News
July 27, 2009
Two University of British Columbia researchers are part of an international team recommending standards for the DNA barcoding of land plants, a step they hope will lead to a universal system for identifying species, and ultimately boost conservation efforts.
Barcodes based on portions of DNA – the...
July 7, 2009
Dr Christian Naus--a leading expert on the role that intercellular channels play in the developing brain and in disease processes--has been named director of UBC's Life Sciences Institute (LSI).
Naus, previous head of the Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, and a...
June 29, 2009
Navigating public transit schedules has always been a bit of a pet peeve for Carson Lam.
"I live near Metrotown, so on my way home from UBC I could take the 99, 87, 41, 43 or 25 bus," says the second-year UBC Computer Science student. "I've always been annoyed that I couldn't easily figure out...
June 24, 2009
New research by a UBC zoologist underscores how seemingly gradual changes in climate, combined with more extreme conditions, can bring about dramatic ecological changes.
Reviewing three decades of detailed data, UBC zoologist Christopher Harley found that neither gradual temperature increases nor...
June 19, 2009
Managed relocation has become a much-discussed—and controversial—strategy to help species survive changes in their local habitat by moving them to new areas. That could involve moving animals threatened by human encroachment to new ranges, or moving fish trapped in dying lakes to new waters.
The...
June 18, 2009
World class research into geochemical analysis, infectious disease, ultra-cold materials and the plant-environment interface at UBC Science have received $12 million in funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI).
Twelve UBC research projects—five within the Faculty of Science—...
June 8, 2009
A UBC researcher has turned up the first conclusive explanation for the origin of the Sharktooth Hill bonebed--a massive prehistoric marine mass grave in southern California.
The Sharktooth Hill bonebed is exposed over approximately 100 square kilometres of land at the southern end of the Central...
June 5, 2009
UBC Professor Michael Gold has been appointed head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, effective July 1, 2009. Gold's lab has focused on understanding the immune response to viral and bacterial infections, and his immunology research on B-lymphocytes has garnered international...
June 2, 2009
Training programs focusing on biodiversity and biological research at UBC Science have received major funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
In total, researchers at UBC received $4.95 million over six years from NSERC's new Collaborative Research and Training...
May 29, 2009
New research by UBC zoologists indicates that elevated water temperatures and heightened concentrations of carbon dioxide can dramatically increase the growth rate of a keystone species of sea star.
The study is one of the first to look at the impact of ocean acidification on marine invertebrates...
