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Last updated: December 10, 2021 @12:40 pm
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Corey Nislow, PhD

Professor
Director of the UBC Sequencing and Boinformatics Consortium
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Translational Genomics
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Vancouver Campus
Fields
Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
Expertise

Genetics, genomics, personalized medicine, drug discovery, DNA sequencing, pharmacogenomics, human genome, gene mutation

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corey.nislow@ubc.ca
work phone: 604–317–5834
https://sequencing.ubc.ca/
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=n1e6LlcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
In the Media

Generic drug contaminants may lead to cancer, other long-term effects: UBC study – Glacier Media via VIA, Canadian Press via CTV, Star June 2021

React badly to caffeine intake? Maybe it’s your genes brewing – Vancouver Sun, January 2020

Why a UBC professor is sending yeast to space – CKNW, December 2019

‘Genetic astrology’: Companies marketing tests to predict how a person will react to cannabis – Globe and Mail, January 2018

Test your DNA at a pharmacy? Now you can – CBC, November 2017

Research advancement made to treat bacteria found in cystic fibrosis – Global News, March 2017

UBC research uses genomics to help cystic fibrosis patients – Metro News, March 2017

Researchers seek to personalize medicine by unlocking secrets in DNA – Globe and Mail, February 2016

Yeast, the final frontier – UBC media release, September 2014

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