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Zoology Staff Highlight: meet Ben Jan!

October 31, 2025

Meet Ben Jan! Professional background and where were you before you joined Zoology? Before joining Zoology in August 2025, I was with UBC IT...

Brendan Lavery won the Arthur J. Niimi award

October 17, 2025

Last week, at the Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop in Victoria, Brendan Lavery, a Directed Studies student in the Wood lab, won the Arthur J. Niimi award...

Iris Li's findings on Kip the coyote

October 15, 2025

UBC Science by Alex Walls, Oct 15, 2025 - What cherished campus coyote’s death tells us about his life - [...]Third-year PhD candidate Iris Li is...

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Upcoming Events

Nov

Friday Zoology Coffee & Donuts

Please join us for Friday Zoology Coffee and Donuts. This event happens from 9:30 am to 10:30 am - unless otherwise indicated. Each week, the venue...

Nov

IOF: Oceans and Fisheries Seminar

"Blue Futures pathways: reimagining the future of the ocean through mentorship, internships & training", Tara Mascarenhas, Director of Programs, SOI...

Nov

Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health seminar

"MRI guided transcranial focused ultrasound", Bruce Pike, University of Calgary More information and zoom meeting details: Djavad Mowafaghian Centre...

Nov

William S. Hoar Memorial Lecture - Brent Sinclair

"Overwintering insects: cold, dry, and hungry (but thriving anyway)", Brent Sinclair, Professor, Cornell U Sources: William Hoar Memorial Lecture and...

Nov

EDG: Evolution Discussion Group

Paper: Explaining the stable coexistence of drug-resistant and -susceptible pathogens: the resistance acquisition purifying selection model. Video: h...

Nov

BLISS: Biodiversity Legendary Internal Seminar Series

"Growing an urban underwater forest", Rebecca Hansen Source: BLISS-BRC ...

Nov

BNS: Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars

"Co-modulation of effort-related decision making and motivation by CRF1 and 2 receptors", Alia Mahrez, Floresco Lab Source: BNS

Nov

2025 EcoEvo Retreat

Save the Date for Eco Evo Retreat 2025 on 10-12 November at Loon Lake in Maple Ridge BC Join us for the annual EcoEvo Retreat, a vibrant gathering of...

Nov

Neuropizza Seminars

Neuropizza is always on Wednesdays at 5:00 pm in the Koerner conference room Source: Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health

Nov

Doctoral Defense - Evan McKenzie

"The mechanochemical hydrostatic organs of Chaoborus larvae: function under pressure", Evan McKenzie, PhD candidate, P Matthews lab...

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Latest Publications

Rory D. J. Macklin & Jill E. Jankowski. Avian Biology

November 3, 2025

Figure 1. Predicted relative abundance of chestnut-backed chickadee (CBCH) in the environmental conditions of grid cells across gradients of urban-...

Hasan & Whitlock, PLOS Genetics

September 28, 2025

Fig 1. Accuracy of various methods in predicting FST with respect to the scaled heterozygous strength of selection, Nlocalt. Asad Hasan, Michael C...

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