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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

Bioinformatics/Genomics Discussion Group

Group presentation: flash talks...

Oct

IRES: Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability Seminar

Location: Forest Sciences Centre, Room 1003 & Online "Beyond research: thoughts on being an effective systems change worker", George Benson, Economic...

Oct

Friday Zoology Coffee & Donuts

October 9 – BRC Atrium October 16 – BioSci Lounge October 23 – LSC 1416 October 30 – BRC Atrium November November 6 – BioSci Lounge November 13 – LSC...

Oct

IOF: Oceans and Fisheries Seminar

"Going beyond WEIRD for a thriving ocean economy", Rashid Sumalia, CRC, University Killam Professor, UBC IOF & SPPGA Source: IOF seminars to RSVP

Oct

Friday: Comparative Physiology Invited Speaker Seminar – Jantina Toxopeus

"Bug-sicles and beyond: mechanisms of insect freeze tolerance", Jantina Toxopeus, Associate Professor, St Francis Xavier University Source: Friday...

Oct

EDG: Evolution Discussion Group

Paper(s): Pointer et al. 2026 Sexual selection purges mutation load, but not overall genetic diversity, decreasing vulnerability to extinction. Full...

Oct

BLISS: Biodiversity Legendary Internal Seminar Series

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

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...

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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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