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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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Sean Edgerton receives a Public Scholar Awards

October 7, 2025
Sean Edgerton receives one of the UBC Public Scholar Awards and is part of the 11th cohort of UBC Public Scholars Initiative Research description: My...
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Zoology Staff Highlight: meet Erica Jeffery!

October 1, 2025
Meet Erica Jeffery! Tell us about your academic and professional trajectory before you joined UBC Zoology I did my first year of undergrad at...
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Upcoming Events

Oct
14

Botany Seminar

"Leaves in transition: single-nuclei RNA seq insights into Sorghum’s juvenile and adult phases", Oluwatoyosi M. Adaramodu (Lisa), University of...
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Oct
15

BRS: Biodiversity Research Seminar Series - Teja Tscharntke

"How landscape heterogeneity shapes bee diversity and crop pollination", Teja Tscharntke, Professor, Agroecology, University of Göttingen, Germany...
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Oct
15

MSL - Michael Smith Seminar Series

October Trainee Talks:  Trainee talks: Leslie, Miller and Hirst labs Faculty talk: Dr. Nobuhiko Tokuriki Source: MSL event and to register
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Oct
15

Wednesday: Evening Comparative Physiology Seminar – Jinghan Tan

"Characterization and deorphanization of RYamide signaling in Aedes aegypti: a potential regulator of hindgut-associated physiology”, Jinghan Tan, PhD...
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Oct
15

Neuropizza Seminars

Neuropizza is always on Wednesdays at 5:00 pm in the Koerner conference room Goldowitz lab Source: Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health    
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Oct
16

IBioS Symposium

GCRC Symposium: Human Wildlife Coexistence in Agricultural Landscapes from 8:15 am to 4:30 pm.  Full Symposium schedule  Source: GCRC Symposium to...
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Oct
16

IRES: Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability Seminar

Location: Henry Angus Building, Room 254 "How militarization impacts the climate crisis: a global perspective", Andrew Jorgenson, Professor, UBC...
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Oct
16

Ad-hoc Research Seminar - Kristin Laidre

Kristin Laidre is a Professor at the University of Washington who studies polar bear ecology, genetics, and conservation in Greenland...
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Oct
16

VanBUG Seminar

Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location: Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre - 1020 Lecture theatre, 2775 Laurel St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9 Live...
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Oct
16

MSL presents: Science, Stand-Up, & Song

Science, Stand-Up, & Song aims to bridge the gap between scientists and the public! Hosted by Dr. Marissa Lithopoulos and presented in partnership...
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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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