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Hairy-legged red-eyed sea spiders discovered in the Salish Sea

September 23, 2026

Callipallene pilosuspedes, a species of sea spider newly discovered in the Salish Sea by UBC researchers. Photo credit: Cormac Toler-Scott.

Joanne Denny recipient of President's Staff Award!

September 21, 2026

The President's Staff Awards recognize the personal and professional achievements and contributions that UBC Vancouver staff make to the vision and...

Asher Leeks' team awarded 2026 Wall Research Team Faculty Award

September 16, 2026

Each year, Wall Fellowships and Wall Research prestigious UBC awards provide funding to push forward innovative faculty and student research tackling...

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Upcoming Events

Oct

Data4Nature workshop

Data4Nature Workshop: Species identification through computer vision Time: 10:30 to 1:30 pm Instructors: Sunny Tseng & Cara Appel Please register...

Oct

MBIM: Department of Microbiology and Immunology seminar

"Partners in pathogenesis: Understanding the interplay between influenza A virus and bacteria during respiratory infection", Mariya Goncheva...

Oct

BRS: Biodiversity Research Seminar Series - Jannice Friedman

"Evolutionary constraints in plant reproductive strategies", Jannice Friedman, Associate Professor, Queen's University Source: BRS series...

Oct

Wednesday: Evening Comparative Physiology Seminar - Rebecca Krohman

"The role of chromosomal inversions in adaptation in Atlantic cod eggs", Rebecca Krohman, PhD student, Schulte lab, UBC Zoology Source: Wednesday...

Oct

IRES: Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability Seminar

"Ecologically informed disease management strategies for pollinators", Nina Sokolov, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, IRES Source: IRES Seminar Series

Oct

Special Friday Zoology Coffee & Donuts

October 16 – BioSci Lounge October 23 – LSC 1416 October 30 – BRC Atrium November November 6 – BioSci Lounge November 13 – LSC 1416 November 20 – BRC...

Oct

IOF: Oceans and Fisheries Seminar

"A sea of symbionts, viruses, and pathogens: a journey across scales", Andrian Gajigan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University Source: IOF seminars...

Oct

Friday: Comparative Physiology Invited Speaker Seminar – Natasha Mhatre

"A tale of two constraints", Natasha Mhatre, Associate Professor, Western University Source: Friday Comphy Seminar...

Oct

EDG: Evolution Discussion Group

Paper(s): Schaal et al. 2026 Predation, evo-devo, and historical contingency: A nematode predator drives evolution of aggregative multicellularity...

Oct

BNS: Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars

Source: BNS

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Latest Publications

Yuying Lin et al. PLOS Biology

October 1, 2026

Fig 3. Inversion haplotype diversity in each population.The phylogenetic tree (left) was reconstructed using 270,672 SNPs with RAxML, with bootstrap...

Aleksandra Anoshina et al. Journal of Experimental Biology

September 25, 2026

Fig. 2. Rough texture preference is maintained at small scales. (A) Representative images of split Petri dishes used to assay egg-laying preference...

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