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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...
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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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Watch Asher Leeks' TEDxNewEnglad talk

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October 7, 2025
Asher Leeks at TEDxNewEngland:  Viruses rely on social interactions for their most fundamental biological processes: reproduction and survival. This...
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Upcoming Events

Oct
23

IRES: Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability Seminar

"Sustainability in Schneider Electric – design for the future", Shaochen Yuan, Eco referent & sustainability engineer, Schneider Electric Source: IRE...
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Oct
24

Deadline to register: Skylight Teaching Series

Stories of Transformation in Indigenizing UBC Science Courses    Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm  Place: Earth Sciences Building (ESB) Room 5104 & 5106   Re...
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Oct
24

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...
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Oct
24

IOF: Oceans and Fisheries Seminar

"Thermal stress and parasite infection in aquatic ecosystems: will fishes be able to cope in a warmer, wormier world?", Sandra Binning, Associate...
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Oct
24

Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health seminar

"Dopamine and movement: defining timescales of modulation", Nicolas Tritsch, McGill University  More information and zoom meeting details: Djavad...
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Oct
24

EDG: Evolution Discussion Group

Paper: Hunter & Fusco 2022: “Superinfection exclusion: a viral strategy with short term benefits and long-term drawbacks” Source: EDG - full schedule...
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Oct
24

Friday: Comparative Physiology Invited Speaker Seminar – Elva Vidya

"Regulation of mRNA decapping in C. elegans embryonic development", Elva Vidya, McGill University Source: Friday Comphy Seminar...
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Oct
24

BNS: Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars

"Role of T-type calcium channels in the regulation of pain and negative affect in opioid use disorder", Daria Oleinichenko, Phillips & Snutch Labs...
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Oct
24

BLISS: Biodiversity Legendary Internal Seminar Series

"Host ecology drives heterogeneity in infection through shedding and spreading", Luis Silva, Postdoctoral Fellow, King Lab Source: BLISS-BRC ...
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Oct
24

Botany/Zoology Wellness Initiative

As the leaves begin to change and the weather starts to cool, get a headstart on beating those winter blues by joining the BotZoo wellness initiative...
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Latest Publications

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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Jessica Kowalski et al. PNAS

September 18, 2025
(A) A map of McLaughlin reserve detailing the nested experimental design and structure of a block of plots at a single site [adapted from ref. 16)...
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