Philippe Fernandez-Fournier from the Avilés lab, discovered a new species of parasitic wasp while studying social spiders. Science Daily, CBC News, The Star Vancouver have more information on this news.
Bill Milsom received a B.C. Community Achievement Award in April 2018 for his decades of service to the UBC and Canadian scientific community, as well as his countless hours helping rescue and keep people safe on the north shore mountains.
Prof Diane Srivastava is the new Director of the Canadian Institute for Ecology and Evolution, that promotes and funds synthesis research and runs specialized training workshops (CIEE,news).
Huge congratulations to Dolph Schluterfor being elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He is elected as a foreign member, which is particularly prestigious as there are just a few each year.
President Obama awarded Nick Pyenson, PDF alumnus, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honour bestowed by the U.S. Government on scientists in the early stages of their research careers.
Delmore and Toews, alumni of the Irwin lab, have found that songbirds have a small cluster of genes determining migration route. This has important implications for diversification and speciation.cbcubcnewsphysorg
Nerves get damaged if stretched, but UBC researchers have discovered that the largest baleen whales have nerve cables that can stretch and recoil. Nice coverage here.
