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Diane Srivastava wins the 2025 Canadian Open Data Leader of the Year

March 29, 2026
Canadian Open Data Society 2025 winners: Diane Srivastava founded and leads the Living Data Project as Director of the Canadian Institute of Ecology...
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In Memoriam of Robert (Bob) C. Fitzsimmons

March 27, 2026
Credits: [unknown]. (1970, January 1). Robert C. Fitzsimmons [P]. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0023644. UBC Digital collection "Dr. Robert (Bob)...
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Wild plants can rapidly evolve to rescue themselves from climate change

March 13, 2026
Daniel N. Anstett, Julia Anstett, Seema N. Sheth, Dylan R. Moxley, Haley A. Branch, Mojtaba Jahani, Kaichi Huang, Marco Todesco, Rebecca Jordan, [...]...
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Upcoming Events

Apr
08

Special Research seminar

"Chill with climate change: are warmer winters a problem for plants?", Al Kovaleski, Plant Resilience Lab, University of Wisconsin The survival of...
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Apr
08

Master's Defense - Jackie DaSilva

"Discourse patterns shape students' experiences of active learning in an introductory biology course", Jackie DaSilva, Master's Student, Blaire...
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Apr
08

BRS: Biodiversity Research Seminar Series - Adam Siepielski

"The ecological dynamics of mass mortality events", Adam Siepielski, Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas Source: BRS series...
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Apr
08

Wednesday: Evening Comparative Physiology Seminar - Erik Folkerts

"Heating up the heart: a journey investigating temperature impacts on ancient fish cardiac systems", Erik Folkerts, Postdoctoral Fellow at University...
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Apr
09

Bioinformatics/Genomics Discussion Group

posted 2026...
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Apr
09

IRES: Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability Seminar

"Human-wildlife coexistence on a changing planet", Kaitlyn Gaynor, Assistant Professor, UBC Zoology and Botany, Faculty Associate, IRES Source: IRES...
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Apr
10

Life Sciences Symposium

Jay Shendure, Director of the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology and Professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington for his talk...
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Apr
10

Friday Zoology Coffee & Donuts

April: April 10: BioSci Lounge April 17: BioSci Lounge April 24: BRC Atrium May: May   1: BioSci Lounge May   8: LSC 1416 May 15: BRC Atrium May 22...
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Apr
10

IOF: Oceans and Fisheries Seminar

Student presentations Source: IOF seminars to RSVP
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Apr
10

Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health seminar

"Stability and drift in neural representations", Mark Brandon, McGill University  More information and zoom meeting details: Djavad Mowafaghian...
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Latest Publications

Cameron M Emadi et al. Aquaculture

March 10, 2026
Fig. 3. Turbidity over time across three CO2 concentrations and temperatures (mean ±SEM). Plotted values represent non-transformed turbidity...
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Jingdi Li et al. Molecular Ecology

March 2, 2026
FIGURE 1. Conceptual illustration of how the host microbiome can shape parasite evolution. The microbiome can influence parasite evolution through...
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