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Carl Walters recipient of the UBC Emeritus College Award for Excellence in Innovative and Creative Endeavours

August 31, 2026

Congratulations to emeritus Carl Walters! Each year the Emeritus College offers two awards to UBC Emeriti who have demonstrated distinction in...

Xueqin Huang & Patrick Tamkee recipients of 2026 Zoology Awards!

August 31, 2026

🌟 Xueqin Huang – Workplace Excellence Award “Xueqin is thoughtful, kind, and has an amazing sense of humour, such that I come to campus in a good...

Welcome new faculty member - Kendall Calhoun!

August 15, 2026

August 15, 2026 marks Kendall Calhoun’s first day as Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology at UBC. Kendall's research examines how...

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Upcoming Events

Sep

Doctoral Defense - Jenna Melanson

"Navigating the risk-reward landscape: bumblebee movement, resource use, and health in agroecosystems", Jenna Melanson, PhD candidate, Kremen lab...

Sep

Friday Zoology Coffee & Donuts

September September 11: LSC 1416 September 18: BRC Courtyard September 25: Biosci Lounge October October 2 – LSC 1416 October 9 – BRC Atrium October...

Sep

Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health seminar

"Role of innate immune dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease ", John Lukens, University of Virginia More information and zoom meeting details...

Sep

BLISS: Biodiversity Legendary Internal Seminar Series

"The pathogens of the imperiled western bumble bee in the Sierra Nevada", Nina Sokolov, PDF, WoRCS lab Source: BLISS-BRC...

Sep

2026 Fall Faculty Symposium & BBQ

The Zoology Graduate Student Association is excited to announce that we will be hosting a brief faculty symposium on Friday, September 11th from 2:00...

Sep

LSI Joint Seminar

“Mechanistic insights to cancer-associated cachexia using a Drosophila model”, Esther M. Verheyen, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and...

Sep

BRS: Biodiversity Research Seminar Series - Jimmy McGuire

"Hidden radiation and unexpected paths to speciation on Sulawesi: three decades of fieldwork and discovery", Jimmy McGuire, Professor, UC-Berkeley...

Sep

MSL - Michael Smith Seminar Series

“The evolution of multi-conformation proteins", Mike Harms, Member, Institute of Molecular Biology; Associate professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry...

Sep

Wednesday: Evening Comparative Physiology Seminar – Lab Intros 1

Trish, Ben, Chris & Ora lab profiles and introductions Source: Wednesday Comphy Seminar...

Sep

SBME: School of Biomedical Engineering research seminar

Location: SHRM B1001 Calvin Kuo, Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Co-Lead, Care Anywhere program, part of the Centre for Aging...

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