UBC Science News and Features

News

Environment + Climate

Could genomics turn pulp's ‘black liquor’ into consumer goods?

Biology

Gut check: Researchers uncover high levels of CO2 in digestive tracts of fish

Biodiversity

Pokémon-like card game can help teach ecology: UBC research

Biodiversity

Spawn of the triffid? Tiny organisms give us glimpse into complex evolutionary tale

Biodiversity

DNA analysis reveals cryptic underwater ecosystem engineers

Read more news

Feature

 
Read More Features

Social Media

MORE VIDEOS

This is Rhodelphis limneticus, an odd microscopic organism which according to #UBC researcher Patrick Keeling shows Retired RCMP officer and #UBC #Science alumnus Jeffrey Lott volunteers as a bone marrow courier. When a local match can't be found in the Canadian bone marrow registry, doctors look for international matches. People like Jeffrey then fly to other parts of the world to bring back the tissue. Biologist David Ng poses with new cards designed for the Phylo deck game, which helps children learn about ecosystems. Check phylogame.org for more info. Tundra selfie! #UBC #Science alumnus Koby Michaels is a science communicator who travels across Canada often for his work. He’s also our Assistant Editor at UBC Science Focus. 📸Learn more: https://medium.com/ubcscience/communications-3359e9acf4 #ubcscience Welcome back! @UBCgarden has donated new adult fish to the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, to replace the koi eaten by an otter. 🐟 #UBC #UBC Computer #Science instructor Elisa Baniassad (BSc 1999), recipient of a Killam Teaching Prize, believes good teaching and good design are alike. Hello, alumni! This is a picture from the Baja California Sea of Cortez Expedition Cruise led by #UBC zoologist Andrew Trites this spring.

Alumni

Retired RCMP officer has bone (marrow) to pick

More info for Alumni
More Alumni Stories

UBC Science Connect

In our latest issue

May 2019: Protein research, peculiar organism found in corals, improving STEM teaching, events, kudos and more.

Subscribe to Connect

Media

Find a UBC Science Expert

International and Canadian media regularly turn to experts at UBC Science for insight and commentary on issues as diverse as sustainability, technology, pandemics, biotechnology, space exploration, and more.

See UBC Expert Subjects

Astronomy

Biodiversity

Biotechnology

Chemistry

Computers

Climate Change

Earthquakes

Environment

Fish and Fisheries

Geology

Mathematics

Microbiology

Nuclear Physics

Oceanography

Physics

Pollution

Space Science

Statistics

Sustainability

Technology

Volcanoes

Weather

 

Media Contacts

For Journalists