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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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Claire Kremen and Colin Brauner named Fellows of The Royal Society of Canada

September 9, 2026
Colin Brauner and Claire Kremen have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, one of the highest honours recognizing outstanding...
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Snakes in an egg all coil in the same direction. Scientists think they’ve learned why

August 31, 2026
Graphical abstract UBC Science and Technology, Alex Walls, August 31, 2026: Snakes in an egg all coil in the same direction. Scientists think they’ve...
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Upcoming Events

Sep
17

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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Sep
17

IRES: Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability Seminar

"Community-based participatory action research for environmental health", Bavisha Kalyan, Assistant Professor in Department of Civil Engineering, UBC...
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Sep
17

Green College - Dal Grauer Memorial Lectures

"Telling Stories of Nature in Times of Darkness", Ed Yong, Science Reporter; Journalist; Author Source: Green College
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Sep
18

Friday Zoology Coffee & Donuts

September 18: BRC Courtyard September 25: Biosci Lounge October October 2 – LSC 1416 October 9 – BRC Atrium October 16 – BioSci Lounge October 23 –...
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Sep
18

IOF: Oceans and Fisheries Seminar

"Climate change, keystone predators, and the coastal marine biodiversity in British Columbia", Chris Harley, Professor, UBC BRC, IOF, and Zoology...
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Sep
18

Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health seminar

"Disentangling the roles of distinct cell classes with cell-type dynamical systems", Jonathan Pillow, Princeton University      More information and...
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Sep
18

EDG: Evolution Discussion Group

Paper(s): Zhou et al. 2026 Genomic predisposition is associated with the direction of sex chromosome evolution. Full schedule and link to paper(s): E...
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Sep
18

Friday: Comparative Physiology Invited Speaker Seminar – Morgan Piczak

"Integrating movement ecology with conservation", Morgan Piczak, Assistant Professor, UBC Forestry Source: Friday Comphy Seminar...
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Sep
18

BLISS: Biodiversity Legendary Internal Seminar Series

"Towards evolutionary-informed management by understanding evolutionary rescue", Laurie Balstad, PDF, King lab Source: BLISS-BRC    ...
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Sep
22

Data4Nature workshop

Data4Nature Workshop: How to get data into and out of species databases Time: 1:30 to 4:30 pm Instructors: Emily Black, PhD student, UBC Department...
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Latest Publications

Diego F. Beltrán et al. Evolution

September 17, 2026
Figure 4. Distribution of contrasts between feather patches and background elements (dS). Contrasts were averaged among time slots and between light...
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Celeste Leander et al. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education

September 14, 2026
FIG 3 Comparison of final course grades and quality of final projects in 2021 (ungraded) and 2018 (traditionally graded). No significant difference...
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