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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...

Carl Walters recipient of the UBC Emeritus College Award for Excellence in Innovative and Creative Endeavours

August 31, 2026

Congratulations to emeritus Carl Walters! Each year the Emeritus College offers two awards to UBC Emeriti who have demonstrated distinction in...

Xueqin Huang & Patrick Tamkee recipients of 2026 Zoology Awards!

August 31, 2026

🌟 Xueqin Huang – Workplace Excellence Award “Xueqin is thoughtful, kind, and has an amazing sense of humour, such that I come to campus in a good...

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Upcoming Events

Sep

BRS: Biodiversity Research Seminar Series - Jimmy McGuire

"Hidden radiation and unexpected paths to speciation on Sulawesi: three decades of fieldwork and discovery", Jimmy McGuire, Professor, UC-Berkeley...

Sep

MSL - Michael Smith Seminar Series

“The evolution of multi-conformation proteins", Mike Harms, Member, Institute of Molecular Biology; Associate professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry...

Sep

Wednesday: Evening Comparative Physiology Seminar – Lab Intros 1

Trish, Ben, Chris & Ora lab profiles and introductions Source: Wednesday Comphy Seminar...

Sep

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...

Sep

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...

Sep

Green College - Dal Grauer Memorial Lectures

"An immense world: how animal senses reveal the world around us", Ed Yong, Science Reporter; Journalist; Author Source: Green College

Sep

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...

Sep

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...

Sep

Friday: Comparative Physiology Invited Speaker Seminar – Morgan Piczak

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

Sep

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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