• Biochemical investigations of protein arginine N-methyltransferase 2
• Nanoscale flow cytometry for extracellular vesicle analysis and isolation
• Vascular endothelial growth factor B affects cardiac substrate utilization by regulating lipoprotein lipase
• Development of reporter mouse models to evaluate and optimize crispr/cas9 base editing therapeutics
• Development of a novel Enkephalin-like peptide with pain-relieving and antidepressant-like effects

Related Programs

Same specialization.

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
• Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (MSc)

Further Information

Specialization.

Pharmaceutical Sciences covers research areas of nanomedicine, drug delivery; drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics and toxicology; pharmacogenomics and pharmacogenetics; diabetes, cardiovascular and molecular pharmacology; neuropharmacology; cancer pharmacology; pharmaceutical health outcomes and pharmacotherapeutics; and pharmaceutical education.

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Program description.

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Pharmacology offered by the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences is a research-intensive program that emphasizes cutting-edge and rigorous learning opportunities. The program's objective is to equip students with skills in critical thinking, literature review, and scientific communication to pursue professional opportunities in academia or industry.

The program may also be taken with as the Environmental Health Sciences option which adds a distinct focus on the interplay between the environment and health research, including a broad environmental perspective, exposure sciences, hazard screening methodologies, epidemiological approaches, health implications of environmental quality, and policy approaches.

Keywords: drug discovery, neuropharmacology, endocrine pharmacology, cellular signalling, reproductive toxicology, nanomedicine, regenerative medicine.

Unique Program Features

• The program is designed to provide students the opportunity to acquire knowledge in pharmacology, to conduct an original research project, to analyze data, and to write a thesis. Students will also receive essential training in research professionalism and scientific communication;
• The Department is committed to helping graduate students secure adequate funding for their research and studies;
• Faculty members areas of specialty include neuropharmacology, reproductive pharmacology, endocrine pharmacology, receptor pharmacology, cardiovascular pharmacology, cancer, developmental pharmacology, autonomic pharmacology, clinical pharmacology, biochemical pharmacology, molecular biology, toxicology;
• Faculty members research laboratories are located in the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building and in a variety of affiliated hospitals, institutes, and industry partners including the Douglas Hospital Research Centre, the Allan Memorial Institute, the Montreal Children's Hospital, the Montreal General Hospital, the Montreal Heart Institute, the Lady Davis Research Institute, Pfizer Canada, and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC);
• The Department benefits from the participation of researchers from both industry and government ensures the relevance of the Department's applications-oriented training programs.

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• An eligible Bachelor's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA out of a possible 4.0 GPA
• English-language proficiency

Each program has specific admission requirements including required application documents. Please visit the program website for more details.

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The doctorate program consists of 90 credits. It is offered as a Flexible Stream (70) or one of the following five options:

• Neuropharmacology (71)
• Pharmacogenomics (72)
• Clinical Pharmacology (73)
• Integrative Cardiovascular Pharmacology (74)
• Molecular Pharmacology (75)

Research must be done as a residency at either Université de Montréal or a research laboratory of an affiliated institute or hospital approved by the Advisory Board of the Faculty of Medicine. 

Segment 70 Flexible Stream option

All credits in this option are mandatory and are for research and a thesis.

Block 70A Research and thesis

PhD Comprehensive Examination

Thesis Seminar 1

Participation in the seminars of the Department of Pharmacology (or, if applicable, in the seminars of another faculty or another research centre, group or department) during the first year of the PhD (Pharmacology) program.

Thesis Seminar 2

Participation in the seminars of the Department of Pharmacology (or, if applicable, in the seminars of another faculty or another research centre, group or department) during the second year of the PhD (Pharmacology) program.

Segment 71 Neuropharmacology option

Block 71a research and thesis, segment 72 pharmacogenomics option, block 72a research and thesis, segment 73 clinical pharmacology option, block 73a research and thesis, segment 74 integrative cardiovascular pharmacology option, block 74a research and thesis, segment 75 molecular pharmacology option, block 75a research and thesis.

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Minimum admission requirements

• A 78% overall standing in a two-year Master of Science (MSc) or equivalent degree, in a relevant field.
• We expect that most students entering our program will have previously graduated from a thesis based MSc degree. There is a possibility to be admitted to the PhD program in the absence of a thesis based MSc and equivalency will be established on a case-by-case basis. The Admissions Committee however, will require evidence that the student has fulfilled the expected MSc outcomes even in the absence of the MSc degree.
• The student must have completed at least 2 courses (a total of 1.00 credit units) at the graduate level, including PHARM 601, and have achieved a score of at least 75% in each course.
• The student must be in good academic standing, including not being on probation or carrying incomplete grades.
• The student must demonstrate good progress in a research project that the Advisory Committee considers could be expanded to a PhD project.
• The student must demonstrate superior academic, research and scientific writing and oral presentation skills such that the experience of conducting research, collecting and analyzing data and preparing and defending a thesis at the MSc level could be bypassed. Implicit in this is that the student must demonstrate the necessary potential for research skills and knowledge to successfully complete a PhD.
• Enrolment in the PhD program for transfer students will be counted from the date of initial registration in the MSc in Pharmacy program. The student may begin work on the PhD only after the transfer is approved.

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• TOEFL 90 (writing 25, speaking 25), IELTS 7.0 (writing 6.5, speaking 6.5)

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• Check out Waterloo's institutional thesis repository - UWspace  to see recent submissions from the School of Pharmacy graduate students
• Strategically located in the Innovation District in Downtown Kitchener, the School of Pharmacy is the anchor institution of the Health Sciences Campus at Waterloo
• Review the  School of Pharmacy  website to see information about supervisors, research areas, news, and events

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Redwood partners with GM joint venture Ultium to recycle battery scrap

Production scrap from cell factories in ohio and tennessee will be recycled..

Jonathan M. Gitlin - May 23, 2024 1:00 pm UTC

Battery recycling company Redwood Materials will start recycling battery production scrap from General Motors' new line of electric vehicles. This morning, Redwood announced that it is working with Ultium Cells, the joint venture between GM and LG Energy Solutions that makes Ultium battery cells. Approximately 10,000 tons a year of production scrap will be sent from the Ultium Cells plants in Ohio and Tennessee to Redwood's site in northern Nevada.

Redwood was started by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel in 2017 and in recent years has announced partnerships with multiple OEMs, including Ford, Volvo , Volkswagen , and now General Motors. Last year, the US Department of Energy approved a $2 billion loan to Redwood as part of its Advanced Technology Manufacturing program (which also funded Ultium Cells).

Redwood says that its hydrometallurgy facility is now a "commercial-scale source of lithium supply," the first to come online in the United States for decades. The facility also produces raw nickel and cobalt from battery scrap.

There's some evidence that recycled battery materials  perform better than minerals freshly mined from the ground, and Redwood says recycling uses far less water and energy than are necessary to process mined ore into battery-grade materials.

Until now, Spiers New Technologies had been responsible for GM's EV batteries once they were done powering a car; it has been repurposing old Chevy Bolt batteries for static storage. By contrast, the Redwood-Ultium Cells deal is for production scrap from the cell-making process—GM assembles functional cells into modules and then packs at other factories.

Despite being highly optimized for mass production, the Ultium plants will still scrap between 5–10 percent of the cells they produce, amounting to about 10,000 tons of material a year.

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Novel Association of the NOTCH Pathway Regulator MIB1 Gene With the Development of Bicuspid Aortic Valve

• 1 Cardiology Department, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
• 2 Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
• 3 Genetics Department, Assistance Publique–Hȏpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, National Referral Center for Rare Vascular Diseases, VASCERN MSA European Reference Center, Paris, France
• 4 Université Paris Cité, INSERM, U970 PARCC, Paris, France
• 5 Platform of Transfer in Cancer Biology, Georges François Leclerc Cancer –UNICANCER, Dijon, France
• 6 Intercellular Signaling in Cardiovascular Development & Disease Laboratory, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), Madrid, Spain
• 7 Ciber de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
• 8 Center of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp and Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
• 9 Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
• 10 Vascular Medicine Department, Assistance Publique–Hȏpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
• 11 French Research Consortium RHU STOP-AS, Rouen, France
• 12 Faculty of Medicine, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
• 13 Department of Anesthesiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
• 14 Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
• 15 School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
• 16 Cardiovascular Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• 17 Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 18 Cardiovascular Medicine Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
• 19 Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
• 20 McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
• 21 Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
• 22 Genomic and Immunotherapy Medical Institute, Dijon, France
• 23 Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
• 24 Department of Cancer Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
• 25 The Jerusalem Center for Personalized Computational Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel

Question   What genes are associated with the development of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV)?

Findings   By integrating independent human genetic approaches starting with familial segregation and followed by rare and common variants analyses in this genetic association study of 938 patients, the MIB1 gene was identified; MIB1 is an essential regulator of NOTCH ligands signaling and represents a potential new gene in the development of BAV in humans. These data were further supported by mouse models; mice carrying the identified human MIB1 gene variants demonstrated BAV.

Meaning   These findings suggest a role for MIB1 in the pathophysiology of BAV and identify the NOTCH pathway as a potential target in the management of BAV.

Importance   Nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve (nsBAV) is the most common congenital heart valve malformation. BAV has a heritable component, yet only a few causative genes have been identified; understanding BAV genetics is a key point in developing personalized medicine.

Objective   To identify a new gene for nsBAV.

Design, Setting, and Participants   This was a comprehensive, multicenter, genetic association study based on candidate gene prioritization in a familial cohort followed by rare and common association studies in replication cohorts. Further validation was done using in vivo mice models. Study data were analyzed from October 2019 to October 2022. Three cohorts of patients with BAV were included in the study: (1) the discovery cohort was a large cohort of inherited cases from 29 pedigrees of French and Israeli origin; (2) the replication cohort 1 for rare variants included unrelated sporadic cases from various European ancestries; and (3) replication cohort 2 was a second validation cohort for common variants in unrelated sporadic cases from Europe and the US.

Main Outcomes and Measures   To identify a candidate gene for nsBAV through analysis of familial cases exome sequencing and gene prioritization tools. Replication cohort 1 was searched for rare and predicted deleterious variants and genetic association. Replication cohort 2 was used to investigate the association of common variants with BAV.

Results   A total of 938 patients with BAV were included in this study: 69 (7.4%) in the discovery cohort, 417 (44.5%) in replication cohort 1, and 452 (48.2%) in replication cohort 2. A novel human nsBAV gene, MINDBOMB1 homologue MIB1, was identified. MINDBOMB1 homologue ( MIB1 ) is an E3-ubiquitin ligase essential for NOTCH-signal activation during heart development. In approximately 2% of nsBAV index cases from the discovery and replication 1 cohorts, rare MIB1 variants were detected, predicted to be damaging, and were significantly enriched compared with population-based controls (2% cases vs 0.9% controls; P  = .03). In replication cohort 2, MIB1 risk haplotypes significantly associated with nsBAV were identified (permutation test, 1000 repeats; P  = .02). Two genetically modified mice models carrying Mib1 variants identified in our cohort showed BAV on a NOTCH1-sensitized genetic background.

Conclusions and Relevance   This genetic association study identified the MIB1 gene as associated with nsBAV. This underscores the crucial role of the NOTCH pathway in the pathophysiology of BAV and its potential as a target for future diagnostic and therapeutic intervention.

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Tessler I , Albuisson J , Piñeiro-Sabarís R, et al. Novel Association of the NOTCH Pathway Regulator MIB1 Gene With the Development of Bicuspid Aortic Valve. JAMA Cardiol. 2023;8(8):721–731. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2023.1469

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Develop the skills you need for research with the Pharmacology and Therapeutics Master of Science (MSc) program. The Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics offers a robust MSc program consisting of coursework and research with a strong emphasis on developing students' oral communication and presentation skills. Graduates from this program are set up to be successful in various careers.

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The Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics is dedicated to training highly qualified, adaptable graduate students and fellows to meet the growing worldwide demand for basic science and clinical pharmacologists.

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Our research takes an integrative approach, combining cell culture, organ and whole animal studies to address complex issues related to drug addiction and disease. Trainees have opportunities to specialize their research activities to an area of choice, or may tailor a research program toward achieving well-rounded expertise. Our department offers a wide-range of technical approaches to help students and faculty achieve research goals.

The Faculty of Graduate Studies and the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences offer a two-year program of study leading to a Pharmacology and Therapeutics (MSc).

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Tuition and fees: Program fees are assessed in the first two terms of study, followed by a continuing fee in the third and any subsequent terms. (refer to Graduate tuition and fees ).

In addition to the minimum course requirements of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, found in the Graduate Studies Regulations Section , students must:

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• Complete and successfully defend a master's thesis

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